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6 Ways to Prevent Greenwashing and Risks from Trade Associations

  • Unlocking Climate Action
A "do not walk" sign lit up on an intersection with skyscrapers in the background.
  • Unlocking Climate Action
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RELEASE: WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities 2020-2021 Opens; Now Accepting Applications for Transformative Urban Climate Projects

  • Climate Resilience
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Cities
  • Climate Resilience
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Cities
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Eskisehir, Turkey Leads on Energy-Efficient Buildings

  • Buildings
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • Cities
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
Eskişehir, Turkey
  • Buildings
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • Cities
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
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Optimize, Electrify, Decarbonize: The 3 Steps to Thriving, Zero-Carbon Cities

  • Cities
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
  • electric mobility
  • Unlocking Climate Action
Las Vegas solar panels
  • Cities
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
  • electric mobility
  • Unlocking Climate Action

Unlocking Climate Action: Building a Landscape Restoration Movement from the Ground Up

  • Forests
  • COP24
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • restoration
Extrema, Brazil plantation
  • Forests
  • COP24
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • restoration

Unlocking Climate Action: From Bogota City Hall to the President’s Desk and Back Again

  • Buildings
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • Cities
Bogota skyline
  • Buildings
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • Cities

Unlocking Climate Action: When Nations, States and Cities Reinforce Each Other, Everybody Wins

  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • climate policy
  • restoration
Biking in Copenhagen. Flickr/Mikael Colville Andersen
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • climate policy
  • restoration

The Man Who Stopped the Mine. Q&A with Prafulla Samantara, 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize Winner

  • environmental democracy
  • environmental justice
  • extractive industries
  • human rights
  • natural resources
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Prafulla Samantara, 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize winner. Photo by Goldman Environmental Foundation
  • environmental democracy
  • environmental justice
  • extractive industries
  • human rights
  • natural resources
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

Congress and Trump Gut Disclosure Rules for Fossil Fuel Foreign Payments

  • Finance
  • U.S. policy
  • extractive industries
  • fossil fuels
  • human rights
  • natural resources
People in Nigerian village
  • Finance
  • U.S. policy
  • extractive industries
  • fossil fuels
  • human rights
  • natural resources
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Reducing HFCs in the US Would Benefit Consumers and the Climate

  • Energy
  • climate change
  • U.S. policy
  • GHG emissions
  • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
HFCs, potent greenhouse gases, are commonly used as refrigerants. Photo by Frank van den Bergh/iStock.
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • U.S. policy
  • GHG emissions
  • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
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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

How the US Can Lower Methane Emissions from Natural Gas and Save Money

  • GHG emissions
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • U.S. policy
  • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
  • fossil fuels
A natural gas refinery plant. Photo by WildEarth Guardians/Flickr.
  • GHG emissions
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • U.S. policy
  • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
  • fossil fuels

The Clean Vehicle Revolution: Driving Fuel Savings and Emissions Reductions in the United States

  • Energy
  • Cities
  • Economics
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • U.S. policy
  • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
  • transportation
Electric vehicle charging station in Guangdong Province, China. Photo by Remko Tanis/Flickr
  • Energy
  • Cities
  • Economics
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • U.S. policy
  • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
  • transportation
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Estimating Climate Finance Mobilization Toward $100 Billion and Beyond

  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • COP20
  • climate investment funds
  • climate finance
  • Finance
Making the transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy is going to take a lot of investment, and the limited budgets of the public sector can’t tackle it alone. Photo by DFID/Flickr.
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • COP20
  • climate investment funds
  • climate finance
  • Finance

How the US Can Save Billions by Reducing Electricity Use

  • Energy
  • GHG emissions
  • energy efficiency
  • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
  • renewable energy
Homes and commercial buildings account for 74 percent of electricity demand in the United States, making them a critical part of any plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Photo Credit: Justin Brown, Flickr
  • Energy
  • GHG emissions
  • energy efficiency
  • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
  • renewable energy

How the US Can Produce Cleaner Energy While Capturing Economic Benefits

  • Energy
  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • U.S. policy
  • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
  • renewable energy
New solar photovoltaic projects are also being chosen over new coal and gas generation in a few areas of the country because of lower costs or larger net benefits. Photo credit: Dana Smillie, World Bank
  • Energy
  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • U.S. policy
  • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
  • renewable energy

By the Numbers: How the U.S. Economy Can Benefit from Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  • Economics
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
  • U.S. policy
Electric vehicle battery prices fell 40 percent since 2008. Photo credit: Kevin Krejcl, Flickr
  • Economics
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
  • U.S. policy

Ecuador Shows Why Communities and the Climate Need Strong Forest Rights

  • Climate
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • extractive industries
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • fossil fuels
The impacts of oil extraction in Ecuador show why secure community forest rights are necessary to protect livelihoods and the environment. Photo credit: Tomas Munita, CIFOR
  • Climate
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • extractive industries
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • fossil fuels