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    Asia power plants UNFCCC
    Freshwater
    Asia
    Insights
    August 26, 2021

    How Water Challenges Threaten India’s Energy Security

    • water risk
    • renewable energy
    • power plants
    • drought
    • floods
    • Aqueduct
    Power plant in dry land
    • water risk
    • renewable energy
    • power plants
    • drought
    • floods
    • Aqueduct
    Asia
    Insights
    December 2, 2019

    China Faces 4 Big Risks if it Continues Building More Coal Plants

    • Energy
    • fossil fuels
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    • Energy
    • fossil fuels
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    November 13, 2019

    To Fix City Slums, Don't Just Knock Them Down: Involve Residents in Upgrading Efforts

    • Cities
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • housing
    • poverty
    • public participation
    View of one of the many informal settlements the city of Surabaya, Indonesia has upgraded since the 1960s with input and participation from residents. Photo by Peter Edelman.
    • Cities
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • housing
    • poverty
    • public participation
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Research
    December 17, 2018

    Prepared Communities

    Freshwater
    Asia
    News
    January 16, 2018

    RELEASE: Dependence on Scarce Water Puts India’s Electricity Supply at Risk

    • power plants
    • water risk
    • power plants
    • water risk
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    January 16, 2018

    40% of India’s Thermal Power Plants Are in Water-Scarce Areas, Threatening Shutdowns

    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • mapping
    • power plants
    • water risk
    India power plant
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • mapping
    • power plants
    • water risk
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    July 26, 2017

    Droughts and Blackouts: How Water Shortages Cost India Enough Energy to Power Sri Lanka

    • Freshwater
    • Energy
    • power plants
    • water risk
    A power plant in India.
    • Freshwater
    • Energy
    • power plants
    • water risk
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    March 9, 2017

    China Making Progress on Climate Goals Faster than Expected

    • Energy
    • G20
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Rooftop solar panels in China
    • Energy
    • G20
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Asia
    News
    October 2, 2016

    STATEMENT: India Joins Paris Agreement on Climate Change

    • climate change
    • UNFCCC
    • climate change
    • UNFCCC
    Asia North America
    Insights
    September 3, 2016

    US and China Join Paris Agreement, Bringing it Much Closer to Taking Effect

    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    March 30, 2016

    Papua New Guinea Is First Country to Finalize National Climate Plan Under Paris Agreement

    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    • UNFCCC
    Papua New Guinea’s coastal village of Hanuabada.
    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    December 2, 2015

    What Do Top Emitters' Greenhouse Gas Targets Mean for Emissions? It’s Not Always Clear

    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • GHG emissions
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Wind turbines
    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • GHG emissions
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Africa
    Latin America Africa Asia
    Insights
    December 1, 2015

    New Platform Reveals How Much Carbon Is Locked in Tropical Forests – and How Much Was Lost

    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • mapping
    • UNFCCC
    GFW Climate will help measure emissions from tropical deforestation. Photo credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/cifor/14626255095/in/album-72157645614284212/">M. Edliadi for the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">cc</a>
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • mapping
    • UNFCCC
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    November 19, 2015

    New GFW Maps Show Vast Logging, Oil Palm and Plantation Concessions in Sarawak

    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • environmental democracy
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    Sarawak, Malaysia. Photo by Wakx/Flickr.
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • environmental democracy
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • commodities

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