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    North America
    Climate
    North America
    Update
    August 1, 2024

    REMOVE Act of 2024

    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • climate policy
    • U.S. policy
    • carbon removal
    • carbon removal legislation & policy
    Climeworks direct air capture plant and sky
    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • climate policy
    • U.S. policy
    • carbon removal
    • carbon removal legislation & policy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 30, 2024

    Tracking Progress: Climate Action Under the Biden Administration

    • National Climate Action
    • Tracking Climate Action
    • Climate
    • carbon removal
    • climatewatch-pinned
    President Joe Biden visits Flatirons Campus of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Arvada, Colorado.
    • National Climate Action
    • Tracking Climate Action
    • Climate
    • carbon removal
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    July 23, 2024

    For Students with Disabilities, Electric School Buses Could Transform the School Commute

    • Cities
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • Air Quality
    • environmental justice
    A girl in a wheelchair approaches the wheelchair lift on a school bus.
    • Cities
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • Air Quality
    • environmental justice
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 17, 2024

    Cutting-Edge Projects Aim to Decarbonize US Cement Emissions

    • industry
    • U.S. Climate
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • GHG emissions
    • mapping
    • FIGI
    People wearing construction vests and hard hats look out at the Fortera cement plant.
    • industry
    • U.S. Climate
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • GHG emissions
    • mapping
    • FIGI
    Equity & Governance
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    July 10, 2024

    US Federal Environmental Justice Strategic Plans Aim to Advance Equity in Agency Operations

    • environmental justice
    • Climate Equity
    • Climate
    Joe Biden speaking before signing Executive Order on new actions to advance environmental justice.
    • environmental justice
    • Climate Equity
    • Climate
    Climate
    Asia North America
    Update
    July 10, 2024

    US-China Dialogue Identifies Priority Areas for Climate Cooperation

    • U.S. Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • climate policy
    • international climate policy
    Flags from the United States and China.
    • U.S. Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • climate policy
    • international climate policy
    Climate
    Initiatives
    July 1, 2024

    U.S. People-Centered Transitions

    Smokestacks in the background of a neighborhood with rowhouses in Baltimore, MD
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    June 13, 2024

    Navigating the EV Transition: 4 Emerging Impacts on Auto Manufacturing Jobs

    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • transportation
    • Clean Energy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    An autoworker moves a lithium-ion battery into position at a car manufacturing plant in Detroit.
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • transportation
    • Clean Energy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Climate
    North America
    Update
    June 6, 2024

    Community Mangrove Management and the Transformation of Coastal Communities

    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • nature-based solutions
    • Economics
    • Gender
    • restoration
    Two women presenting in a workshop.
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • nature-based solutions
    • Economics
    • Gender
    • restoration
    Cities
    Asia
    Update
    May 28, 2024

    Detroit, Varanasi, Venice Chosen to Host Global Challenges in $9-Million Sustainable Cities Challenge

    • Cities
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Development
    Varanasi, India boats along the water
    • Cities
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    Asia
    News
    May 21, 2024

    RELEASE: WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities Finalists Showcase Successful Efforts to Build Climate-Ready Communities

    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    Energy
    North America
    News
    May 13, 2024

    STATEMENT: U.S. Transmission Rule a Positive Step for Electric Grid Reliability and Clean Energy

    • U.S. Energy Topics
    • Clean Energy
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • electric grid
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Transmission
    • U.S. Energy Topics
    • Clean Energy
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • electric grid
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Transmission
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 9, 2024

    The US Needs to Lower Cement Emissions — ‘Blended Cement’ Can Help

    • industry
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • U.S. Climate
    • low carbon development
    • FIGI
    Cement is poured while two workers spread it onto the ground.
    • industry
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • U.S. Climate
    • low carbon development
    • FIGI

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