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RELEASE: WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities 2020-2021 Opens; Now Accepting Applications for Transformative Urban Climate Projects

  • Climate Resilience
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Cities
  • Climate Resilience
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Cities

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Increased Biofuel Production in the US Midwest May Harm Farmers and the Climate

  • biofuels
  • agriculture
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
  • land use
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
  • Climate Equity
  • environmental justice
A farmer stands on top of a truck while a tractor unloads the crops into it.
  • biofuels
  • agriculture
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
  • land use
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
  • Climate Equity
  • environmental justice

Under New Guidance, “Sustainable” Aviation Fuel in the US Could Be Anything But

  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • biofuels
  • transportation
  • climate policy
  • GHG emissions
A man in a neon vest stands under the wing of a commercial plane to fill its fuel tank.
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • biofuels
  • transportation
  • climate policy
  • GHG emissions

EPA’s New Renewable Fuel Standard Will Increase Global Carbon Emissions — Not Lower Them

  • U.S. Climate
  • biofuels
  • transportation
  • climate policy
  • GHG emissions
Cars drive down a California highway with farm fields on either side.
  • U.S. Climate
  • biofuels
  • transportation
  • climate policy
  • GHG emissions
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6 Ways to Prevent Greenwashing and Risks from Trade Associations

  • Unlocking Climate Action
A "do not walk" sign lit up on an intersection with skyscrapers in the background.
  • Unlocking Climate Action

The Payoffs of Open Climate Data

  • Climate
  • data
Ramani Huria workshop in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
  • Climate
  • data
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Leveraging the Ocean's Carbon Removal Potential

  • Ocean
  • Climate
  • carbon removal
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • restoration
An ocean next to a cityscape.
  • Ocean
  • Climate
  • carbon removal
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • restoration

STATEMENT: Global Commission on Adaptation COVID-19 Call to Action

  • Climate Resilience
  • coronavirus
  • Climate Resilience
  • coronavirus
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The Most Successful Air Pollution Treaty You’ve Never Heard Of

  • Equity & Governance
  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • climate change
Scooter-riders with face masks in Hanoi, Vietnam
  • Equity & Governance
  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • climate change

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
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Eskisehir, Turkey Leads on Energy-Efficient Buildings

  • Buildings
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • Cities
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
Eskişehir, Turkey
  • Buildings
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • Cities
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
Insights

Optimize, Electrify, Decarbonize: The 3 Steps to Thriving, Zero-Carbon Cities

  • Cities
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
  • electric mobility
  • Unlocking Climate Action
Las Vegas solar panels
  • Cities
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
  • electric mobility
  • Unlocking Climate Action

4 Ways Cities Can Build More Climate-Resilient Neighborhoods

  • Climate Resilience
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
community workshop in India
  • Climate Resilience
  • Cities
  • Urban Development