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A number of Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries recently took a huge step forward in ensuring environmental democracy for their citizens.

As negotiators in Doha move toward a new global climate agreement this week, politicians and planner

Consider this blog post to have been written hastily on the back of a cocktail napkin. Not really, of course, as my handwriting is increasingly poor in this digital age.

The Global Impact Investment Network defines impact investments as “investments made into companies, organizations, an

The international climate deal reached in Durban, South Africa last December marked an importa

This story is part of the “Aqueduct Sneak Peek” series.

What Is Ambition in the Context of Climate Change?

This post was co-authored with Kate DeAngelis, an intern with WRI’s Climate and Energy Program.

This piece was co-authored with Daniel Bongardt, Transport Policy Advisor with the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ).

Confronting the Reality of a Rapidly Warming World

This post originally appeared on Bloomberg.com.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The latest Emissions Gap Report, by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the European Climate Foundation, is being released today. The report finds that emissions are now around 14 percent above where they need to be. The gap is on course to be 8 gigatonnes of CO2 equivalent by 2020, which is 2 Gt higher than last year’s assessment.