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    Air Quality Climate Governance sustainable development goals
    Cities
    Insights
    April 25, 2024

    Zero-emission Zones Are Helping Some Cities Fight Pollution

    • electric mobility
    • net-zero emissions
    • Air Quality
    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    A sign signals a Zero Emission Zone in Oxford, England.
    • electric mobility
    • net-zero emissions
    • Air Quality
    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    Climate
    North America
    News
    April 24, 2024

    STATEMENT: EPA Makes Nearly $1 Billion in Funding Available for Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Including Electric School Buses and Trucks

    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • Electric Mobility
    • Air Quality
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • Electric Mobility
    • Air Quality
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 1, 2024

    Ocean Carbon Removal Is Uncharted Territory. The US Can Help Change That

    • carbon removal
    • Ocean
    • Climate Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    A scientist takes a soil sample to measure carbon sequestration in a seagrass bed.
    • carbon removal
    • Ocean
    • Climate Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    Climate
    North America
    News
    March 29, 2024

    STATEMENT: U.S. EPA Issues New Pollution Standards for Trucks and Buses

    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    • pollution
    • Air Quality
    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    • pollution
    • Air Quality
    Cities
    Research
    January 4, 2024

    Dataset of U.S. School Bus Depots

    School bus depot.
    Climate
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    December 7, 2023

    How the US Federal Government Can Help States and Cities Capitalize on Historic Climate Funding

    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    Wind ppwer behind the backdrop of a residential neighborhood in Palm Springs, CA
    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    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
    Climate
    Insights
    October 24, 2023

    Launching a Climate Coalition? Learn from Existing Ones First

    • Climate
    • COP28
    • Climate Governance
    Three workers stand in between solar panels on top of a mountain.
    • Climate
    • COP28
    • Climate Governance
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    October 12, 2023

    Ways the US Can Electrify Its Public Fleets, from City Buses to Garbage Trucks

    • electric mobility
    • Clean Energy
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • Air Quality
    A blue and yellow city bus with the words "clean energy bus" on the side driving in downtown New York.
    • electric mobility
    • Clean Energy
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • Air Quality
    Climate
    North America
    Update
    September 14, 2023

    Carbon Dioxide Removal Research and Development Act of 2023

    • Climate
    • carbon removal
    • Climate Governance
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Direct Air Capture
    • carbon removal legislation & policy
    US Capitol building
    • Climate
    • carbon removal
    • Climate Governance
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Direct Air Capture
    • carbon removal legislation & policy
    Finance
    Technical Perspectives
    July 6, 2023

    MDBs Need Major Reforms, Not Just More Funding, to Address Climate and Development Finance Challenges

    • Finance
    • multilateral development banks
    • climate finance
    • sustainable development goals
    Women and children walking among tents in a refugee camp in Somalia.
    • Finance
    • multilateral development banks
    • climate finance
    • sustainable development goals
    Cities
    Update
    July 5, 2023

    New Data Dashboard Helps Cities Build Urban Resilience in a Changing Climate

    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • climate policy
    • Air Quality
    • GHG emissions
    • biodiversity
    • land use
    • Urban Development
    Aerial view of skyscrapers and urban development in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • climate policy
    • Air Quality
    • GHG emissions
    • biodiversity
    • land use
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    April 20, 2023

    How to Ensure a Sustainable Future for Electric School Bus Batteries

    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    Two new electric school buses in a school parking lot.
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    Climate
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    March 21, 2023

    How to Refine California’s 2022 Scoping Plan for Achieving Climate Neutrality

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Climate Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    Row of blue solar panels on green grass
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Climate Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    Climate
    Insights
    January 26, 2023

    To Shift Away from Oil and Gas, Developing Countries Need a ‘Just Transition’ to Protect Workers and Communities

    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • Climate Governance
    • greenhouse gases
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    A gas extracting plant in Ukraine.
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • Climate Governance
    • greenhouse gases
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    Climate
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    January 19, 2023

    Next Steps on the US Journey Toward Industrial Decarbonization

    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • GHG emissions
    • industry
    • low carbon development
    Seven construction workers stand on building foundation of steel bars and cement
    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • GHG emissions
    • industry
    • low carbon development
    Climate
    North America
    Update
    December 22, 2022

    Carbon Removal in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act

    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    • carbon removal legislation & policy
    A snow-capped mountain reflection in a clear lake
    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    • carbon removal legislation & policy
    Freshwater
    Research
    November 29, 2022

    Better Forests, Better Cities

    Cityscape behind lush forest.

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