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    Africa
    Insights
    August 20, 2014

    Securing Rights for People and the Climate in Africa

    • Food
    • Forests
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    • climate change
    Way back to Lukolela View on the way back to Lukolela, Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo by Ollivier Girard for CIFOR Center for International Forestry Research
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    • climate change
    Climate
    Insights
    July 31, 2014

    The Price Is Wrong: New Report Calls for Fossil Fuel Prices that Reflect Environmental Costs

    • Finance
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    A new IMF report shows that taxing fossil fuels could reduce deaths from fossil fuel-related air pollution by 63 percent. Photo credit: thienzieyung, Flickr
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    Insights
    June 30, 2014

    Closing the Renewable Energy Investment Gap

    • Energy
    • climate investment funds
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • renewable energy
    Wind farm in Palmas, Brazil. The Global Status Report gives other encouraging examples of the falling cost of renewables, especially in major emerging markets. Photo Credit: Carla Wosniak/Flickr
    • Energy
    • climate investment funds
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    May 27, 2014

    Lessons from South Africa: Mobilizing Investment in Renewable Energy

    • Energy
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • climate investment funds
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    When it comes to renewable energy, South Africa has considerable, unrealized potential. Some estimate that wind power generation potential in South Africa could reach 80.54 TWh, which could be realized with an installed capacity of 30.6 GW. Photo credit: Lollie-Pop/Flickr
    • Energy
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • climate investment funds
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    May 16, 2014

    Green Climate Fund Board Looks to Accreditation Process: Can it Strike the Right Balance?

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • low carbon development
    One of the most difficult questions that the GCF Board will grapple with is how entities will become “accredited” to receive GCF funds to help developing countries mitigate and adapt to climate change. Photo credit: World Bank/Flickr
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • low carbon development
    Finance
    Asia Africa
    Insights
    May 15, 2014

    Where Are Chinese Investments in Africa Headed?

    • Finance
    • Business
    More than 2,000 Chinese companies have invested in Africa, including in natural resource extraction, finance, infrastructure, power generation, textiles, and home appliances. Photo credit: World Bank/Flickr
    • Finance
    • Business
    Climate
    Insights
    May 12, 2014

    3 Tales of Hope for a Low-Carbon Future

    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Business
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • deforestation
    • low carbon development
    • commodities
    At last week's "Ascent" meeting in Abu Dhabi, clubs of countries and companies committed to double the share of renewable energy and the pace of energy efficiency gains. Photo credit: CoCreatr, Flickr
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Business
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • deforestation
    • low carbon development
    • commodities
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    April 11, 2014

    What Is the Role for Transformation in Adaptation?

    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • climate science
    Authors of a paper on transformational adaptation have deemed the development of wheat-resistant maize in Africa “transformative." Photo credit: WorldFish, Flickr 2012
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • climate science
    Climate
    Insights
    April 10, 2014

    Q&A with Dr. Karin Kemper: How Is the World Bank Addressing Climate Change?

    • Energy
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • international climate policy
    • multilateral development banks
    Dr. Kemper shared plans to more fully incorporate sustainability—including climate change mitigation and adaptation—into its international development agenda. Photo credit: Dhilung Kirat, Flickr 2008
    • Energy
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • international climate policy
    • multilateral development banks
    Climate
    Insights
    February 14, 2014

    4 Ways the Green Climate Fund Can Make Its Investments Count

    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    • low carbon development
    The Green Climate Fund aspires to become the main, global fund for providing climate change finance, contributing to activities like the expansion of renewable power. Photo credit: Solar Electric Light Fund, Flickr
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    • low carbon development
    Climate
    Insights
    February 13, 2014

    2 Messages for the Green Climate Fund on Supporting “Readiness”

    • Finance
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    Readiness support is not new, and many countries are already receiving such support in one form or another. Photo Credit: Monica Muller, Flickr 2010
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    Finance
    Insights
    January 15, 2014

    The Trillion Dollar Question: Where Does Transport Investment Come From?

    • Cities
    • Business
    • Finance
    • transportation
    Global transport investment is between US$1.4 and US$2.1 trillion each year. Photo credit: Switchology, Flickr
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Finance
    • transportation
    Climate
    Insights
    January 3, 2014

    Forest Fires, Water Security, and China’s Sustainability Challenges: WRI’s 11 Most Popular Blog Posts of 2013

    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
    • Finance
    New analysis reveals that 37 countries face extremely high levels of water stress, including Qatar (shown here). Photo credit: Neil Palmer/ CIAT
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
    • Finance
    Climate
    Insights
    December 23, 2013

    5 Things We Learned in 2013 that Could Move the Needle on Sustainability

    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
    • Finance
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • deforestation
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • water risk
    New research shows that the world loses 50 soccer fields' of forest every minute of every day. Photo credit: Daniel Murdiyarso, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
    • Finance
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • deforestation
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • water risk
    Climate
    Insights
    December 23, 2013

    A Business Case for Building Climate Resilience

    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    Daniel Dowling of PriceWaterhouseCoopers was part of a week-long climate finance event in Songdo, South-Korea.
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    Climate
    Insights
    December 23, 2013

    WRI’s Top Outcomes of 2013

    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • food security
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • water risk
    WRI measures its success through positive, on-the-ground change. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • food security
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • water risk
    Climate
    Insights
    December 20, 2013

    High Hopes for the Green Climate Fund: 5 Messages on Private Sector Engagement

    • Business
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    Farmers engage in climate-smart agriculture in Ghana. Photo credit: C Peterson (CIAT/CCAFS)
    • Business
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    Climate
    Insights
    December 6, 2013

    2 Big Issues to Tackle as the Green Climate Fund Sets Up Shop

    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    • multilateral development banks
    This week, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) celebrated the official opening of its headquarters in Songdo, Korea. Photo credit: World Bank, Flickr
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    • multilateral development banks
    Climate
    Insights
    December 4, 2013

    Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises: Key Players in Climate Adaptation

    • Business
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    A solar installation in Kirambo, Rwanda. Photo credit: SolarEnima, Flickr
    • Business
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    Climate
    Insights
    November 26, 2013

    3 Ways Multinational Corporations Can Help Vulnerable Communities Adapt to Climate Change

    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Business
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    Poor communities in developing nations are especially vulnerable to heat waves, sea level rise, and other climate change impacts. Photo credit: P. Casier, CGIAR
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Business
    • climate change
    • climate finance

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