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    North America climate investment funds drought natural resources
    Climate
    Initiatives
    August 15, 2019

    New Climate Economy

    Most of women covered by NHLP now have access to fresh vegetables for their meals and can even supply their surplus to be sold in the local market.
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    March 6, 2017

    America Doesn’t Have to Choose Between the Economy and the Climate

    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • Economics
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    Solar panels at Curtis H. Stanton Energy Cente
    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • Economics
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    February 16, 2017

    US Climate Finance: A Great Deal for the Nation and the World

    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. policy
    • climate investment funds
    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    School children in Kenya
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. policy
    • climate investment funds
    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    December 19, 2016

    Debunking 4 Myths About Sustainable Investing

    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    Stock market ticker
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    Climate
    Asia North America
    Insights
    December 14, 2016

    Weather Patterns that Fueled Great Smoky Mountains Forest Fire Could Increase with Climate Change

    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • drought
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • fires
    Wildfire at Great Smoky Mountains National Park
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • drought
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • fires
    Africa North America
    Insights
    October 28, 2016

    If Climate Change Is the Existential Crisis of Our Age, Why Isn’t it Getting More Attention?

    • climate science
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • food security
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    California drought
    • climate science
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • food security
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    April 10, 2015

    California Sleepwalks into Water Crisis

    • Aqueduct
    • drought
    • natural resources
    • U.S. policy
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    California's drought has dragged on for four years. Photo by Yana Edwin Murphy/Flickr
    • Aqueduct
    • drought
    • natural resources
    • U.S. policy
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    July 15, 2014

    Tar Sands Threaten World’s Largest Boreal Forest

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • mapping
    • natural resources
    • fossil fuels
    Canada’s boreal forests feature mountain ranges; forested plains, bogs, and peatlands; coniferous and mixed forests; and millions of waterways. Photo credit: Ken Owen, Flickr
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • mapping
    • natural resources
    • fossil fuels
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    February 13, 2014

    Amidst California’s Drought, an Opportunity for Action

    • climate change
    • drought
    • climate impacts
    The majority of California is currently blanketed in "extreme drought." Photo credit: Amber Tsuchida, Flickr
    • climate change
    • drought
    • climate impacts
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    November 1, 2013

    U.S. Signals the End of Public Money for Coal-Fired Power

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • multilateral development banks
    U.S. public financing for overseas coal-fired power is likely coming to an end. Photo credit: Mike_tn, Flickr
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • multilateral development banks
    Freshwater
    North America
    News
    October 15, 2013

    RELEASE: New Guidance to Protect America’s Water and Reduce Costs with Natural Infrastructure

    • Freshwater
    • natural infrastructure
    • water risk
    • Freshwater
    • natural infrastructure
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    Europe Asia North America
    Insights
    September 20, 2013

    Water Risk on the Rise

    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • mapping
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Businesses are waking up to the risks water can pose to their operations and bottom line. (Credit: The National Guard/Flickr).
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • mapping
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Climate
    Africa Asia Europe North America
    Insights
    July 29, 2013

    Shifting Global Investments To Clean Energy

    • Energy
    • Business
    • fossil fuels
    • low carbon development
    • Energy
    • Business
    • fossil fuels
    • low carbon development
    Equity & Governance
    Africa North America
    Insights
    June 13, 2013

    Ending the "Resource Curse": Canada Commits to Make Mining More Transparent

    • Business
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources
    • Business
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources

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