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The Emissions Gap Roadmap

  • climate science
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
A new report evaluates the "emissions gap" between current commitments to reduce emissions and those needed to limit global temperature rise to 2 degrees C. Photo by Josef Stuefer/Flickr
  • climate science
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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UNEP Emissions Gap Report Calculates Necessary Emission Reductions Out to 2030

  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
"Taking more action now reduces the need for more extreme action later to stay within safe emission limits," —Achim Steiner. Photo by Adam Jones/Flickr.
  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
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Infographic: Policy and Action Standard

  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • GHG Protocol
  • greenhouse gases
  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • GHG Protocol
  • greenhouse gases
Data

Infographic: Mitigation Goal Standard

  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • GHG Protocol
  • greenhouse gases
  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • GHG Protocol
  • greenhouse gases
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Mitigation Goal Standard

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Policy and Action Standard

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RELEASE: Two New Greenhouse Gas Standards to Improve Climate Policies, Design and Track Progress towards Mitigation Goals

  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG emissions
  • UNFCCC
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG emissions
  • UNFCCC
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Staying on Track: A New Tool for Designing and Meeting Emissions-Reduction Goals

  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Pollution in Beijing. China recently committed to peak its emissions by 2030. Photo by David Barrie/Flickr
  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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How to Calculate Policies’ Effects on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • climate policy
  • GHG emissions
  • GHG Protocol
  • renewable energy
Tunisia launched its renewable energy program, PROSOL ELEC, in 2010 to scale up solar photovoltaic systems in buildings throughout the country. Photo by World Bank/FLICKR.
  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • climate policy
  • GHG emissions
  • GHG Protocol
  • renewable energy
News

STATEMENT: WRI Reacts to India’s 100,000 MW Solar Goal

  • Energy
  • renewable energy
  • Energy
  • renewable energy

Local Leaders to Federal Government: Help Us Prepare for Climate Change

  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • climate impacts
Flooding in Saratoga, Wyoming. Photo by SFC McGuire/Wyoming National Guard
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • climate impacts

US, Japan Pledge $4.5 Billion to Green Climate Fund, but Are the Conditions Fair?

  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund
A flooded rice field in Japan. Photo by Phil Hendley/FLICKR.
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund

STATEMENT: WRI Reacts to Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience Report

  • Climate Resilience
  • climate science
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate science

Weighing Options: How Do You Compare the Costs of Renewable Energy to Traditional Electricity?

  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
How would a supermarket looking to supply their electricity directly from on-site solar energy compare this option with traditional power? Photo by Bart Speelman/FLICKR
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Energy
  • renewable energy

STATEMENT: WRI Reacts to $3 Billion U.S. Pledge to Green Climate Fund

  • Finance
  • Green Climate Fund
  • Finance
  • Green Climate Fund

Infographic: U.S. Businesses Need More Renewable Energy from the Grid

  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
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CAIT Equity Explorer

Nicaragua’s Indigenous Peoples Protect their Forests Even Without Government Support

  • Forests
  • Equity & Governance
  • deforestation
  • human rights
  • land rights
Nicaragua's government recognizes 49 percent of the country's forests as community forests--but it wasn't always this way. Photo credit: Lon&Queta, Flickr
  • Forests
  • Equity & Governance
  • deforestation
  • human rights
  • land rights
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 “We need a new system of political economy, one that is programmed to give priority to people, place and planet, not power, production and profit.” —Gus Speth Photo Credit: FLICKR/WRI