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Water Risk on the Rise

  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • mapping
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
Businesses are waking up to the risks water can pose to their operations and bottom line. (Credit: The National Guard/Flickr).
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • mapping
  • Freshwater
  • water risk

STATEMENT: U.S. EPA Announces Greenhouse Gas Standards for New Power Plants

  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)

RELEASE: New Analysis Shows Michigan is Well-Positioned to Meet Upcoming Carbon Pollution Standards

  • GHG emissions
  • pollution
  • U.S. policy
  • regulation
  • greenhouse gases
  • GHG emissions
  • pollution
  • U.S. policy
  • regulation
  • greenhouse gases
Insights

Launching the iBus: How Public Outreach Led to Transport Success in Indore, India

  • public transit
  • Cities
  • road safety
  • transportation
The iBus in Indore, India.
  • public transit
  • Cities
  • road safety
  • transportation

Coastal Communities in Virginia Lead the Way on Local Climate Action

  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • sea level rise
  • U.S. policy
Local leaders in Virginia Beach, VA are making plans to adapt to sea-level rise and coastal flooding. Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • sea level rise
  • U.S. policy
News

MEDIA ADVISORY: New Global Commission to Analyze Economic Risks and Benefits of Climate Action

  • climate change
  • Energy
  • Economics
  • greenhouse gases
  • climate change
  • Energy
  • Economics
  • greenhouse gases

New Study Sheds Light on Methane Leakage from Natural Gas

  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gases
  • fossil fuels
  • U.S. policy
Marcellus Shale natural gas well in Pennsylvania. Photo credit: wcn247, Flickr
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gases
  • fossil fuels
  • U.S. policy

A Stronger, Cleaner Michigan: 5 Steps to Cost-Effectively Reduce Power Sector Emissions

  • U.S. policy
  • industry
  • pollution
  • regulation
A coal-fired power plant in Marysville, Michigan. Photo credit: Sentrawoods, Flickr
  • U.S. policy
  • industry
  • pollution
  • regulation
Insights

3 Important Messages from this Week’s UNFCCC Workshop on Scaling Up Climate Finance

  • development
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
  • UNFCCC
Developing countries need climate finance to mitigate climate change and adapt to its impacts. Photo credit: Solar Electric Light Fund, Flickr
  • development
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
  • UNFCCC
Data

Eutrophication & Hypoxia Map Data Set

  • Freshwater
  • pollution
  • water pollution
  • mapping
  • data
  • Freshwater
  • pollution
  • water pollution
  • mapping
  • data
News

RELEASE: Launch of the First Greenhouse Gas Accounting Tool for Chinese Cities

  • Cities
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG Protocol
  • low carbon development
  • Cities
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG Protocol
  • low carbon development
Insights

3 Beginning Steps to Designing a National Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program

  • Business
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • low carbon development
A thermal power station in Takoradi, Ghana. Photo credit: Jonathan Ernst, World Bank
  • Business
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • low carbon development

4 Ways North Carolina Can Reduce its Power Sector Emissions

  • climate change
  • Energy
  • pollution
  • regulation
  • U.S. policy
Marshall Steam Station in North Carolina. Photo credit: Cdtew, Wikimedia Commons
  • climate change
  • Energy
  • pollution
  • regulation
  • U.S. policy
Initiatives

Clean Energy Supply

Wind turbines on green rice fields.

3 Big Takeaways from the New Global Commitment to Phase Down HFCs

  • Climate
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gases
  • international climate policy
  • pollution
Reducing HFCs is an important step in curbing global climate change. Photo credit: John Isaac, UN
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gases
  • international climate policy
  • pollution

New Report Connects 2012 Extreme Weather Events to Human-Caused Climate Change

  • climate science
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • extreme weather
  • greenhouse gases
  • pollution
Flooding from Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Photo credit: Pamela Andrade
  • climate science
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • extreme weather
  • greenhouse gases
  • pollution