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    Climate
    Insights
    April 15, 2016

    West Virginia Imagines a Future Beyond Coal

    • carbon pricing
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    Mountain removal for coal on West Virginia’s Kayford Mountain.
    • carbon pricing
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    March 1, 2016

    Carbon Tax vs. Cap-and-Trade: What’s a Better Policy to Cut Emissions?

    • U.S. Climate
    • carbon pricing
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    Xcel Energy's Sherburne County (Sherco) Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant, near Becker, Minnesota.
    • U.S. Climate
    • carbon pricing
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    January 13, 2016

    A Carbon Price Will Reduce Emissions More than Computer Models Predict

    • carbon pricing
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    Driving
    • carbon pricing
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    Insights
    December 17, 2015

    Business Helped Make the Paris Agreement Possible

    • Business
    • Economics
    • carbon pricing
    • COP21
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • renewable energy
    Paris at night during COP21. Photo credit: Deborah Zabarenko
    • Business
    • Economics
    • carbon pricing
    • COP21
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • renewable energy
    Food
    Outcomes
    December 8, 2015

    Consumer Goods Forum Commits to Halve Food Waste by 2025

    • corporate sustainability
    • Top Outcome: 2015
    Two green trashbags filled with waste
    • corporate sustainability
    • Top Outcome: 2015
    Africa
    Insights
    December 6, 2015

    COP21: Heading into Week 2, Things Are Starting to Get Interesting

    • Climate Resilience
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • carbon pricing
    • COP21
    • climate finance
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • restoration
    • UNFCCC
    Jane Goodall at AFR100 launch, Paris. Credit: Michael Oko
    • Climate Resilience
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • carbon pricing
    • COP21
    • climate finance
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • restoration
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    North America Latin America Africa Europe
    News
    November 30, 2015

    STATEMENT: At COP21, Heads of State and Institutions Call for Pricing Carbon

    • carbon pricing
    • COP21
    • Business
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    • carbon pricing
    • COP21
    • Business
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    Finance
    Insights
    November 30, 2015

    4 Corporate Carbon Pricing Do’s and Don’ts

    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Business
    • carbon pricing
    • COP21
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • GHG emissions
    Power plant
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Business
    • carbon pricing
    • COP21
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • GHG emissions
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    November 24, 2015

    How Critics Try (and Fail) to Attack Carbon Pricing

    • carbon pricing
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • carbon pricing
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    July 30, 2015

    Water for All: How to Ensure We Leave No One Behind

    • U.S. Climate
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • sustainable development goals
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Photo Credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/10816734@N03/5457207232/">World Bank Photo Collection</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">cc</a>
    • U.S. Climate
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • sustainable development goals
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    June 18, 2015

    Cleaner US Rivers, Lakes and Estuaries with Water Quality Trading

    • agriculture
    • water pollution
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    Fishing in Mitkof Island. (Petersburg, Alaska, U.S.) Photo by Penny Meyer/Flickr.
    • agriculture
    • water pollution
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    Freshwater
    Insights
    March 20, 2015

    Sustainable Development Goals Could Be a Game-Changer for Water

    • Aqueduct
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    A man fills water bottles in Sanaía, Yemen Photo by Foad Al Harazi / World Bank
    • Aqueduct
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    Insights
    March 19, 2015

    Water Stewardship: Good for Business, Good for Sustainable Development

    • Aqueduct
    • Business
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    River Hubelj in Slovenia. Photo by nejcbole/Flickr
    • Aqueduct
    • Business
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    Insights
    March 2, 2015

    Exploring New Ways of Measuring Water Quality Project Success

    • agriculture
    • water pollution
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • agriculture
    • water pollution
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    Freshwater
    Asia
    Insights
    February 26, 2015

    3 Maps Explain India’s Growing Water Risks

    • Aqueduct
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    In India more than 100 million people live in areas of poor water quality. Photo by Sambhaav Trust/Flickr.
    • Aqueduct
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Energy
    Africa
    Insights
    October 1, 2014

    Finding Solutions for South Africa’s Coal-Fired Energy and Water Problems

    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • fossil fuels
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    A communal water tap in Soweto, South Africa. Photo credit: E. Muench, Wikimedia Commons
    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • fossil fuels
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Equity & Governance
    North America
    Insights
    June 10, 2014

    Getting More from the U.S. Farm Conservation Water Quality Budget

    • Freshwater
    • agriculture
    • Water Quality
    USDA provides limited voluntary financial and technical assistance to farmers who want to lessen their environmental impact. Photo Credit: Heather Dawn/Flickr
    • Freshwater
    • agriculture
    • Water Quality

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