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    Finance
    Insights
    April 17, 2024

    Development Banks Are Starting to Spark Climate Action. Will They Complete the Task?

    • Climate
    • Finance
    • adaptation finance
    • development
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    Setting up a solar-powered water pump to pump groundwater in Ethiopia.
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • adaptation finance
    • development
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    January 2, 2024

    India’s Shift to Low-carbon Construction Must Not Leave Workers Behind

    • Buildings
    • low carbon development
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    Construction workers in colorful clothes stand near a cement mixer.
    • Buildings
    • low carbon development
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    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
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    May 31, 2023

    In India, New Solar Parks Can Either Uproot or Uplift Landless Workers

    • renewable energy
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    Agricultural workers tend crops outside the Pavagada solar park fence.
    • renewable energy
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    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
    North America
    Insights
    September 23, 2022

    The Health, Economic and Community Benefits of Zero-carbon Buildings

    • Climate
    • Buildings
    • Cities
    • renewable energy
    An apartment building roof in Manhattan has been converted to offer residents the opportunity to garden.
    • Climate
    • Buildings
    • Cities
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    September 7, 2022

    Decarbonizing US Industry: 3 Questions, Answered

    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • low carbon development
    A cement works plant against the backdrop of a cloudy sky
    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • low carbon development
    Finance
    Insights
    July 22, 2022

    How to De-risk Low-carbon Investments

    • low carbon development
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Green Climate Fund
    • climate finance
    Two men clean solar panels in Kenya
    • low carbon development
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Green Climate Fund
    • climate finance
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    June 21, 2022

    For Vibrant US Cities, Invest in Multi-modal Transportation

    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    • electric mobility
    • Equity & Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. policy
    • Climate
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cyclist using the bike lane in a busy urban street.
    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    • electric mobility
    • Equity & Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. policy
    • Climate
    • Health & Road Safety
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 10, 2022

    How the US Can Speed its Shift to Climate-smart Infrastructure

    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • Climate
    • Buildings
    • infrastructure
    • carbon removal
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    Electric vehicle charging station in Austin, TX
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • Climate
    • Buildings
    • infrastructure
    • carbon removal
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    Cities
    Insights
    April 21, 2022

    5 Ways to Cut Oil and Gas Use Through Clean Transportation

    • Cities
    • biking
    • public transit
    • Climate
    • fossil fuels
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Health & Road Safety
    A bike lane in NYC
    • Cities
    • biking
    • public transit
    • Climate
    • fossil fuels
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    December 17, 2021

    5 Ways China’s Cities Can Drive Equitable and Sustainable Urbanization

    • Urban Development
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • nature-based solutions
    • development
    • low carbon development
    A close-up of shrubbery with skyscrapers in the distant background.
    • Urban Development
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • nature-based solutions
    • development
    • low carbon development
    Cities
    Insights
    December 8, 2021

    5 Priorities for Cities After COP26

    • COP26
    • Cities
    • National Climate Action
    • Climate Equity
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • Health & Road Safety
    Busy road in Dhaka, Bangladesh during heavy rainfall
    • COP26
    • Cities
    • National Climate Action
    • Climate Equity
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Insights
    December 3, 2021

    Invest in Walking and Cycling For Sustainable, Safe Cities. Here’s How.

    • Urban Mobility
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cyclists on stone street wearing sunglasses
    • Urban Mobility
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    News
    November 10, 2021

    RELEASE: Bike Lane Design Principles Show How to Build Safer, More Sustainable Streets

    • Cities
    • biking
    • Urban Mobility
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cyclists using bike-share in New York City
    • Cities
    • biking
    • Urban Mobility
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Insights
    November 10, 2021

    4 Ways to Design Safe Streets for Cyclists

    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    • Health & Road Safety
    Bike lanes in Barcelona, Spain
    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    • Health & Road Safety
    Energy
    Africa
    Insights
    July 26, 2021

    Integrated Planning Helps Kenya Close its Energy Access Gap

    • Clean Energy
    • electric grid
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    • Energy Access
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Kenya village
    • Clean Energy
    • electric grid
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    • Energy Access
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Cities
    Insights
    June 24, 2021

    5 Ways to Shape a Greener, More Equitable Recovery Through Transport

    • transportation
    • coronavirus
    • electric mobility
    • Urban Mobility
    • climate finance
    • COP26
    • Health & Road Safety
    A group of people boarding a bus.
    • transportation
    • coronavirus
    • electric mobility
    • Urban Mobility
    • climate finance
    • COP26
    • Health & Road Safety
    News
    June 22, 2021

    RELEASE: WRI, UNEP, GEF and Partners Launch Zero Carbon Building Accelerator

    • Buildings
    • energy efficiency
    • Cities
    • Buildings
    • energy efficiency
    • Cities
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    March 12, 2021

    Unpacking the US CLEAN Future Act

    • Buildings
    • coronavirus
    • net-zero emissions
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • energy efficiency
    • environmental justice
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    The United States Capitol Building at night.
    • Buildings
    • coronavirus
    • net-zero emissions
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • energy efficiency
    • environmental justice
    • renewable energy
    • transportation

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