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    Energy
    Insights
    October 9, 2024

    To Green the Industrial Sector, Countries Must Break Down Silos

    • net-zero emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • industry
    Motorcycles pass flyover construction in Bihar, India
    • net-zero emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • industry
    Climate
    Insights
    October 2, 2024

    How Countries Can Use Behavior Change to Further Reduce Emissions

    • Tracking Climate Action
    • NDC
    • climate change
    • International Climate Action
    People shop for produce at a market.
    • Tracking Climate Action
    • NDC
    • climate change
    • International Climate Action
    Forests
    Insights
    September 30, 2024

    5 Things Countries Can Do this Year to Stop Biodiversity Loss

    • biodiversity
    • COP16
    • deforestation
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    People unload tree saplings from a river boat in the Amazon.
    • biodiversity
    • COP16
    • deforestation
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Business
    Insights
    September 25, 2024

    3 Businesses Transforming Food Waste into Profit

    • Business
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • agriculture
    Hands holding various fruits.
    • Business
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • agriculture
    Energy
    Africa
    Insights
    September 23, 2024

    How Local Banks Can Unlock Africa's Clean Energy Future

    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • Energy Access
    One person hands a solar panel to another on a roof waiting to install it.
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • Energy Access
    Forests
    Insights
    September 19, 2024

    6 Graphics Explain South America’s Forest Fires

    • Forests
    • fires
    • data visualization
    Smoke in La Paz, Bolivia from nearby forest fires
    • Forests
    • fires
    • data visualization
    Forests
    Insights
    September 19, 2024

    Amid Record-breaking Fires, Will Brazil Confront Its Climate Challenges?

    • Forests
    • fires
    A plane drops water over forest fires in Brazil
    • Forests
    • fires
    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
    Climate
    Insights
    September 17, 2024

    Why the Next 3 Months Are Critical for People, Nature and Climate

    • Climate
    • COP29
    • COP16
    • NDC
    Villagers plant trees in southern Ethiopia
    • Climate
    • COP29
    • COP16
    • NDC
    Finance
    Insights
    September 17, 2024

    Which Countries Should Pay for International Climate Finance?

    • COP29
    • climate finance
    • development
    • Climate
    Solar panels at a market in Nigeria
    • COP29
    • climate finance
    • development
    • Climate
    Energy
    Africa
    Insights
    September 13, 2024

    One County in Rural Kenya Is Using Clean Energy to Close its Electricity Gap

    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • health
    • electric grid
    Rooftop solar installation on a rural hospital in Kenya.
    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • health
    • electric grid
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 12, 2024

    E-Tricycles Are Powering a Recycling Revolution in Fortaleza, Brazil

    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • waste
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Transformations
    People handle large bags of recyclables outside a waste collection center.
    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • waste
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Transformations
    Cities
    Insights
    September 10, 2024

    What Happens When Extreme Heat and Air Pollution Collide

    • Air Quality
    • pollution
    • health
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    A group looks over a hazy Mexico City, Mexico, from the top of Cerro de la Estrella in April 2021. Days earlier, the city registered an ozone concentration of 160 parts per billion.
    • Air Quality
    • pollution
    • health
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    September 4, 2024

    Lessons from China’s Growing Adoption of Zero-emission Trucks

    • Cities
    • electric mobility
    • net-zero emissions
    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    Three zero-emission trucks parked on the street with powerlines and trees.
    • Cities
    • electric mobility
    • net-zero emissions
    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    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
    Finance
    Insights
    August 30, 2024

    How the Climate Finance Puzzle Fits into the Global Financial System

    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • adaptation finance
    • COP29
    • Paris Agreement
    • International Climate Action
    Motorcyclists, buses and pedestrians navigate a flooded, hectic city street.
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • adaptation finance
    • COP29
    • Paris Agreement
    • International Climate Action
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    August 15, 2024

    Empowering Residents Helped Buenos Aires Transform Rodrigo Bueno Into a Climate-Resilient Community

    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Climate Resilience
    • housing
    • Urban Transformations
    People wait at a bus top with trees and apartment buildings in the background.
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Climate Resilience
    • housing
    • Urban Transformations
    Climate
    Insights
    August 14, 2024

    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
    Finance
    Insights
    August 14, 2024

    Banks Have Committed to Net Zero but Aren’t on Track to Reach It

    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • net-zero emissions
    • climatewatch-pinned
    People walk across a bridge toward tall glass bank buildings.
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • net-zero emissions
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Forests
    Insights
    August 13, 2024

    The Latest Data Confirms: Forest Fires Are Getting Worse

    • deforestation
    • fires
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate science
    Forest fire in Borneo, Indonesia
    • deforestation
    • fires
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate science

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