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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
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  • 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
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  • NDC
  • climate finance
  • net-zero emissions
  • electric mobility
  • renewable energy
  • Cities
  • Climate Resilience
  • Forests
  • climatewatch-pinned
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3 Essentials to Make Climate Action Stick

  • renewable energy
  • fossil fuels
  • net-zero emissions
  • Paris Agreement
  • environmental justice
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  • renewable energy
  • fossil fuels
  • net-zero emissions
  • Paris Agreement
  • environmental justice
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What Vulnerable Countries Need from the COP26 Climate Summit

  • Paris Agreement
  • COP26
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • International Climate Action
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  • Paris Agreement
  • COP26
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • International Climate Action
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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
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4 Big Outcomes the Leaders Summit on Climate Can Deliver

  • Climate
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • international climate policy
  • U.S. policy
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  • Climate
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • international climate policy
  • U.S. policy
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A Just Transition to a Zero-carbon World Is Possible. Here’s How.

  • climate change
  • fossil fuels
  • human rights
  • renewable energy
  • COP26
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  • climate change
  • fossil fuels
  • human rights
  • renewable energy
  • COP26

4 Ways Indigenous and Community Lands Help Fight Climate Change

  • Climate
  • Forests
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • land rights
  • COP26
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
  • COP16
  • Climate
  • Forests
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • land rights
  • COP26
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
  • COP16
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How Do Countries' New Emissions-reduction Plans Stack Up?

  • Climate
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • GHG emissions
  • United Nations
  • COP26
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  • Climate
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • GHG emissions
  • United Nations
  • COP26
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Outcomes and Next Steps from the Climate Ambition Summit

  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • long-term strategies
  • National Climate Action
  • net-zero emissions
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
Windmill with a cloudy sunset in the background
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • long-term strategies
  • National Climate Action
  • net-zero emissions
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
Technical Perspectives

INSIDER: 4 Key Topics Climate Negotiators Must Resolve by COP26

  • climatewatch-pinned
  • paris rulebook
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • UNFCCC
  • COP26
  • Finance
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • paris rulebook
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • UNFCCC
  • COP26
  • Finance
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Lessons from the Great Recession for COVID-19 Green Recovery

  • Economics
  • coronavirus
  • climate change
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  • Economics
  • coronavirus
  • climate change
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Climate Action Must Progress Far Faster to Achieve 1.5 C Goal

  • electric mobility
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate science
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Forests
  • industry
  • renewable energy
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  • electric mobility
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate science
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Forests
  • industry
  • renewable energy

How Biden Can Make the US a Global Leader on Climate Action

  • climatewatch-pinned
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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  • climatewatch-pinned
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC