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India’s Shift to Low-carbon Construction Must Not Leave Workers Behind

  • Buildings
  • low carbon development
  • GHG emissions
  • Climate
  • National Climate Action
Construction workers in colorful clothes stand near a cement mixer.
  • Buildings
  • low carbon development
  • GHG emissions
  • Climate
  • National Climate Action
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State of Climate Action 2023

Wind turbines on grassy field at golden hour.
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Wood Is Not the Climate-friendly Building Material Some Claim it to Be

  • Food
  • land use
  • Climate
  • commodities
  • Buildings
unloading log truck at lumber processing mill
  • Food
  • land use
  • Climate
  • commodities
  • Buildings
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5 Priorities for Urban Climate Action in 2023 and Beyond

  • transportation
  • electric mobility
  • Freshwater
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • nature-based solutions
  • poverty
  • human rights
A new electric bus in New Delhi, India
  • transportation
  • electric mobility
  • Freshwater
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • nature-based solutions
  • poverty
  • human rights

Bogotá and Cali Connect Local Action to National Ambition to Transform the Buildings Sector

  • Buildings
  • net-zero emissions
  • development
  • Cities
Aerial view of Bogota, Colombia
  • Buildings
  • net-zero emissions
  • development
  • Cities

The Health, Economic and Community Benefits of Zero-carbon Buildings

  • Climate
  • Buildings
  • Cities
  • renewable energy
An apartment building roof in Manhattan has been converted to offer residents the opportunity to garden.
  • Climate
  • Buildings
  • Cities
  • renewable energy
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Stakeholder Engagement Underpins a Bold Roadmap to Zero-carbon Buildings in Türkiye

  • low carbon development
  • Cities
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Buildings
A photo of Istanbul, Turkey from the water
  • low carbon development
  • Cities
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Buildings
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UN Human Rights Council Underscores the Need for Loss and Damage Action Ahead of COP27

  • United Nations
  • human rights
  • Climate Governance
  • Climate
UN Geneva meeting in session
  • United Nations
  • human rights
  • Climate Governance
  • Climate

How the US Can Speed its Shift to Climate-smart Infrastructure

  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • Climate
  • Buildings
  • infrastructure
  • carbon removal
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
Electric vehicle charging station in Austin, TX
  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • Climate
  • Buildings
  • infrastructure
  • carbon removal
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
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6 Cities and Local Governments Accelerating Zero Carbon Buildings

  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Buildings
Sitabuldi Market in Nagpur, India
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Buildings

3 Benefits of Women’s Collective Land Rights

  • Gender
  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • land rights
  • human rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
An all-women community forest user group in Nepal.
  • Gender
  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • land rights
  • human rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
News
  • Buildings
  • energy efficiency
  • Cities
Initiatives
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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
two men installing solar panels
  • climate change
  • fossil fuels
  • human rights
  • renewable energy
  • COP26

Unpacking the US CLEAN Future Act

  • Buildings
  • coronavirus
  • net-zero emissions
  • climate policy
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • energy efficiency
  • environmental justice
  • renewable energy
  • transportation
The United States Capitol Building at night.
  • Buildings
  • coronavirus
  • net-zero emissions
  • climate policy
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • energy efficiency
  • environmental justice
  • renewable energy
  • transportation

5 Lessons for Securing Women’s Collective Land Rights

  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • Gender
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Community forest
  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • Gender
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

STATEMENT: Escazú Agreement Moves A Big Step Closer to Making the World Safer for Environmental Defenders

  • human rights
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate
  • human rights
  • pollution

Mongolia Shows How to Fight for Environmental Justice

  • environmental democracy
  • human rights
  • pollution
Mongolia
  • environmental democracy
  • human rights
  • pollution
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