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    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
    Ocean
    Insights
    April 11, 2024

    4 Ways Ocean Health Is Critical to Human Health Everywhere

    • Ocean
    • health
    • pollution
    Fishermen in Indonesia haul in their nets on a beach.
    • Ocean
    • health
    • pollution
    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
    Energy
    Africa
    Update
    March 7, 2024

    Leveraging Energy Access Explorer to Advance Kenya’s Clean Cooking Agenda

    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • energy efficiency
    Nairobi, Kenya skyline
    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • energy efficiency
    Food
    North America
    Outcomes
    February 13, 2024

    US Hospitals Reduce Emissions Through Plant-based Foods

    • Top Outcome: 2023
    • Food
    • health
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • agriculture
    Hospital dining workers.
    • Top Outcome: 2023
    • Food
    • health
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • agriculture
    Cities
    Research
    January 4, 2024

    Dataset of U.S. School Bus Depots

    School bus depot.
    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
    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
    Insights
    August 1, 2023

    5 Shifts Needed to Decarbonize Industry

    • industry
    • Energy
    • energy efficiency
    • Tracking Climate Action
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • climatewatch-pinned
    A family walks past an industrial harbor.
    • industry
    • Energy
    • energy efficiency
    • Tracking Climate Action
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Energy
    Europe
    Insights
    July 12, 2023

    These 8 Countries Are Scaling Up Renewable Energy the Fastest

    • renewable energy
    • energy efficiency
    • Energy Access
    • Clean Energy
    Construction workers on a rooftop with wind turbines.
    • renewable energy
    • energy efficiency
    • Energy Access
    • Clean Energy
    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
    Energy
    Outcomes
    June 2, 2023

    Rural Health Clinics Gain Reliable Power through Clean Energy; Data-driven and Inclusive Energy Planning Grows

    • Top Outcome: 2022
    • Clean Energy
    • health
    Healthcare workers near solar panel in India
    • Top Outcome: 2022
    • Clean Energy
    • health
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    May 5, 2023

    The State of 24/7 Carbon-free Energy: Recent Progress and What to Watch

    • 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy
    • energy efficiency
    • renewable energy
    An aerial view of a wind and solar energy farm in Oahu, Hawaii.
    • 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy
    • energy efficiency
    • renewable energy
    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
    Insights
    April 13, 2023

    3 Reasons Why Countries Must Take Faster Action to Reduce Short-lived Climate Pollutants

    • pollution
    • net-zero emissions
    • GHG emissions
    • food security
    • health
    • NDC
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    Man wearing a face mask rides a bicycle on a foggy day.
    • pollution
    • net-zero emissions
    • GHG emissions
    • food security
    • health
    • NDC
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    Forests
    Insights
    March 1, 2023

    Global Emissions and Local Deforestation Are Combining to Create Dangerous Levels of Heat Stress in the Tropics

    • deforestation
    • Climate
    • health
    • agriculture
    A woman harvests acai berries from the Amazon in the traditional way, using a palm tool.
    • deforestation
    • Climate
    • health
    • agriculture

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