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    June 23, 2020

    5 Benefits to Local Action on Climate Resilience

    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    Community members working in a local garden.
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    Ocean
    News
    May 15, 2020

    ADVISORY: Embargoed Press Call on Tackling Plastic and Pollution in the Ocean

    • water pollution
    • Ocean
    • pollution
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    • Ocean
    • pollution
    Climate
    Insights
    April 10, 2020

    5 Visible Signs of Climate Change in Antarctica

    • climate science
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    • sea level rise
    • climate science
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    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    January 6, 2020

    Faced with Forced Relocation, the People of One Philippine City Designed Their Own Climate-resilient Neighborhood

    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • climate impacts
    Pasig City
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
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    Forests
    Technical Perspectives
    August 26, 2019

    INSIDER: Green Infrastructure Can Save Water Suppliers Money. Now You Can Estimate How Much.

    • Freshwater
    • Economics
    • Sustainable Development Goal 9
    • Water Security
    • natural infrastructure
    • water pollution
    Riverside trees in Atlanta's 4th Ward Park. Flickr/DeepRoot
    • Freshwater
    • Economics
    • Sustainable Development Goal 9
    • Water Security
    • natural infrastructure
    • water pollution
    Climate
    Insights
    August 19, 2019

    This Month in Climate Science, July 2019: Raccoon Explosions, Climate-friendly Elephants and More 100-Degree Days

    • this month in climate science
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • extreme weather
    • climate impacts
    Elephants
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    • GHG emissions
    • extreme weather
    • climate impacts
    Climate
    Insights
    July 30, 2019

    This Month in Climate Science: Primate Extinctions; Ice-free Greenland; A Dengue Explosion

    • Climate Resilience
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    • climate science
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    chimpanzees in Uganda
    • Climate Resilience
    • this month in climate science
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    June 18, 2019

    Local Communities Aren’t Just Climate Victims. They’re Climate Adaptation Leaders

    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • adaptation finance
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • Equity & Governance
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Community farming in Democratic Republic of the Congo
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • adaptation finance
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • Equity & Governance
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Climate
    Oceania
    Insights
    May 9, 2019

    From Mangroves to Tin Roofs: Fiji Uses Built and Natural Infrastructure for Climate Adaptation

    • Climate Resilience
    • natural infrastructure
    • health
    • sea level rise
    • water pollution
    A house on stilts on the outskirts of Lautoka City, Fiji
    • Climate Resilience
    • natural infrastructure
    • health
    • sea level rise
    • water pollution
    Climate
    Insights
    March 19, 2019

    This Month in Climate Science: First Climate-Induced Mammal Extinction, Color-changing Oceans and Stranded Sea Turtles

    • this month in climate science
    • climate science
    • biodiversity
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
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    Bramble Cay melomys
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    • climate science
    • biodiversity
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • climate impacts
    Freshwater
    Oceania Asia North America
    Insights
    March 4, 2019

    In World That Says It’s Cutting Nutrient Pollution, Progress Is Lacking

    • water pollution
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Algal blooms in Florida’s Santa Fe River
    • water pollution
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    February 22, 2019

    After 15 Years, EPA Updates Water Quality Trading Policy. It Could Do More.

    • Freshwater
    • water pollution
    • wastewater
    • Water Quality
    Wetlands like these in the Chesapeake provide cost-effective water quality services.
    • Freshwater
    • water pollution
    • wastewater
    • Water Quality
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    January 30, 2019

    Climate Change, Frigid Temperatures and the Polar Vortex: 3 Things to Know

    • climate science
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • climate impacts
    polar vortex
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • climate impacts
    Climate
    Insights
    January 17, 2019

    This Month in Climate Science: Emissions at All-time High, Extremer Weather, Bad Report Card for the Arctic

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    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
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    • sea level rise
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    December 4, 2018

    Stronger Than the Storm: 3 Lessons for Building Climate Resilience in Poor Urban Communities

    • Climate
    • Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • climate impacts
    Landslide in Rio de Janeiro
    • Climate
    • Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • climate impacts
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    November 25, 2018

    National Climate Assessment: U.S. Climate Action Can Avoid Tens of Thousands of Deaths, Hundreds of Billions in Damages Annually

    • U.S. Climate
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • U.S. policy
    Hurricane Harvey
    • U.S. Climate
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    North America
    News
    November 23, 2018

    STATEMENT: Fourth National Climate Assessment Confirms Climate Change Will Affect All Regions and All Sectors of U.S. Economy

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    • fires
    • climate science
    • natural infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
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    • Ocean
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    • fires
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    • Ocean
    Climate
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    November 19, 2018

    This Month in Climate Science: Rising Beer Prices, Eroding World Heritage Sites and Disappearing Birds

    • this month in climate science
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    Barley fields
    • this month in climate science
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    Equity & Governance
    News
    October 16, 2018

    RELEASE: Global Leaders Call for Urgent Acceleration of Climate Adaptation Solutions

    • adaptation finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Water Security
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • climate impacts
    • renewable energy
    • Urban Development
    • adaptation finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Water Security
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • climate impacts
    • renewable energy
    • Urban Development
    Climate
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    October 7, 2018

    Half a Degree and a World Apart: The Difference in Climate Impacts Between 1.5˚C and 2˚C of Warming

    • climate science
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    Manila flooding
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • climate impacts

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