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Countries’ Methane Action Plans Need to Do More to Account for a Just Transition

  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • National Climate Action
  • greenhouse gases
Workers on oil rig.
  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • National Climate Action
  • greenhouse gases
Insights
Fishermen in Indonesia haul in their nets on a beach.
  • Ocean
  • health
  • pollution

Ocean Carbon Removal Is Uncharted Territory. The US Can Help Change That

  • carbon removal
  • Ocean
  • Climate Governance
  • U.S. Climate
A scientist takes a soil sample to measure carbon sequestration in a seagrass bed.
  • carbon removal
  • Ocean
  • Climate Governance
  • U.S. Climate
Insights

What We Know About Deep-sea Mining — And What We Don’t

  • Ocean
  • climate change
  • Clean Energy
A large ship used to test deep-sea mining methods on the open ocean.
  • Ocean
  • climate change
  • Clean Energy
Insights

More Critical Minerals Mining Could Strain Water Supplies in Stressed Regions

  • Freshwater
  • water pollution
  • water quality
  • Water Quality
Workers extracting lithium in Bolivia.
  • Freshwater
  • water pollution
  • water quality
  • Water Quality
Insights

9 Things to Know About National Climate Plans (NDCs)

  • Climate
  • greenhouse gases
  • NDC
  • International Climate Action
  • international climate policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
  • Paying for Paris
  • National Climate Action
People walk across in-ground solar panels on a seaside plaza on a sunny day.
  • Climate
  • greenhouse gases
  • NDC
  • International Climate Action
  • international climate policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
  • Paying for Paris
  • National Climate Action
Initiatives
Ocean and rocky, forested shore of island.
Insights
Smoke pours from a cargo ship sailing past a group of fishermen on a pier.
  • Ocean
  • net-zero emissions
  • transportation
Insights

The Ocean Can Play a Bigger Role in Fighting Climate Change than Previously Thought

  • Ocean
  • Climate
  • National Climate Action
  • nature-based solutions
Groups of people are scattered across a large, sandy beach on a sunny day with floating wind turbines in the background.
  • Ocean
  • Climate
  • National Climate Action
  • nature-based solutions
Insights

25 Countries, Housing One-quarter of the Population, Face Extremely High Water Stress

  • Freshwater
  • Water Quality
  • Aqueduct
  • water risk
Women collect water near Arba Minch, Gamo Gofa Zone, Ethiopia,
  • Freshwater
  • Water Quality
  • Aqueduct
  • water risk
Insights

5 Countries Taking Action to Reach Net-Zero Targets

  • net-zero emissions
  • greenhouse gases
  • climate policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate finance
  • climatewatch-pinned
A wind farm in Denmark is surrounded by blue seawater.
  • net-zero emissions
  • greenhouse gases
  • climate policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate finance
  • climatewatch-pinned
Insights

How Blue Carbon Can Tackle the Climate, Biodiversity and Development Crises

  • Ocean
  • climate change
  • carbon removal
  • nature-based solutions
Underwater shot of a mangrove root system in clear tropical waters.
  • Ocean
  • climate change
  • carbon removal
  • nature-based solutions
Update
Fisherman in Tanzania lake
  • Freshwater
  • Water Quality
  • Water Security
Insights

9 Charts Explain Per Capita Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Country

  • climate change
  • climate impacts
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • greenhouse gases
  • GHG emissions
  • data
  • International Climate Action
The main bazar in Paharganj, India, is full of people during the late afternoon.
  • climate change
  • climate impacts
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • greenhouse gases
  • GHG emissions
  • data
  • International Climate Action
Insights

What Is Kelp and Why Is it Vital to People and the Planet?

  • climate change
  • Climate
  • Freshwater
  • Ocean
Fish feed on a kelp forest in the ocean
  • climate change
  • Climate
  • Freshwater
  • Ocean
Insights

UN Water Conference 2023: Not Enough Game-changing Commitments

  • Corporate Water Stewardship
  • Water Quality
  • water risk
  • floods
  • drought
Girls collect water in Rajasthan, India
  • Corporate Water Stewardship
  • Water Quality
  • water risk
  • floods
  • drought
Insights

What Does "Net-Zero Emissions" Mean? 8 Common Questions, Answered

  • climate science
  • carbon removal
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
  • greenhouse gases
  • COP26
  • COP28
Countries need a variety of solutions, including renewable energy and healthy forests, to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Photo by Aaron Minnick/WRI.
  • climate science
  • carbon removal
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
  • greenhouse gases
  • COP26
  • COP28