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    COP20
    Energy
    Africa
    Insights
    September 4, 2019

    For the Millions of East Africans Who Need Electricity Most, Data Shows Renewable Energy Is a Viable – and Affordable – Solution

    • mapping
    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • Sustainable Development Goal 4
    • Sustainable Development Goal 7
    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    Electricity has far-reaching impacts on people's livelihoods. This Tanzanian tailor can sew at night thanks to solar power. Photo by Theo Steemers/USAID
    • mapping
    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • Sustainable Development Goal 4
    • Sustainable Development Goal 7
    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    August 29, 2019

    Despite Challenges, Virginia Cities Envision a Bold Clean Energy Future

    • Energy
    • Sustainable Development Goal 7
    • renewable energy
    Aerial view of Arlington County
    • Energy
    • Sustainable Development Goal 7
    • renewable energy
    Insights
    July 31, 2019

    PODCAST: From Renewables to 100% Clean Energy

    • podcasts
    • Sustainable Development Goal 7
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    We can decarbonize the grid by focusing on lowering the emissions intensity of electricity generation. Pixabay/blickpixel
    • podcasts
    • Sustainable Development Goal 7
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    Energy
    Insights
    June 6, 2019

    Beyond Renewables: How to Reduce Energy-Related Emissions by Measuring What Matters

    • Climate
    • Sustainable Development Goal 7
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    sunset-windmills-hill.jpg
    • Climate
    • Sustainable Development Goal 7
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    January 28, 2019

    PODCAST: What's Next for U.S. Renewables?

    • Energy
    • podcasts
    • Sustainable Development Goal 7
    • renewable energy
    Rooftop solar at National Renewable Energy Lab.
    • Energy
    • podcasts
    • Sustainable Development Goal 7
    • renewable energy
    Forests
    Insights
    December 1, 2016

    PODCAST: The Sounds of Sustainability

    • building a sustainable guitar
    • podcasts
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Credit: Flickr/Javier Morales
    • building a sustainable guitar
    • podcasts
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Forests
    Insights
    November 30, 2016

    Building a Sustainable Guitar: Mahogany

    • building a sustainable guitar
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    A twisting branch of mahogany
    • building a sustainable guitar
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Forests
    Insights
    November 3, 2016

    Building a Sustainable Guitar: Ebony

    • building a sustainable guitar
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • building a sustainable guitar
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Forests
    Insights
    October 5, 2016

    Building a Sustainable Guitar: Rosewood

    • building a sustainable guitar
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Fender P Bass guitar
    • building a sustainable guitar
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    September 15, 2016

    Building a Sustainable Guitar: Maple

    • building a sustainable guitar
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Bigleaf maple forest.
    • building a sustainable guitar
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Forests
    Insights
    August 11, 2016

    Building a Sustainable Guitar: Koa

    • building a sustainable guitar
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • building a sustainable guitar
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Insights
    July 25, 2016

    Building a Sustainable Guitar: Sitka Spruce

    • building a sustainable guitar
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Worker sands the top of an acoustic guitar.
    • building a sustainable guitar
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Finance
    Research
    June 15, 2015

    Building Climate Equity

    Climate
    Insights
    February 10, 2015

    What Does the “Pathway to Paris” Mean for Adaptation?

    • International Climate Action
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • COP20
    • extreme weather
    A growing number of studies show that communities around the world are already experiencing the effects of climate change in the form of extreme heat, unpredictable weather and sea level rise. (Punjab region, Pakistan) Photo by Tariq Saeed/IRIN.
    • International Climate Action
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • COP20
    • extreme weather
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    December 19, 2014

    Expanding Climate Finance in Latin America and the Caribbean

    • International Climate Action
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • COP20
    Despite difficult negotiations in Lima, discussions signaled the positive outlook among development banks for expanding climate finance in Latin America and the Caribbean. Photo by Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores/Flickr.
    • International Climate Action
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • COP20
    Climate
    Asia
    Research
    December 18, 2014

    Going in the Right Direction?

    Climate
    Insights
    December 17, 2014

    Behind the Scenes at the Lima Climate Conference with WRI

    • COP20
    • UNFCCC
    COP 20 UN Climate Change Conference. (Lima, Peru) Photo by Greens MPs/Flickr.
    • COP20
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Insights
    December 14, 2014

    COP20 Lays the Groundwork for Paris Climate Pact: 7 Key Developments

    • Finance
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • COP20
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Equity & Governance
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • UNFCCC
    Participants at December 2014 international climate conference in Lima
    • Finance
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • COP20
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Equity & Governance
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Asia Latin America
    Insights
    December 10, 2014

    3 Promising Pathways to Finance Sustainable Cities

    • Cities
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • COP20
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    • Paris Agreement
    • transportation
    Leaders at COP20 can explore a range of sources for financing low-carbon urban development including multilateral investment banks, private investors, and innovative initatives like the Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions or climate-themed bonds. (Mexico City, Mexico) Photo by Boris G/Flickr.
    • Cities
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • COP20
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    • Paris Agreement
    • transportation
    Finance
    Insights
    December 9, 2014

    Building Climate Equity and International Consensus from the Ground Up

    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • COP20
    • Climate Equity
    • development
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • Equity & Governance
    • human rights
    • UNFCCC
    Scaling up renewable energy access; government installed solar energy in Sumba island, Indonesia. Photo by Asia Development Bank/Flickr.
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • COP20
    • Climate Equity
    • development
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • Equity & Governance
    • human rights
    • UNFCCC

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