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The Inequity of Water: While Scarcity Is Felt Locally, its Causes Are Increasingly Global

  • Freshwater
  • agriculture
  • Water Security
  • food security
Amhara farmers carrying corn crop near Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve.
  • Freshwater
  • agriculture
  • Water Security
  • food security
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More Critical Minerals Mining Could Strain Water Supplies in Stressed Regions

  • Freshwater
  • water pollution
  • water quality
  • Water Quality
Workers extracting lithium in Bolivia.
  • Freshwater
  • water pollution
  • water quality
  • Water Quality
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The Next Phase of Corporate Sustainability: Addressing Consumer Water Use

  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • Water Security
  • water risk
Washing dishes.
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • Water Security
  • water risk
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25 Countries, Housing One-quarter of the Population, Face Extremely High Water Stress

  • Freshwater
  • Water Quality
  • Aqueduct
  • water risk
Women collect water near Arba Minch, Gamo Gofa Zone, Ethiopia,
  • Freshwater
  • Water Quality
  • Aqueduct
  • water risk
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5 Shifts Needed to Decarbonize Industry

  • industry
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • Tracking Climate Action
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • climatewatch-pinned
A family walks past an industrial harbor.
  • industry
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • Tracking Climate Action
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • climatewatch-pinned
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What Is Kelp and Why Is it Vital to People and the Planet?

  • climate change
  • Climate
  • Freshwater
  • Ocean
Fish feed on a kelp forest in the ocean
  • climate change
  • Climate
  • Freshwater
  • Ocean
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Crystal Davis.
  • Food
  • Freshwater
  • Forests
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Restoring Degraded Forests Could Bring Back Lost Rainfall, Cooler Temperatures

  • Forests
  • restoration
  • nature-based solutions
  • deforestation
  • Freshwater
  • Climate
Men planting a tree.
  • Forests
  • restoration
  • nature-based solutions
  • deforestation
  • Freshwater
  • Climate
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STATEMENT: UN Water Conference Delivers Some Game-Changing Commitments, Yet Far More Action and Finance Needed to Address Global Water Crisis

  • Freshwater
  • Water Security
  • urban water resilience
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • Freshwater
  • Water Security
  • urban water resilience
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
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water tower in Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Cities
  • urban water resilience
  • Urban Development
  • Freshwater
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5 Priorities for Urban Climate Action in 2023 and Beyond

  • transportation
  • electric mobility
  • Freshwater
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • nature-based solutions
  • poverty
  • human rights
A new electric bus in New Delhi, India
  • transportation
  • electric mobility
  • Freshwater
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • nature-based solutions
  • poverty
  • human rights
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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
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How Forests Near and Far Benefit People in Cities

  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Water Quality
  • Water Security
  • health
  • Climate
  • biodiversity
urban forest
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Water Quality
  • Water Security
  • health
  • Climate
  • biodiversity
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RELEASE: WRI and Partners Launch Fund to Help African Cities Build Water Resilience

  • COP27
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • urban water resilience
  • adaptation
  • Climate Resilience
  • COP27
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • urban water resilience
  • adaptation
  • Climate Resilience
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6 Things to Know About Direct Air Capture

  • carbon removal
  • land use
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • Energy
  • Freshwater
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Direct Air Capture
Climeworks founder C.Gebald & J.Wurzbacher in front of Climeworks plant
  • carbon removal
  • land use
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • Energy
  • Freshwater
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Direct Air Capture
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Fish swim through a seagrass meadow
  • Freshwater
  • Climate
  • Ocean

A New Industrial Revolution for a Livable Climate

  • U.S. Climate
  • industry
  • GHG emissions
  • carbon removal
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
The inside of a dimly lit industrial building.
  • U.S. Climate
  • industry
  • GHG emissions
  • carbon removal
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset