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Update

30 July 2025

New Tool Helps Cities Select and Scale Nature-Based Solutions

Forests
Freshwater
nature-based solutions
Cities
Urban Development

River alongside city.

Forests
Freshwater
nature-based solutions
Cities
Urban Development

Research

19 March 2025

Water-Resilient Economic Development Planning in Ethiopia

Initiatives

18 Février 2025

Green-Gray Infrastructure Accelerator

Nairobi, Kenya city center view

Research

23 September 2024

Unlocking Local Private Capital to Finance the Productive Use of Renewable Energy (PURE) Sector – a Look at East African Local Financial Institutions (LFIs)

Solar panel with water pump.

Initiatives

25 March 2024

Scaling Urban Nature-based Solutions for Climate Adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa (SUNCASA)

Plant nurseries.

Update

27 January 2023

Restoring a Degraded Ethiopian Watershed for Water and Livelihood Security

food security
agriculture
poverty
Climate Equity
Freshwater

This view of the degraded Minzir 01 watershed shows evident signs of gully formation and low stream flow.

food security
agriculture
poverty
Climate Equity
Freshwater

Research

4 November 2022

Mainstreaming Climate Change in Ethiopia’s Planning Process

ethiopia-addis-cityscape

Research

4 October 2022

Financing Sustainable Watershed Management in Ethiopia: Exploring Innovative Financing Strategies for Nature-Based Solutions

People walking along irrigation channel with greenery along its edges.

Update

14 June 2022

WRI and Partners Select 4 Winners for Digital Transport for Africa Innovation Challenge

transportation
Urban Mobility
Urban Development
electric mobility

transportation
Urban Mobility
Urban Development
electric mobility

Insights

26 July 2021

Ethiopia's Updated NDC Underscores its Focus on Climate Action

National Climate Action
climate change
climate policy
NDC
COP26

A grassy landscape with two buildings, each painted with an Ethiopian flag, in the background.

National Climate Action
climate change
climate policy
NDC
COP26

Initiatives

6 July 2021

Water for Sustainable Development in Ethiopia

Blue Nile Falls.

Research

29 June 2021

Balancing Water Demands and Increasing Climate Resilience: Establishing a Baseline Water Risk Assessment Model in Ethiopia

Habiba Hossen is collecting water from a rehabilitated distribution point in Kole Community.

Insights

25 June 2021

3 Strategies for Water-Wise Development in Ethiopia

Water Security
water risk
Climate
agriculture

People drive herds of oxen and sheep great distances to water them at this reservoir.

Water Security
water risk
Climate
agriculture

Asia Africa Latin America

Research

17 December 2020

Urban Land Value Capture in São Paulo, Addis Ababa, and Hyderabad: Differing Interpretations, Equity Impacts, and Enabling Conditions

Two urban buildings, one on right under construction

Equity & Governance

Latin America Africa North America

Research

27 October 2020

Building a Climate Resilient Future for Costa Rica’s Coffee Farming Communities

Initiatives

8 October 2019

Urban Water Resilience Initiative

Aerial view of Dar es Salaam after flooding.

Initiatives

14 June 2019

Energy Access Explorer

kutch sunset.jpg

Initiatives

14 June 2019

Energy Access Explorer

kutch sunset.jpg

Insights

16 October 2017

Water is Essential to Achieving Ethiopia’s Development Goals

Aqueduct

Hamar cattle, Demeka, Ethiopia

Aqueduct

Initiatives

13 March 2017

Energy Access and Equitable Development

Meenakshi Dewan tends to maintenance work on the solar street lighting in her village of Tinginaput, India. Huge pylons run across these hills, supplying power to the big cities – but rural areas like this are not connected to the main grid.