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    Buildings industry
    Cities
    Initiatives
    June 14, 2021

    Zero Carbon Building Accelerator

    The Solar Settlement with the Sun Ship in the background: Freiburg, Germany
    Cities
    Initiatives
    April 30, 2019

    Building Efficiency Accelerator

    Cities
    Latin America
    Update
    October 18, 2022

    Bogotá and Cali Connect Local Action to National Ambition to Transform the Buildings Sector

    • Buildings
    • net-zero emissions
    • development
    • Cities
    Aerial view of Bogota, Colombia
    • Buildings
    • net-zero emissions
    • development
    • Cities
    Cities
    Latin America
    Update
    February 19, 2020

    Mexico City Launches Challenge to Reduce Energy Consumption in Buildings

    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Buildings
    • energy efficiency
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Buildings
    • energy efficiency
    Climate
    Insights
    November 19, 2020

    Climate Action Must Progress Far Faster to Achieve 1.5 C Goal

    • electric mobility
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate science
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Forests
    • industry
    • renewable energy
    coal-fired power plant
    • electric mobility
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate science
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Forests
    • industry
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 17, 2024

    Fossil Fuels Are in Everything from Plastics to Makeup, but Cleaner Alternatives Are Emerging

    • U.S. Climate
    • industry
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    A young woman peruses the cosmetics aisle.
    • U.S. Climate
    • industry
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    January 2, 2024

    India’s Shift to Low-carbon Construction Must Not Leave Workers Behind

    • Buildings
    • low carbon development
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    Construction workers in colorful clothes stand near a cement mixer.
    • Buildings
    • low carbon development
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    Climate
    Research
    November 14, 2023

    State of Climate Action 2023

    Wind turbines on grassy field at golden hour.
    Climate
    Technical Perspectives
    November 2, 2023

    How Advance Market Commitments and Contracts for Difference Can Help Create a Market for Green Industrial Products

    • Climate
    • industry
    • climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • Paying for Paris
    Bundles of steel bars stacked on shelves on a large storeroom floor.
    • Climate
    • industry
    • climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • Paying for Paris
    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
    Climate
    North America
    Update
    July 25, 2023

    Unlocking Clean Hydrogen Investments in U.S. Climate Policy

    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Hydrogen
    • industry
    A worker in a neon construction vest stands in front of a large fuel storage tank labeled H2.
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Hydrogen
    • industry
    Climate
    Technical Perspectives
    July 20, 2023

    New US Trade Policies Can Incentivize Clean Industrial Manufacturing

    • climate policy
    • industry
    • low carbon development
    A large ship with stacks of cargo containers sails across the sea.
    • climate policy
    • industry
    • low carbon development
    Forests
    Insights
    July 20, 2023

    Wood Is Not the Climate-friendly Building Material Some Claim it to Be

    • Food
    • land use
    • Climate
    • commodities
    • Buildings
    unloading log truck at lumber processing mill
    • Food
    • land use
    • Climate
    • commodities
    • Buildings
    Climate
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    April 25, 2023

    What does ‘green’ procurement mean? Initiatives and standards for cement and steel.

    • Climate
    • infrastructure
    • industry
    • low carbon development
    • Paying for Paris
    Workers in hard hats installing energy
    • Climate
    • infrastructure
    • industry
    • low carbon development
    • Paying for Paris

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