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    March 23, 2015

    Tracking 2020 Climate Action Pledges on the Road to Paris

    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • GHG emissions
    • UNFCCC
    Switzerland and the EU were the first two proposals submitted to the UNFCCC. (Basel Kleinhüningen, Switzerland) Photo by Timm Suess/Flickr.
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • GHG emissions
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    News
    March 17, 2015

    RELEASE: WRI Welcomes Paul Bodnar as Senior Advisor for WRI’s Sustainable Finance Center

    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Asia
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    March 12, 2015

    Win-win: Reducing Water Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in China’s Power Sector

    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    China’s power sector is the nation’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions and its biggest industrial water user. To meet increasing energy demand, the country may double its installed generation capacity by 2030. Photo by Asian Development Bank/Flickr.
    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    Climate
    Asia North America
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    March 9, 2015

    What Will Future Emissions Look Like?

    • International Climate Action
    Smog in Beijing, China. Photo by Gérard Métrailler/Flickr.
    • International Climate Action
    Climate
    Europe
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    March 7, 2015

    EU Announces its New Climate Action Commitment (INDC)

    • International Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Wind turbines in Germany. Photo by Paul Lim/Flickr
    • International Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Europe
    News
    March 6, 2015

    STATEMENT: WRI Reacts to EU Official Proposed National Climate Action Commitment

    • International Climate Action
    • international climate policy
    • International Climate Action
    • international climate policy
    Climate
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    March 5, 2015

    World’s 15 Countries with the Most People Exposed to River Floods

    • Freshwater
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • climate change
    • mapping
    • rivers
    • water risk
    Citizens flee floods in Sri Lanka. Photo by trokilinochchi/Wikimedia Commons.
    • Freshwater
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • climate change
    • mapping
    • rivers
    • water risk
    Climate
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    March 3, 2015

    Reducing HFCs in the US Would Benefit Consumers and the Climate

    • Energy
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • GHG emissions
    • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
    HFCs, potent greenhouse gases, are commonly used as refrigerants. Photo by Frank van den Bergh/iStock.
    • Energy
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • GHG emissions
    • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
    Climate
    Europe
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    February 28, 2015

    Analyzing the First “INDC”: Switzerland Releases New Climate Action Commitment

    • International Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Switzerland is the first country to submit its post-2020 climate action plan. Photo by András Fülöp/Flickr.
    • International Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    February 27, 2015

    3 Counterintuitive Connections Between Climate Change and Extreme Weather

    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • U.S. policy
    Boston received more than 98 inches of snow this season. Photo by Michael Hall/Flickr.
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    Europe
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    February 25, 2015

    A First Look at European Union’s Post-2020 Climate Commitment

    • International Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Offshore wind turbines in Denmark. Photo by CGP Grey/Flickr
    • International Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Europe
    News
    February 25, 2015

    STATEMENT: WRI Reacts to EU’s Climate Plan Announcement

    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    Climate
    Asia
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    February 24, 2015

    By the Numbers: Economic Impacts of Climate Change in the Lower Mekong Basin

    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • Economics
    The Lower Mekong River Basin (LMB) spans Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam, and supports **60 million people**. The region is also widely recognized as highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Photo credit: William Cho, Flickr
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • Economics
    Climate
    Europe
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    February 19, 2015

    After the Geneva Climate Negotiations, a Clearer Path Toward an International Agreement

    • International Climate Action
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    The latest U.N. climate negotiations took place in Geneva, Switzerland. Photo by tripu/Flickr.
    • International Climate Action
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
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    February 19, 2015

    INDCs: Bridging the Gap Between National and International Climate Action

    • International Climate Action
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Installing solar-powered lighting in Tinginaput, India. Photo by Abbie Traylor Smith/Panos Pictures/Department for International Development
    • International Climate Action
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Europe
    News
    February 13, 2015

    Statement: WRI Reacts to Geneva Climate Talks

    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
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    February 11, 2015

    How Do You Measure the Emissions Locked in Fossil Fuel Reserves?

    • Energy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • fossil fuels
    If emissions continue unabated, the world is on track to exhaust its "carbon budget" within three decades. Photo by Mingjia Zhou/Flickr
    • Energy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • fossil fuels