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    North America
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    December 4, 2024

    Detroit Passed the First Law Giving Communities a Say in Development Projects. Here’s What Happened

    • climate policy
    • U.S. Climate
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Equity
    • development
    • U.S. Community Benefits Frameworks
    Scaffolding being constructed for a large industrial building.
    • climate policy
    • U.S. Climate
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Equity
    • development
    • U.S. Community Benefits Frameworks
    Climate
    North America
    News
    November 21, 2024

    STATEMENT: US Bipartisan Carbon Dioxide Removal Investment Act Levels the Playing Field for Carbon Removal Scale-Up

    • carbon removal
    • carbon removal legislation & policy
    • carbon removal
    • carbon removal legislation & policy
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    November 18, 2024

    The State of Electric School Bus Adoption in the US

    • Cities
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    School bus USA
    • Cities
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    Climate
    North America
    News
    November 17, 2024

    STATEMENT: United States Achieves Biden’s Climate Finance Goal

    • U.S. Climate
    • G20
    • climate finance
    • COP29
    • U.S. Climate
    • G20
    • climate finance
    • COP29
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    November 13, 2024

    Trump May Thwart Federal Climate Action, but Opportunities for Progress Remain

    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • Cities
    • International Climate Action
    • international climate policy
    Installing solar panels on an office building in Mesa, Arizona
    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • Cities
    • International Climate Action
    • international climate policy
    Climate
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    October 31, 2024

    How US States Can Lead on Carbon Removal Policy

    • Climate
    • carbon removal
    Carbon removal technology.
    • Climate
    • carbon removal
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    October 24, 2024

    3 Emerging Trends in the US Electric Vehicle Workforce

    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. Climate
    A worker evaluates new Tesla Cybertrucks.
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. Climate
    Cities
    North America
    Update
    October 16, 2024

    A Call to Decarbonize Mexico’s Buildings and Construction Sector

    • energy efficiency
    • Buildings
    • low carbon development
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Participants in the"Roadmap for the Decarbonization of the Building Sector” workshop in Mexico City
    • energy efficiency
    • Buildings
    • low carbon development
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    September 17, 2024

    What Would Cities Look Like With 3 Degrees C of Warming vs. 1.5? Far More Hazardous and Vastly Unequal

    • Cities
    • Climate
    • Equity & Governance
    • climate change
    • health
    • data visualization
    A woman carries water during a blistering hot day in New Delhi, India.
    • Cities
    • Climate
    • Equity & Governance
    • climate change
    • health
    • data visualization
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    September 3, 2024

    A Community Program Is Transforming New York Schoolyards into Climate-Resilient Spaces

    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Development
    Children enjoy the vibrant new playground in the recently redesigned green schoolyard at P.S. 38K in New York, where fresh equipment and engaging spaces foster creativity and play.
    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Development
    Climate
    North America
    Update
    August 22, 2024

    Canada Develops Legal Framework to Prioritize Net-Zero Implementation

    • Climate
    • net-zero emissions
    • long-term strategies
    • long-term strategy related case study
    • GHG emissions
    Wind turbine in snowy field.
    • Climate
    • net-zero emissions
    • long-term strategies
    • long-term strategy related case study
    • GHG emissions
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    August 6, 2024

    Can Clean Hydrogen Fuel a Clean Energy Future?

    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Hydrogen
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • low carbon development
    • industry
    • FIGI
    A hydrogen pipeline.
    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Hydrogen
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • low carbon development
    • industry
    • FIGI
    Climate
    Africa Latin America
    Insights
    August 5, 2024

    What Are Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and Why Are They Important?

    • NDC
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • GHG emissions
    • adaptation
    • climate finance
    • COP29
    • climatewatch-pinned
    People walk on a bridge over wetlands with windmills in the distance.
    • NDC
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • GHG emissions
    • adaptation
    • climate finance
    • COP29
    • climatewatch-pinned

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