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    commodities COP27 Urban Efficiency & Climate Insights
    Forests
    Insights
    February 29, 2024

    Complex Supply Chains Are Still a Major Barrier to Ending Deforestation

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • data
    • agriculture
    • forest products
    • corporate sustainability
    • commodities
    Plantation worker watching as a truck unloads freshly harvested oil palm branches.
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • data
    • agriculture
    • forest products
    • corporate sustainability
    • commodities
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America Oceania North America Europe
    Insights
    November 29, 2023

    The Future of Extreme Heat in Cities: What We Know — and What We Don’t

    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Development
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    • climate science
    • COP28
    Brick layers during in a heatwave in New Delhi, India
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Development
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    • climate science
    • COP28
    Cities
    Insights
    August 10, 2023

    As the Earth Gets Hotter, Can Our Cities Get Cooler?

    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • nature-based solutions
    A line of tourists await the use of the fountain at the base of Rome’s Spanish Steps to cool off.
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • nature-based solutions
    Forests
    Insights
    July 20, 2023

    Wood Is Not the Climate-friendly Building Material Some Claim it to Be

    • Food
    • land use
    • Climate
    • commodities
    • Buildings
    unloading log truck at lumber processing mill
    • Food
    • land use
    • Climate
    • commodities
    • Buildings
    Cities
    Insights
    June 26, 2023

    Cities Need a Systems-change Approach to Build Climate-resilient Communities

    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Mobility
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    Looking down at city buildings, some with green roofs and the street below.
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Mobility
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    Finance
    Insights
    March 17, 2023

    3 Questions on Loss and Damage Funding to Tackle Before COP28

    • climate finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    • COP27
    • COP28
    Two villagers in Mozambique push a bicycle through a flooded street.
    • climate finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    • COP27
    • COP28
    Climate
    Insights
    December 15, 2022

    What the World Really Needs to Adapt to Climate Change

    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • adaptation
    • COP27
    • adaptation finance
    • climate change
    • COP28
    Women transplanting rice in flooded paddy field.
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • adaptation
    • COP27
    • adaptation finance
    • climate change
    • COP28
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    December 8, 2022

    COP27: Key Takeaways and What’s Next

    • COP27
    • adaptation
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • GHG emissions
    • Energy
    • Paris Agreement
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    Panel at COP27.
    • COP27
    • adaptation
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • GHG emissions
    • Energy
    • Paris Agreement
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    Climate
    Insights
    November 1, 2022

    5 Things Vulnerable Countries Need from Policymakers at COP27

    • Climate
    • climate impacts
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Equity
    • Paris Agreement
    • paris rulebook
    • climate finance
    • COP27
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Ambulance driving through flood water on road in Mumbai, India, 2018.
    • Climate
    • climate impacts
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Equity
    • Paris Agreement
    • paris rulebook
    • climate finance
    • COP27
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Finance
    Insights
    October 28, 2022

    COP27’s Success Hinges on Loss and Damage Finance Discussions

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • adaptation
    • COP27
    A Pakistani woman cooks bread outside her tent after escaping floods.
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • adaptation
    • COP27
    Cities
    Insights
    October 21, 2022

    3 Essentials for Integrated Urban Climate Action

    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • low carbon development
    • urban water resilience
    • Cities
    Tram and buildings in Guadalajara.
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • low carbon development
    • urban water resilience
    • Cities
    Climate
    Insights
    October 4, 2022

    6 Key Tasks at COP27

    • COP27
    • Climate
    • Climate Equity
    • Climate Governance
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Protestors hold a handmade "1.5 degree C" sign
    • COP27
    • Climate
    • Climate Equity
    • Climate Governance
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Cities
    Insights
    August 16, 2022

    5 Cities Show How to Thrive in Turbulent Times

    • Urban Development
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Transformations
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    Children playing in a neighborhood park in Barranquilla, Colombia.
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Transformations
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    Forests
    Insights
    April 5, 2022

    How a New EU Regulation Can Reduce Deforestation Globally

    • deforestation
    • regulation
    • Forests
    • commodities
    Aerial footage of palm oil and the forest in Sentabai Village, West Kalimantan, 2017.
    • deforestation
    • regulation
    • Forests
    • commodities
    Climate
    Insights
    November 17, 2021

    COP26: Key Outcomes From the UN Climate Talks in Glasgow 

    • COP26
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • NDC
    • COP27
    12/11/2021. Glasgow, United Kingdom. The Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP, President of the 26th United Nations Climate Conference (COP26) hosts the 26th UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow. The COP26 summit looks to bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
    • COP26
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • NDC
    • COP27
    Forests
    Insights
    February 11, 2021

    Just 7 Commodities Replaced an Area of Forest Twice the Size of Germany Between 2001 and 2015

    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    December 16, 2020

    China Can Save Forests While Strengthening Its Economic Resilience

    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    Bolivian soy plantation
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    September 8, 2020

    Why the CFTC’s New Report on Climate Change and Financial Stability Matters

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • commodities
    • Finance
    Commodities futures trading, Chicago
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • commodities
    • Finance
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    July 15, 2020

    A Low-Carbon Recovery Can Create Jobs and Boost Indonesia’s Economy

    • Climate
    • coronavirus
    • fossil fuels
    • Economics
    • development
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • low carbon development
    • commodities
    • renewable energy
    Aerial view of people and goods in a busy Jakarta street market. Photo by Henry Sudarman/Flickr.
    • Climate
    • coronavirus
    • fossil fuels
    • Economics
    • development
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • low carbon development
    • commodities
    • renewable energy
    Cities
    Insights
    June 18, 2020

    In the Distance: Clean Air Post-COVID-19

    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    mexico-city-skyline
    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate

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