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5 Countries Taking Action to Reach Net-Zero Targets

  • net-zero emissions
  • greenhouse gases
  • climate policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate finance
  • climatewatch-pinned
A wind farm in Denmark is surrounded by blue seawater.
  • net-zero emissions
  • greenhouse gases
  • climate policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate finance
  • climatewatch-pinned
Update

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

EPA’s New Renewable Fuel Standard Will Increase Global Carbon Emissions — Not Lower Them

  • U.S. Climate
  • biofuels
  • transportation
  • climate policy
  • GHG emissions
Cars drive down a California highway with farm fields on either side.
  • U.S. Climate
  • biofuels
  • transportation
  • climate policy
  • GHG emissions
Initiatives
Solar panel installation.
Outcomes
Healthcare workers near solar panel in India
  • Top Outcome: 2022
  • Clean Energy
  • health

EPA’s Proposed Rules for Power Plant Emissions: 6 Key Questions, Answered

  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • U.S. policy
  • Clean Energy
  • National Climate Action
A coal plant in eastern Wyoming spews emissions.
  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • U.S. policy
  • Clean Energy
  • National Climate Action

EVs Could Create Thousands of Jobs in Michigan and Revitalize Its Auto Industry

  • U.S. Climate
  • transportation
  • electric mobility
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
  • Cities
  • Urban Mobility
A man works on an electric vehicle in an auto repair shop
  • U.S. Climate
  • transportation
  • electric mobility
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
  • Cities
  • Urban Mobility

Overcoming Critical Minerals Shortages Is Key to Achieving US Climate Goals

  • U.S. Climate
  • Clean Energy
  • National Climate Action
  • climatewatch-pinned
Salt heaps at the Salinas Grande salt flats in Argentina, home to a large lithium mine
  • U.S. Climate
  • Clean Energy
  • National Climate Action
  • climatewatch-pinned
Insights

What Does "Net-Zero Emissions" Mean? 8 Common Questions, Answered

  • climate science
  • carbon removal
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
  • greenhouse gases
  • COP26
  • COP28
Countries need a variety of solutions, including renewable energy and healthy forests, to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Photo by Aaron Minnick/WRI.
  • climate science
  • carbon removal
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
  • greenhouse gases
  • COP26
  • COP28

US Clean Energy Goals Hinge on Faster Permitting

  • Energy
  • renewable energy
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Transmission
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
An electrical worker climbs up a transmission line
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Transmission
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
Initiatives
Chicago skyline during the day.
Initiatives
Wind turbines.
Insights

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

4 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2023

  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • stories to watch
People dressed in warm clothes on bicycles carrying reusable shopping bags.
  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • stories to watch

Aggregated Renewables Purchasing: 5 Key Questions, Answered

  • Energy
  • renewable energy
  • Clean Energy
Solar panels with the cityscape of Los Angeles in the background
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
  • Clean Energy
Insights

3 Ways the Circular Economy Can Aid Climate Action

  • Business
  • corporate sustainability
  • adaptation
  • Clean Energy
Rooftop solar panels
  • Business
  • corporate sustainability
  • adaptation
  • Clean Energy
The installation of solar panels to a home in Oak View, California
  • Climate
  • Climate Governance
  • climate policy

How Distributed Energy Resources Can Lower Power Bills, Raise Revenue in US Communities

  • renewable energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Energy Access
Solar panels on a community of homes in Austin, TX
  • renewable energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Energy Access

REMOVE Act of 2022

  • Climate
  • Climate Governance
  • climate policy
  • U.S. policy
  • carbon removal
  • carbon removal legislation & policy
Climeworks direct air capture plant and sky
  • Climate
  • Climate Governance
  • climate policy
  • U.S. policy
  • carbon removal
  • carbon removal legislation & policy

How Local Governments Can Advance Community Solar for Low- and Moderate-Income Households

  • renewable energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Energy Access
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Community Solar
A construction worker secures new solar panels to a residential roof.
  • renewable energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Energy Access
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Community Solar