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    climate impacts fossil fuels
    Climate
    Technical Perspectives
    July 22, 2022

    Can the Global Goal on Adaptation Be Locally Led?

    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    • Climate
    • climate impacts
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    • Climate
    • climate impacts
    Cities
    Initiatives
    September 12, 2018

    Cities4Forests

    Pond and trees in front of city skyline.
    Climate
    Insights
    February 26, 2024

    What Is "Loss and Damage" from Climate Change? 8 Key Questions, Answered

    • climate impacts
    • climate policy
    • Climate Resilience
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    Rising water levels submerging a house as heavy monsoon rains cause major floods in Baco, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines on July 23, 2021.
    • climate impacts
    • climate policy
    • Climate Resilience
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    Climate
    Insights
    November 1, 2022

    5 Things Vulnerable Countries Need from Policymakers at COP27

    • Climate
    • climate impacts
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Equity
    • Paris Agreement
    • paris rulebook
    • climate finance
    • COP27
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Ambulance driving through flood water on road in Mumbai, India, 2018.
    • Climate
    • climate impacts
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Equity
    • Paris Agreement
    • paris rulebook
    • climate finance
    • COP27
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Climate
    Research
    October 26, 2022

    State of Climate Action 2022

    Climate march with people holding signs.
    Climate
    Insights
    August 9, 2021

    5 Big Findings from the IPCC’s 2021 Climate Report

    • Energy
    • climate impacts
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate science
    • Paris Agreement
    • COP26
    Motorcycle on flooded street
    • Energy
    • climate impacts
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate science
    • Paris Agreement
    • COP26
    Climate
    Insights
    March 12, 2020

    Responding to Coronavirus: Low-carbon Investments Can Help Economies Recover

    • Economics
    • coronavirus
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • health
    • low carbon development
    Windmills running in the background of a dense forest.
    • Economics
    • coronavirus
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • health
    • low carbon development
    Climate
    Insights
    January 15, 2019

    4 Ways to Shift from Fossil Fuels to Clean Energy

    • Energy
    • Economics
    • carbon pricing
    • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
    • fossil fuels
    Japan solar
    • Energy
    • Economics
    • carbon pricing
    • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
    • fossil fuels
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 23, 2024

    In a Clean Energy Future, What Happens to California’s Thousands of Oil Refinery Workers?

    • fossil fuels
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • environmental justice
    • Clean Energy
    Oil refinery in Los Angeles County, California
    • fossil fuels
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • environmental justice
    • Clean Energy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 17, 2024

    Fossil Fuels Are in Everything from Plastics to Makeup, but Cleaner Alternatives Are Emerging

    • U.S. Climate
    • industry
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    A young woman peruses the cosmetics aisle.
    • U.S. Climate
    • industry
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America Oceania North America Europe
    Insights
    November 29, 2023

    The Future of Extreme Heat in Cities: What We Know — and What We Don’t

    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Development
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    • climate science
    • COP28
    Brick layers during in a heatwave in New Delhi, India
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Development
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    • climate science
    • COP28
    Cities
    Insights
    November 28, 2023

    Southeast Asian Cities Have Some of the Most Polluted Air in the World. El Niño Is Making it Worse

    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    • pollution
    • Energy
    • fossil fuels
    People in Jakarta wait for a train while wearing face masks to reduce air pollution exposure
    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    • pollution
    • Energy
    • fossil fuels
    Finance
    Asia
    Insights
    October 24, 2023

    After a Decade of Fossil Fuel Investing, Can China Fulfill Its Promise of a "Green" Belt and Road Initiative?

    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • Clean Energy
    • fossil fuels
    A construction worker walks down a path between rows of solar panels installed over water.
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • Clean Energy
    • fossil fuels
    Finance
    Technical Perspectives
    August 14, 2023

    To Design the Loss and Damage Fund and Funding Arrangements, Look Back to the Green Climate Fund

    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • adaptation finance
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    Mozambican villagers wait for help at a collapsed bridge after Cyclone Freddy
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • adaptation finance
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    Climate
    Insights
    May 8, 2023

    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
    Finance
    Asia
    Insights
    January 31, 2023

    What’s After Coal? Accelerating China’s Overseas Investment in Renewables

    • Finance
    • renewable energy
    • fossil fuels
    Aerial photo of solar power station in Hangzhou, China
    • Finance
    • renewable energy
    • fossil fuels
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Update
    July 5, 2022

    New Project Promotes Integrated Water Resources Management in Ethiopia’s Tana Sub-basin

    • adaptation
    • climate impacts
    • water risk
    • Freshwater
    A team analyzes plans for the Tana Sub-basin in a landscaped portion
    • adaptation
    • climate impacts
    • water risk
    • Freshwater
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Update
    June 29, 2022

    Profiles of Adaptation: Japan

    • adaptation
    • adaptation finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    • adaptation
    • adaptation finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts

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