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    Freshwater
    Africa
    Update
    August 10, 2026

    WRI's ProTana Project Starts First Seedling Planting Across Four Watersheds in Ethiopia

    • urban water resilience
    • Water Security
    • restoration
    • Climate Resilience
    • nature-based solutions
    Planting seedlings in Ethiopia
    • urban water resilience
    • Water Security
    • restoration
    • Climate Resilience
    • nature-based solutions
    Africa
    News
    July 30, 2026

    RELEASE: New WRI Research Shows Nairobi’s Flooding Crisis Spans Beyond Rainfall, Calls for a New Approach to Urban Resilience

    • floods
    • nature-based solutions
    • Climate Resilience
    • urban water resilience
    • housing
    • Urban Development
    • adaptation
    • floods
    • nature-based solutions
    • Climate Resilience
    • urban water resilience
    • housing
    • Urban Development
    • adaptation
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    June 8, 2026

    Tackling Central Africa's Water and Power Challenges Starts with Restoring Nature

    • nature-based solutions
    • urban water resilience
    • adaptation
    • floods
    • restoration
    • Climate Resilience
    • Solutions in Focus
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    The bare hillsides of Bukavu being restored and stabilized
    • nature-based solutions
    • urban water resilience
    • adaptation
    • floods
    • restoration
    • Climate Resilience
    • Solutions in Focus
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    May 18, 2026

    African Cities Use Nature to Fight Floods and Climate Change

    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • Urban Development
    • floods
    • Climate Resilience
    • restoration
    • Solutions in Focus
    Workers remove invasive species in Johannesburg, South Africa.
    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • Urban Development
    • floods
    • Climate Resilience
    • restoration
    • Solutions in Focus
    Cities
    Insights
    March 17, 2026

    Most Cities Are Getting Hotter. Not All Residents Feel It Equally

    • extreme heat
    • climate change
    • Urban Development
    • nature-based solutions
    Khayelitsha, an informal settlement in Cape Town, with Table Mountain in the background
    • extreme heat
    • climate change
    • Urban Development
    • nature-based solutions
    Cities
    Africa
    Update
    March 6, 2026

    Rwanda’s Cities Turn to Green-Gray Infrastructure to Address Climate Risks

    • nature-based solutions
    • urban water resilience
    • climate policy
    • restoration
    • Urban Development
    At the Rwanda Forum for Urban & Peri-Urban Nature-based Solutions, practitioners and experts identified potential interventions for addressing the biggest climate risks in their districts.
    • nature-based solutions
    • urban water resilience
    • climate policy
    • restoration
    • Urban Development
    Forests
    Africa
    Outcomes
    March 2, 2026

    Ethiopia’s Federal Government Finances Large-Scale Nature Restoration

    • Top Outcome: 2025
    • Forests
    • restoration
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • agriculture
    • nature-based solutions
    • deforestation
    People in southern Ethiopia taking part in a tree planting initiative.
    • Top Outcome: 2025
    • Forests
    • restoration
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • agriculture
    • nature-based solutions
    • deforestation
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Update
    December 15, 2025

    How Green Jobs in Dire Dawa Benefit Women and the Environment

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Women work with tree seedlings in a greenhouse.
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    November 24, 2025

    South Africa Is Fighting Back Against Invasive Plants

    • Water Security
    • urban water resilience
    • nature-based solutions
    • biodiversity
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • floods
    • Solutions in Focus
    A street in Johannesburg, South Africa, lined with jacarandas in bloom with their purple flowers and petals sprinkled on the road.
    • Water Security
    • urban water resilience
    • nature-based solutions
    • biodiversity
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • floods
    • Solutions in Focus
    Cities
    Africa
    Update
    July 30, 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
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    July 2, 2025

    Managing Extremes: How South African Cities Are Tackling Water Crises

    • urban water resilience
    • nature-based solutions
    • floods
    • drought
    • rivers
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Solutions in Focus
    People collect water during the Cape Town water crisis.
    • urban water resilience
    • nature-based solutions
    • floods
    • drought
    • rivers
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Solutions in Focus
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Insights
    March 12, 2025

    3 African Cities Restore Nature to Revitalize Their Rivers

    • nature-based solutions
    • Water Security
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Freshwater
    • Solutions in Focus
    Man carrying tree for planting.
    • nature-based solutions
    • Water Security
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Freshwater
    • Solutions in Focus
    Climate
    Africa
    News
    February 19, 2025

    RELEASE: WRI and the World Bank Present Landmark Assessment of Nature-Based Solutions in Africa

    • nature-based solutions
    • nature-based solutions
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    February 19, 2025

    In Sub-Saharan Africa, Nature-Based Solutions Take Root

    • nature-based solutions
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    • Cities
    Two workers tend to plants on a riverbank.
    • nature-based solutions
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    • Cities
    Climate
    Africa
    News
    February 19, 2025

    RELEASE: WRI and the World Bank Present Landmark Assessment of Nature-Based Solutions in Africa

    • nature-based solutions
    • nature-based solutions
    Cities
    Africa
    Update
    December 2, 2024

    Three Takeaways on Green Infrastructures and Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Resilience

    • nature-based solutions
    • Cities
    • adaptation
    People cross a swollen river after heavy rains in Kigali, Rwanda.
    • nature-based solutions
    • Cities
    • adaptation
    Cities
    Africa
    News
    May 21, 2024

    RELEASE: Canada Awards Over CAD$28 Million to Scale Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Adaptation in African Cities

    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • nature-based solutions
    • adaptation
    • Water Security
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • nature-based solutions
    • adaptation
    • Water Security