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    Insights
    November 29, 2023

    The Future of Extreme Heat in Cities: What We Know — and What We Don’t

    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Development
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    • climate science
    • COP28
    Brick layers during in a heatwave in New Delhi, India
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Development
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    • climate science
    • COP28
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    March 3, 2021

    The Upstream Battle to Protect Drinking Water in North Carolina

    • Freshwater
    • Forests
    • natural infrastructure
    A small lake with trees in the background in North Carolina's Triangle region
    • Freshwater
    • Forests
    • natural infrastructure
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    September 16, 2020

    6 Graphics Explain the Climate Feedback Loop Fueling US Fires

    • Forests
    • fires
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • climate impacts
    Bobcat Fire, as seen from Monrovia, California
    • Forests
    • fires
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • climate impacts
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    January 30, 2019

    Climate Change, Frigid Temperatures and the Polar Vortex: 3 Things to Know

    • climate science
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • climate impacts
    polar vortex
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • climate impacts
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    November 25, 2018

    National Climate Assessment: U.S. Climate Action Can Avoid Tens of Thousands of Deaths, Hundreds of Billions in Damages Annually

    • U.S. Climate
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • U.S. policy
    Hurricane Harvey
    • U.S. Climate
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    North America
    News
    November 23, 2018

    STATEMENT: Fourth National Climate Assessment Confirms Climate Change Will Affect All Regions and All Sectors of U.S. Economy

    • Air Quality
    • Water Security
    • fires
    • climate science
    • natural infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • health
    • climate impacts
    • water pollution
    • pollution
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    • Air Quality
    • Water Security
    • fires
    • climate science
    • natural infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • health
    • climate impacts
    • water pollution
    • pollution
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    May 16, 2017

    When Improving America’s Infrastructure, Don’t Forget Forests

    • Freshwater
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • natural infrastructure
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Watershed
    • Freshwater
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • natural infrastructure
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 20, 2017

    Attacks on Science Threaten All of Us

    • U.S. policy
    • climate science
    Scientists at work
    • U.S. policy
    • climate science
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    October 27, 2016

    U.S. Cities Go to the Source to Protect Drinking Water

    • Freshwater
    • U.S. policy
    • Forests
    • natural infrastructure
    Many communities in the U.S. West depend on such sources for drinking water. Photo by Kara DiFrancesco.
    • Freshwater
    • U.S. policy
    • Forests
    • natural infrastructure
    Climate
    North America
    News
    October 17, 2016

    ADVISORY: How the U.S. Military is Responding to Sea Level Rise

    • Climate
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    February 24, 2016

    New Studies Underscore Threats of Sea Level Rise. Will National Leaders Act?

    • U.S. Climate
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    South Beach flooding
    • U.S. Climate
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Equity & Governance
    North America
    Insights
    December 10, 2015

    Time for Leaders to Lead on Climate

    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • U.S. Climate
    • COP21
    • GHG emissions
    • climate science
    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • U.S. Climate
    • COP21
    • GHG emissions
    • climate science
    • climate policy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    November 11, 2015

    Secretary Kerry Warns: Virginia Sea Level Rise Indicative of Bigger Risks Facing Nation

    • U.S. Climate
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Secretary of State John Kerry laid out the connection between climate change and national security.
    • U.S. Climate
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Equity & Governance
    North America
    Insights
    October 27, 2015

    Open Government Partnership: Achieving Sustainable Development Goals through Accountability and Transparency

    • environmental democracy
    • public participation
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    The Open Government Partnership can help support implementation of the 17 SDGs. Photo by Josh Estey/Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • environmental democracy
    • public participation
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    November 17, 2014

    Local Leaders to Federal Government: Help Us Prepare for Climate Change

    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    Flooding in Saratoga, Wyoming. Photo by SFC McGuire/Wyoming National Guard
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 2, 2014

    Sea Level Rise Cuts Across Political Divide in Norfolk, Virginia

    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Communities in the Hampton Roads region--such as Norfolk, Va., shown here--are at the front lines of sea level rise. Photo credit: Bud, Flickr
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy

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