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    climate impacts hurricanes transportation water risk News
    Climate
    North America
    News
    March 29, 2024

    STATEMENT: U.S. EPA Issues New Pollution Standards for Trucks and Buses

    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    • pollution
    • Air Quality
    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    • pollution
    • Air Quality
    Climate
    North America
    News
    March 20, 2024

    STATEMENT: U.S. EPA Issues New Pollution Standards for Passenger Vehicles

    • transportation
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • transportation
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    Cities
    North America
    News
    May 20, 2022

    STATEMENT: Biden Administration's Clean School Bus Program is Charging Ahead & Open for Applications

    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    Cities
    North America
    News
    April 7, 2022

    STATEMENT: New York Enacts First-in-Nation Plan to Electrify All State School Buses

    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    Climate
    News
    August 9, 2021

    STATEMENT: New IPCC Report Is “Alarming,” Shows Narrow Path to Limit Warming to 1.5°C By 2100

    • climate change
    • Climate
    • climate impacts
    • international climate policy
    A traffic sign submerged in flood water.
    • climate change
    • Climate
    • climate impacts
    • international climate policy
    Equity & Governance
    News
    January 24, 2021

    RELEASE: 40 Governments and Leading Institutions Commit to Support Locally Led Climate Adaptation

    • adaptation finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • adaptation finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    Freshwater
    News
    September 2, 2020

    RELEASE: New Report Finds Even the Toughest Water Security Problems Can Be Solved

    • Water Security
    • water risk
    • Water Security
    • 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
    Asia
    News
    December 5, 2019

    RELEASE: Significant Risk of Water-Related Conflict in Parts of Iraq, Iran, Mali, Nigeria, India and Pakistan Over Next 12 Months

    • Water Security
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • Water Security
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Business
    North America
    News
    October 31, 2019

    STATEMENT: Car Companies Join Trump Administration’s “Reckless Attack” on California’s Emissions Standards

    • U.S. policy
    • pollution
    • transportation
    • U.S. policy
    • pollution
    • transportation
    Equity & Governance
    News
    September 9, 2019

    RELEASE: Global Leaders Call for Urgent Action on Climate Adaptation; Commission Finds Adaptation Can Deliver $7.1 Trillion in Benefits

    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • Business
    • adaptation finance
    • infrastructure
    • agriculture
    • hurricanes
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • Business
    • adaptation finance
    • infrastructure
    • agriculture
    • hurricanes
    Freshwater
    News
    August 13, 2019

    RELEASE: Lack of Reliable and Affordable Water a Hidden Threat for Urban Households of the Global South

    • Cities
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • Cities
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    News
    August 6, 2019

    RELEASE: Updated Global Water Risk Atlas Reveals Top Water-Stressed Countries and States

    • Aqueduct
    • Water Security
    • water risk
    • Aqueduct
    • Water Security
    • water risk
    Cities
    News
    May 23, 2019

    RELEASE: New Research Finds Growing Traffic and Lack of Transport Options Leave Many Without Access to Urban Opportunities

    • transportation
    • world resources report
    • transportation
    • world resources report
    Climate
    North America
    News
    November 23, 2018

    STATEMENT: Fourth National Climate Assessment Confirms Climate Change Will Affect All Regions and All Sectors of U.S. Economy

    • Air Quality
    • Water Security
    • fires
    • climate science
    • natural infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • health
    • climate impacts
    • water pollution
    • pollution
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    • Air Quality
    • Water Security
    • fires
    • climate science
    • natural infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • health
    • climate impacts
    • water pollution
    • pollution
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    Equity & Governance
    News
    October 16, 2018

    RELEASE: Global Leaders Call for Urgent Acceleration of Climate Adaptation Solutions

    • adaptation finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Water Security
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • climate impacts
    • renewable energy
    • Urban Development
    • adaptation finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Water Security
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • climate impacts
    • renewable energy
    • Urban Development
    Forests
    Africa
    News
    May 14, 2018

    RELEASE: WRI Africa Opens with a Focus on Forests, Cities, and Water

    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • restoration
    • water risk
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • restoration
    • water risk

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