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    floods Forest and Landscape Restoration Green Climate Fund Urban Efficiency & Climate Insights News
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    January 25, 2024

    4 Priorities for Managing US Lands in the Face of Climate Change

    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    • land use
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    A tractor and trucks drive through soy bean fields.
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    • land use
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Forests
    Africa
    News
    January 10, 2024

    RELEASE: Landscape Restoration Champions Across Africa Receive USD 17.8 Million in Financing from TerraFund for AFR100

    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • nature-based solutions
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • nature-based solutions
    Forests
    Insights
    December 22, 2023

    Outside the Spotlight, Forests and Nature Saw Important Wins at COP28

    • Forests
    • COP28
    • International Climate Action
    • deforestation
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    A man on a boat in a river surrounded by lush green forest, casting a large fishing net.
    • Forests
    • COP28
    • International Climate Action
    • deforestation
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Finance
    North America
    News
    December 2, 2023

    STATEMENT: United States Announces $3 Billion Pledge to Green Climate Fund

    • COP28
    • Green Climate Fund
    • climate finance
    • COP28
    • Green Climate Fund
    • climate finance
    Cities
    News
    December 2, 2023

    RELEASE: Expert Group Launches Report to Help Cities, States and Regions Strengthen Credibility of Net Zero Climate Commitments

    • COP28
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Cities
    • COP28
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Cities
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America Oceania North America Europe
    Insights
    November 29, 2023

    The Future of Extreme Heat in Cities: What We Know — and What We Don’t

    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Development
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    • climate science
    • COP28
    Brick layers during in a heatwave in New Delhi, India
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Development
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    • climate science
    • COP28
    Cities
    News
    November 28, 2023

    RELEASE: WRI and Partners Launch REHOUSE Initiative Linking Housing, Urban Services, Climate Action

    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Forests
    Africa
    News
    October 31, 2023

    STATEMENT: Three Basins Summit Emphasizes Importance of Cooperation Across Amazon, Congo, and Southeast Asia Regions to Protect Forests

    • deforestation
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • deforestation
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    October 2, 2023

    What Is Peat Subsidence and How Can Countries Prevent this Environmental Disaster?

    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • land use
    Local people in a boat survey the Singkil Peat Swamp in Indonesia.
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • land use
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    September 7, 2023

    From Ethiopia’s Highlands to India’s Villages, How Faith Organizations Are Restoring the World’s Forests

    • Forests
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Equity
    A small white church with a cross on top is perched on a steep mountainside encircled by trees.
    • Forests
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Equity
    Cities
    Insights
    August 10, 2023

    As the Earth Gets Hotter, Can Our Cities Get Cooler?

    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • nature-based solutions
    A line of tourists await the use of the fountain at the base of Rome’s Spanish Steps to cool off.
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • nature-based solutions
    Cities
    Insights
    June 26, 2023

    Cities Need a Systems-change Approach to Build Climate-resilient Communities

    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Mobility
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    Looking down at city buildings, some with green roofs and the street below.
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Mobility
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    Forests
    Insights
    May 22, 2023

    How Companies Can Use Voluntary Carbon Markets to Help Protect Tropical Forests

    • deforestation
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Finance
    Houses sit among a misty tropical forest.
    • deforestation
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Finance
    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
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    January 6, 2023

    Indigenous Forests Are Some of the Amazon’s Last Carbon Sinks

    • land rights
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Equity & Governance
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Man in a canoe in Ecuador's Amazon forest
    • land rights
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Equity & Governance
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Forests
    News
    December 19, 2022

    STATEMENT: Countries Agree to Landmark Deal to Protect World’s Ecosystems

    • Forests
    • Ocean
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • biodiversity
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • Ocean
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • biodiversity
    • Equity & Governance
    Forests
    Africa
    News
    November 7, 2022

    RELEASE: Anchor Investments Announced to Launch $2 Billion Fund for Locally-Led Restoration in Africa

    • COP27
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • COP27
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    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

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