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Race to the Top: Driving Ambition in a 2015 Climate Agreement

  • Climate
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG emissions
  • renewable energy
  • UNFCCC
countries are aiming to keep global average temperature from rising 2 degrees C (3.6 degrees F) above pre-industrial levels. Tokyo, Japan. Photo Credit: Mike Lee/Flickr
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG emissions
  • renewable energy
  • UNFCCC

ADVISORY: WRI Experts Explain What to Expect at the UN Climate Summit

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  • Forests
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  • climate change
  • climate finance
  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • climate finance
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Infographic: Choose Your Future: 4 Possible Emissions Pathways

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  • climate change
  • fossil fuels
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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Limiting Temperature Rise to 2°C Is Still Possible—and it Pays to Do So

  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
The cost of limiting global temperature rise to 2°C is far less than the costs of exceeding this target. Photo credit: Sam Teigen, Flickr
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  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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A Time For Action: 3 Reasons to Urgently Capitalize the Green Climate Fund

  • Energy
  • Climate Equity
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • Green Climate Fund
Faced with the realities of climate change, developing countries are innovating to manage climate risk and kick start their transition to low carbon development. The GCF can provide the resources to scale up these actions. Photo Credit: Oxfam/Flickr
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  • Climate Equity
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • Green Climate Fund
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WRI Statement on Latest IPCC Report

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How to Address Risk and Make Progress on Climate and Development

  • Energy
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • climate science
Climate impacts will also take their toll on urban dwellers, especially the poor who are at risk of rising seas and extreme weather events. For example, low-lying cities, like Mumbai and Kolkata, face significant threats from coastal flooding and storm surge. Photo credit: Dennis Jarvis, Flickr 2007
  • Energy
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • climate science
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Infographic: The Global Carbon Budget

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  • fossil fuels
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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New Initiative Will Identify Ways to Create an Effective and Ambitious International Climate Action Agreement

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  • 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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