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    North America adaptation finance extreme weather waste
    Cities
    Initiatives
    March 10, 2022

    TheCityFix Labs

    People at Marine Drive in Mumbai, India
    Climate
    Asia North America
    Update
    January 6, 2023

    Recommendations for Collaboration Between the US and China on Methane Emissions

    • GHG emissions
    • agriculture
    • waste
    • mapping
    Tiered hill agriculture.
    • GHG emissions
    • agriculture
    • waste
    • mapping
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America Oceania North America Europe
    Insights
    April 6, 2021

    4 Ways to Reduce Plastic Pollution

    • Business
    • circular economy
    • coronavirus
    • waste
    • Ocean
    • pollution
    • regulation
    Plastic waits for recycling landfill in the Philippines.
    • Business
    • circular economy
    • coronavirus
    • waste
    • Ocean
    • pollution
    • regulation
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    January 28, 2021

    4 Climate Finance Priorities for the Biden Administration

    • Climate
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • development
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    • multilateral development banks
    View of the White House and surrounding Washington, D.C. streets from above.
    • Climate
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • development
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    • multilateral development banks
    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
    September 14, 2018

    Recent Scientific Advancements Show New Connections Between Climate Change and Hurricanes

    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • hurricanes
    Hurricane Florence
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • hurricanes
    Asia Latin America North America
    News
    July 11, 2018

    ADVISORY: High-Level Briefing on China-U.S. Cooperation on Energy and Climate Change

    • adaptation finance
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • Energy
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • adaptation finance
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • Energy
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    May 17, 2018

    As Apple, Google and Others Promote Renewable Power, What Is the Best Way to Evaluate Corporate Energy Leadership?

    • adaptation finance
    • Business
    • renewable energy
    Solar panels installed at the Googleplex.
    • adaptation finance
    • Business
    • renewable energy
    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
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    March 22, 2017

    At G20 Finance Ministerial, US Makes an Unforced Error on Climate

    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • adaptation finance
    • U.S. policy
    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    Rooftop Solar Panel array
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • adaptation finance
    • U.S. policy
    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    Climate
    North America
    News
    December 15, 2016

    RELEASE: Bipartisan City Officials Call on Federal Government to Support Local Resilience to Climate Change

    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    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
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    November 2, 2016

    5-4-3-2-1: Counting Down Obama’s Legacy on Climate Resilience

    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate policy
    • extreme weather
    Barack Obama
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate policy
    • extreme weather
    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

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