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    Finance Insights
    Finance
    Insights
    May 6, 2019

    How the International Monetary Fund Is Waking Up to the Financial Risks of the Climate Crisis

    • Economics
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    Extraction machine coal mine coal mining excavator
    • Economics
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    Finance
    Insights
    April 3, 2019

    How Much Should Countries Contribute to the Green Climate Fund's Replenishment?

    • adaptation finance
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    Thermo-solar power plant in Morocco. Flickr/World Bank Photo Collection
    • adaptation finance
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    Finance
    Asia
    Insights
    February 22, 2019

    Why Should Governments Refill the Green Climate Fund's Coffers?

    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    A new solar project funded by the GCF will provide energy to Central Mongolia.
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    Finance
    Insights
    February 12, 2019

    What Investors Want from Sustainability Data

    • Finance
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    field-solar-panels
    • Finance
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    February 5, 2019

    For Small Businesses in Africa, Climate Resilience Is an Economic Opportunity

    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • restoration
    • Business
    Herders with cattle in Tigray, Ethiopia. Mohammed Bakarr / GEF
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • restoration
    • Business
    Insights
    January 11, 2019

    7 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2019

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Business
    • biking
    • circular economy
    • stories to watch
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • Health & Road Safety
    California wildfire
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Business
    • biking
    • circular economy
    • stories to watch
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • Health & Road Safety
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    December 17, 2018

    4 Ways Cities Can Build More Climate-Resilient Neighborhoods

    • Climate Resilience
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    community workshop in India
    • Climate Resilience
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    Finance
    Asia
    Insights
    November 8, 2018

    Will China Seize the Biggest Green Opportunity of the Coming Decade?

    • National Climate Action
    • Finance
    The Belt and Road could finance much-needed renewable energy.
    • National Climate Action
    • Finance
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    November 1, 2018

    Investors Think They Can Make Money Reducing Wildfire Risk. A Forest Restoration Project in Yuba, CA Puts this Idea into Practice.

    • Finance
    • fires
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Learning about forest resilience with rangers. Photo: Leah Schleifer
    • Finance
    • fires
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Finance
    Insights
    October 12, 2018

    Crunch Time for the Green Climate Fund: 5 Issues to Watch at Critical Board Meeting

    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    Manama skyline in Bahrain, where the GCF is set to meet. Flickr/Michele Solmi
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    October 11, 2018

    Climate Change is Transforming Agriculture. Adaptation Must Be Transformative, Too.

    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    Coffee farmer in Nicaragua
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    October 10, 2018

    5 Ways to Turn Climate Adaptation Commitments into Action

    • Climate Resilience
    Ruined banana trees in Kerala
    • Climate Resilience
    Finance
    Insights
    September 6, 2018

    4 Lessons from WRI’s Sustainable Investing Journey: A CFO’s Perspective

    • Finance
    • Business
    Black Rock Solar photovoltaic array at Food Bank of Northern Nevada
    • Finance
    • Business
    Finance
    Insights
    September 6, 2018

    Learning by Doing: Lessons from WRI’s Sustainable Investing Journey

    • Finance
    • Business
    NYSE-floor
    • Finance
    • Business
    Finance
    Insights
    August 28, 2018

    Wanted: Team Coach for the Green Climate Fund

    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    Landscape restoration in Água Boa, Brazil.
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    August 24, 2018

    Thanks to Climate Change, Oranges Are Becoming the New Coffee in Some Parts of Costa Rica

    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    Coffee farmer Don Luis explains incremental adaptation measures he’s undertaken, like planting new coffee varieties resistant to coffee leaf rust and introducing shade trees. Photo: Rebecca Carter/WRI
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    August 2, 2018

    Deploying Adaptation Finance for Maximum Impact

    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • adaptation finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    woman-farmer-Nepal
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • adaptation finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    Climate
    Insights
    May 24, 2018

    The World Is Counting on Banks to Deliver Climate Finance. Counting Their Progress Is No Easy Feat.

    • Finance
    • multilateral development banks
    Banks could be more transparent about their climate progress.
    • Finance
    • multilateral development banks

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