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What 2024’s Historic Elections Could Mean for the Climate

  • Climate
  • climate finance
  • COP29
  • international climate policy
  • climate policy
People cast their votes in Mexico's presidential election in June, 2024.
  • Climate
  • climate finance
  • COP29
  • international climate policy
  • climate policy
Outcomes

More than 50 Vulnerable Countries Advance Climate Action

  • Top Outcome: 2023
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
Solar panel installation and rural development in the Gabu region.
  • Top Outcome: 2023
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
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Outside the Spotlight, Forests and Nature Saw Important Wins at COP28

  • Forests
  • COP28
  • International Climate Action
  • deforestation
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
  • COP29
A man on a boat in a river surrounded by lush green forest, casting a large fishing net.
  • Forests
  • COP28
  • International Climate Action
  • deforestation
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
  • COP29
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Unpacking COP28: Key Outcomes from the Dubai Climate Talks, and What Comes Next

  • Paris Agreement
  • Climate Resilience
  • Finance
  • adaptation
  • Food
  • Cities
  • Forests
  • COP28
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP29
Closing of COP28 climate summit in Dubai
  • Paris Agreement
  • Climate Resilience
  • Finance
  • adaptation
  • Food
  • Cities
  • Forests
  • COP28
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP29
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Benchmarks for Success for COP28

  • COP28
  • United Nations
  • UNFCCC
  • Paris Agreement
  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • climate policy
  • international climate policy
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP29
Solar-powered water pump on a Malawi farm
  • COP28
  • United Nations
  • UNFCCC
  • Paris Agreement
  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • climate policy
  • international climate policy
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP29
Technical Perspectives

Beyond the Paris Agreement: The Next Phase of International Cooperation on Climate Action

  • International Climate Action
  • COP28
  • Paris Agreement
Kayakers pass by offshore wind turbines off the coast of Copenhagen
  • International Climate Action
  • COP28
  • Paris Agreement
Insights

What Is the 'Global Stocktake' and How Can It Accelerate Climate Action?

  • Paris Agreement
  • International Climate Action
  • National Climate Action
  • NDC
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
  • COP29
Planting mangroves.
  • Paris Agreement
  • International Climate Action
  • National Climate Action
  • NDC
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
  • COP29
Outcomes
African woman with seaweed
  • Top Outcome: 2022
  • COP27
  • climate change
Insights

3 Reasons Why Countries Must Take Faster Action to Reduce Short-lived Climate Pollutants

  • pollution
  • net-zero emissions
  • GHG emissions
  • food security
  • health
  • NDC
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
Man wearing a face mask rides a bicycle on a foggy day.
  • pollution
  • net-zero emissions
  • GHG emissions
  • food security
  • health
  • NDC
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
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What Does "Net-Zero Emissions" Mean? 8 Common Questions, Answered

  • climate science
  • carbon removal
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
  • greenhouse gases
  • COP26
  • COP28
Countries need a variety of solutions, including renewable energy and healthy forests, to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Photo by Aaron Minnick/WRI.
  • climate science
  • carbon removal
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
  • greenhouse gases
  • COP26
  • COP28
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Where Do We Stand on COP26 Climate Promises? A Progress Report

  • NDC
  • climate finance
  • net-zero emissions
  • electric mobility
  • renewable energy
  • Cities
  • Climate Resilience
  • Forests
  • climatewatch-pinned
A group of volunteers plant mangroves
  • NDC
  • climate finance
  • net-zero emissions
  • electric mobility
  • renewable energy
  • Cities
  • Climate Resilience
  • Forests
  • climatewatch-pinned
Insights

3 Essentials to Make Climate Action Stick

  • renewable energy
  • fossil fuels
  • net-zero emissions
  • Paris Agreement
  • environmental justice
A man installs solar panels
  • renewable energy
  • fossil fuels
  • net-zero emissions
  • Paris Agreement
  • environmental justice
Insights

What Vulnerable Countries Need from the COP26 Climate Summit

  • Paris Agreement
  • COP26
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • International Climate Action
A young girl collects water in the Banderbayla district within Somalia's Karkar region
  • Paris Agreement
  • COP26
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • International Climate Action
Insights

Leaders Summit on Climate Offers Jolt of Momentum for Global Action

  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • climate finance
  • climatewatch-pinned
President Joe Biden speaking at a podium to the virtual Climate Leaders Summit
  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • climate finance
  • climatewatch-pinned