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News
February 19, 2021

STATEMENT: New Coalition Calls for the US To Go "All In" on Climate Action

  • US Climate Initiatve
  • paris agreement
  • climate policy
  • Business
  • cities
  • united states
  • US Climate Initiatve
  • paris agreement
  • climate policy
  • Business
  • cities
  • united states
Energy
North America
Insights
February 19, 2021

Lessons from Texas Freeze: 5 Ways to Strengthen US Energy Resilience

  • Climate Resilience
  • resilience
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • energy security
  • renewable energy
  • united states
Workers trying to fix a power line during a snowstorm in Texas.
  • Climate Resilience
  • resilience
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • energy security
  • renewable energy
  • united states
Energy
North America
Insights
February 18, 2021

4 Recommendations to Electrify the US Federal Fleet

  • electric cars
  • electricity grid
  • Urban Mobility
  • electricity
  • renewable energy
  • renewables
  • Clean Energy
  • Climate
An electric vehicle charging next to a patch of grass.
  • electric cars
  • electricity grid
  • Urban Mobility
  • electricity
  • renewable energy
  • renewables
  • Clean Energy
  • Climate
Finance
Insights
February 16, 2021

With Patchy Guidance, Companies May Have Climate Risk Blind Spots

  • Climate Resilience
  • green finance
  • private investment
  • business risk
  • Business
  • climate change
  • investment
  • sustainable business
A dust storm looms. (Image: amazingsdj/Pixabay)
  • Climate Resilience
  • green finance
  • private investment
  • business risk
  • Business
  • climate change
  • investment
  • sustainable business
Latin America
Insights
February 11, 2021

Colombia Shows Leadership in the Race Against Climate Change

  • Climate
  • climatewatch
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • National Climate Action
  • paris agreement
  • climate policy
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • Latin America
  • south america
A cow grazes on a grassy hill, with forested hills in the misty background.
  • Climate
  • climatewatch
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • National Climate Action
  • paris agreement
  • climate policy
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • Latin America
  • south america
Governance
Insights
February 11, 2021

5 Lessons for Securing Women’s Collective Land Rights

  • Governance
  • Forests
  • Gender
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • land tenure
Community forest
  • Governance
  • Forests
  • Gender
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • land tenure
Forests
Insights
February 11, 2021

Just 7 Commodities Replaced an Area of Forest Twice the Size of Germany Between 2001 and 2015

  • commodities
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
  • oil palm
  • commodities
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
  • oil palm
Food
Insights
February 10, 2021

4 Urgent Actions Towards a More Sustainable Food System

  • coronavirus
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • restoration
Women plant rice in Tamil Nadu, India.
  • coronavirus
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • restoration
Cities
Insights
February 9, 2021

INSIDER: How Land Use Paints a Clearer Picture of Urban Life

  • data map
  • INSIDER
  • land use
  • data
  • cities
  • maps
  • mapping
  • sustainable cities
An aerial view of Mexico City.
  • data map
  • INSIDER
  • land use
  • data
  • cities
  • maps
  • mapping
  • sustainable cities
North America
February 9, 2021

RELEASE: Turning Point Selected as a 2030 Climate Challenge Finalist

  • electric cars
  • Climate
  • emissions
  • GHG emissions
  • united states
  • electric cars
  • Climate
  • emissions
  • GHG emissions
  • united states
Forests
Asia Africa Latin America
Insights
February 9, 2021

How Local People Are Mapping Billions of Trees on Their Land

  • land use
  • forest restoration
  • landscapes
  • local impacts
  • monitoring
  • restoration
Woman stading next to a forest in Rwanda
  • land use
  • forest restoration
  • landscapes
  • local impacts
  • monitoring
  • restoration
Governance
Insights
February 4, 2021

Outcomes and Next Steps from the Climate Adaptation Summit

  • adaptation finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • paris agreement
  • climate policy
  • adaptation
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • local impacts
Prime Minister Mark Ruffe waving.
  • adaptation finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • paris agreement
  • climate policy
  • adaptation
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • local impacts
Climate
North America
Insights
February 4, 2021

What's Next for State Climate Action in the US? 7 Areas to Watch

  • climate change
  • united states
Three men working on large wind turbine parts in a warehouse.
  • climate change
  • united states
Energy
Africa
Insights
February 3, 2021

Energy Access Is Key to Sub-Saharan Africa's Economic Recovery

  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • coronavirus
  • electricity
  • economy
  • agriculture
  • finance
  • fossil fuels
  • health
  • manufacturing
  • renewable energy
A young South African woman holds up a cloth face mask next to a sewing machine.
  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • coronavirus
  • electricity
  • economy
  • agriculture
  • finance
  • fossil fuels
  • health
  • manufacturing
  • renewable energy

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