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    Freshwater
    Insights
    March 30, 2023

    UN Water Conference 2023: Not Enough Game-changing Commitments

    • Corporate Water Stewardship
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    • floods
    • drought
    Girls collect water in Rajasthan, India
    • Corporate Water Stewardship
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    • floods
    • drought
    Freshwater
    Asia
    Insights
    February 14, 2023

    How Floods in Pakistan Threaten Global Security

    • floods
    • Water Security
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • climate change
    Flood waters soak through a housing settlement in Pakistan.
    • floods
    • Water Security
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • climate change
    Finance
    Oceania
    Insights
    August 19, 2022

    What the World Can Learn from Fiji’s National Climate Finance Strategy

    • floods
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    • climate finance
    • Paying for Paris
    A young girl wades through a flooded village after a tropical cyclone hit Fiji in 2016. Flood events and storm surges have become increasingly common in the country in recent years.
    • floods
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    • climate finance
    • Paying for Paris
    Freshwater
    Asia
    Insights
    August 26, 2021

    How Water Challenges Threaten India’s Energy Security

    • water risk
    • renewable energy
    • power plants
    • drought
    • floods
    • Aqueduct
    Power plant in dry land
    • water risk
    • renewable energy
    • power plants
    • drought
    • floods
    • Aqueduct
    Climate
    Insights
    August 3, 2021

    Will Recent Extreme Weather Spur More Climate Finance from Wealthy Nations?

    • Finance
    • extreme weather
    • floods
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • COP26
    Train crossing road with high flooding
    • Finance
    • extreme weather
    • floods
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • COP26
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    April 26, 2021

    Las comunidades del Gran Chaco Americano se están organizando para resistir el cambio climático

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • floods
    • climate impacts
    A woman holding a tablet to take photos of an outdoor region.
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • floods
    • climate impacts
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    April 26, 2021

    Communities in South America's Gran Chaco Are Organizing to Withstand Climate Change

    • Climate
    • floods
    • climate impacts
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    A woman holding a tablet to take photos of an outdoor region.
    • Climate
    • floods
    • climate impacts
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    July 21, 2020

    Why Disaster Preparedness Cannot Wait

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • floods
    • climate impacts
    Monsoons in Chennai
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • floods
    • climate impacts
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    July 6, 2020

    Nature-Based Flood Mitigation Can Help Mississippi River Farmers

    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Flooding in the Upper Mississippi River Basin
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    News
    April 23, 2020

    RELEASE: New Data Shows Millions of People, Trillions in Property at Risk from Flooding — But Infrastructure Investments Now Can Significantly Lower Flood Risk

    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • Climate Resilience
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • Climate Resilience
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    Insights
    April 23, 2020

    The Number of People Affected by Floods Will Double Between 2010 and 2030

    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • Freshwater
    Flooded street in Thailand
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • Freshwater
    Finance
    Insights
    April 15, 2020

    Key Investments Can Build Resilience to Pandemics and Climate Change

    • coronavirus
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • Finance
    Travelers at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, March 6, 2020
    • coronavirus
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • Finance
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    October 9, 2019

    In Gorakhpur, India, Citizens Use Nature to Prevent Floods

    • Cities
    • floods
    • Climate Resilience
    Waterlogged housing in Gorakhpur, India
    • Cities
    • floods
    • Climate Resilience
    Finance
    Insights
    July 11, 2019

    Why Sustainable Forestry Is a Good Investment

    • Forests
    • Economics
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • climate change
    Senegal villagers
    • Forests
    • Economics
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • climate change
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    June 25, 2019

    How Does a Flood-prone City Run Out of Water? Inside Chennai’s “Day Zero” Crisis

    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • Water Security
    • Urban Development
    • water risk
    Chennai
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • Water Security
    • Urban Development
    • water risk
    Climate
    Insights
    September 5, 2018

    Low-Carbon Growth Is a $26 Trillion Opportunity. Here Are 4 Ways to Seize It.

    • Business
    • Economics
    • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
    • climate change
    Solar panels and wind turbines
    • Business
    • Economics
    • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
    • climate change
    Finance
    Insights
    January 26, 2018

    At Davos, Mahindra Chairman Commits to Science-Based Emissions Reductions, Calls on Other Companies to Join Him

    • Business
    • Economics
    • carbon pricing
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    Anand Mahindra, chairman of Mahindra Rise
    • Business
    • Economics
    • carbon pricing
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    Finance
    Insights
    January 19, 2018

    Global Environmental Risks Are Keeping Davos Leaders Awake at Night

    • Business
    • Economics
    World Economic Forum
    • Business
    • Economics
    Forests
    News
    January 18, 2018

    RELEASE: New Report Shows That Actually, Money Does Grow on Trees

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • restoration
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • restoration
    • Finance
    Forests
    Insights
    January 18, 2018

    From Tree-Planting Drones to Shade-Grown Tea: Businesses Are Making Money by Reforesting the Planet

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • Business
    • Finance
    • restoration
    Costa Rica restoration
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • Business
    • Finance
    • restoration

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