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The Good, the Bad and the Urgent: MDB Climate Finance in 2019
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Each year multilateral development banks provide billions of dollars in climate finance and issue a joint report on these activities. Research Associate Joe Thwaites unpacks this year’s report in an incisive, chart-packed analysis. If you read only one thing on MDB climate finance this year, this should be it. Read More
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MDBs help fund solar and wind energy projects. Photo by Beyond Coal and Gas
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3 Climate-Resilient Food Solutions for Smallholder Farmers
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The World Food Program has warned that a quarter of a billion people could face acute hunger this year, twice as many as in 2019, due to the economic fallout of COVID-19 and the rising toll of climate-related threats such as droughts, floods and locusts. Adapt Now, a recent report from the Global Commission on Adaptation, identifies maize, lentils, and fish as high priorities among the solutions needed to help smallholder farmers feed vulnerable communities. Read More
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6 Ways the US Can Curb Climate Change and Grow More Food
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American agriculture is among the most productive in the world, with 20% of output shipped abroad. It also accounts for 8% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Richard Waite and Alex Rudee unpack WRI research on ways to cut emissions while growing more food to meet surging global demand. Top of the list: further boosts in productivity. Read more
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Crisis and Recovery: Cycling in Kolkata City
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The battle for road space has been going on in Kolkata City, India, for more than a decade. Since the COVID-19 lockdown began, struggling bicycle stores have witnessed record business and city officials are welcoming bike riders to streets previously off limits. WRI India transport experts tell the tale of the city-bike relationship and its environmental and social significance. Read more
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