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New Initiative Will Identify Ways to Create an Effective and Ambitious International Climate Action Agreement

  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gases
  • international climate policy
  • renewable energy
  • UNFCCC
ACT 2015 will conduct research on ways the agreement can help countries effectively reduce emissions, adapt to the impacts of climate change, finance the transition to a low-carbon economy, create transparency about individual countries’ climate actions, and ensure equity. Photo credit: Steve Vance, Flickr 2012
  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gases
  • international climate policy
  • renewable energy
  • UNFCCC
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Post-2020 Emissions-Reduction Contribution: Which Time Frame Should We Choose?

  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gases
  • international climate policy
  • transportation
  • UNFCCC
Exceeding a target global temperature rise below 2°C would put the world at an increased risk for climate change impacts. Photo credit: UN, Flickr 2008
  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gases
  • international climate policy
  • transportation
  • UNFCCC
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UNFCCC in Bonn: Bringing Transparency, Understanding, and Clarity to Countries’ Post-2020 Climate Contributions

  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gases
  • international climate policy
  • transportation
  • UNFCCC
Some countries will submit their post-2020 emissions-reduction plans in the first quarter of 2015. Photo credit: Ben West, Flickr
  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gases
  • international climate policy
  • transportation
  • UNFCCC
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John E. Amos power plant in West Virginia. Photo credit: haglundc, Flickr
  • Climate
  • GHG emissions

New Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles Are a “Win-Win-Win”

  • Energy
  • Cities
  • transportation
  • GHG emissions
  • Climate
Heavy-duty vehicles, like buses, make up 20 percent of total U.S. transport emissions. Photo credit: Kathy Doucette, Flickr 2008
  • Energy
  • Cities
  • transportation
  • GHG emissions
  • Climate

ADVISORY: Press Call: China’s Air Pollution and Climate Challenge: Progress or Not?

  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • pollution
  • U.S. policy
  • fossil fuels
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • pollution
  • U.S. policy
  • fossil fuels

STATEMENT: President Obama Announces New Efficiency and Emissions Standards for Trucks

  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • transportation
  • U.S. policy
  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • transportation
  • U.S. policy
Insights
Cape Town has a robust transport demand management (TDM) strategy that includes promoting higher vehicle occupancies. Photo Credit: Warren Rohner, Flickr 2012
  • Cities
  • Climate
  • transportation
Insights

4 Ways the Green Climate Fund Can Make Its Investments Count

  • Finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund
  • low carbon development
The Green Climate Fund aspires to become the main, global fund for providing climate change finance, contributing to activities like the expansion of renewable power. Photo credit: Solar Electric Light Fund, Flickr
  • Finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund
  • low carbon development
Insights

2 Messages for the Green Climate Fund on Supporting “Readiness”

  • Finance
  • climate change
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund
Readiness support is not new, and many countries are already receiving such support in one form or another. Photo Credit: Monica Muller, Flickr 2010
  • Finance
  • climate change
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund

Amidst California’s Drought, an Opportunity for Action

  • climate change
  • drought
  • climate impacts
The majority of California is currently blanketed in "extreme drought." Photo credit: Amber Tsuchida, Flickr
  • climate change
  • drought
  • climate impacts
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A Climate Change Reality Check

  • Energy
  • climate change
  • climate finance
  • GHG emissions
The Arctic currently has less than one-third of the multi-year ice that it had in 1980. | Photo Credit: Stephan Cook, Flickr 2009
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • climate finance
  • GHG emissions
Initiatives

India Greenhouse Gas Program

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Sustainable Cities: From a Vision to Reality

  • Energy
  • Cities
  • low carbon development
WRI is working in Qingdao, China to develop a "sustainability blueprint." Photo credit: Li Chao, Wikimedia Commons
  • Energy
  • Cities
  • low carbon development