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    Climate
    North America
    Update
    April 24, 2024

    Industry Must Decarbonize: Cross-Sector Initiative Shows the Way in New Blueprint

    • industry
    • U.S. Climate
    • GHG emissions
    Factory along water in Seattle, WA
    • industry
    • U.S. Climate
    • GHG emissions
    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
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    March 6, 2024

    How "Complete Streets" Are Creating Safer, More Sustainable Cities in Brazil

    • Cities
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Development
    People cross the street in Belo Horizonte
    • Cities
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Development
    Food
    Insights
    February 13, 2024

    How Cacao Can Do So Much More Than Make Chocolate

    • circular economy
    • Food
    • Business
    • natural resources
    Farmers in Ghana prepare cacao for processing
    • circular economy
    • Food
    • Business
    • natural resources
    Cities
    Outcomes
    February 13, 2024

    India Rolls Out 10,000 Electric Buses in Dozens of Cities

    • Top Outcome: 2023
    • Electric Mobility
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • electric mobility
    • Cities
    An air-conditioned Electric bus on road of Kolkata.
    • Top Outcome: 2023
    • Electric Mobility
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • electric mobility
    • Cities
    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
    Cities
    Insights
    December 14, 2023

    Post-pandemic, Public Transport Needs to Get Back on Track to Meet Global Climate Goals

    • Cities
    • public transit
    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    • electric mobility
    • National Climate Action
    People board a city tram next to a tall apartment building in Antalya, Turkey.
    • Cities
    • public transit
    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    • electric mobility
    • National Climate Action
    Climate
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    November 22, 2023

    Decarbonizing Freight: How U.S. Policies and Investments Are Reducing Emissions in the Sector

    • Climate
    • transportation
    • public transit
    Several trains carrying freight gather on tracks
    • Climate
    • transportation
    • public transit
    Cities
    Update
    November 14, 2023

    Public Transport for All: How to Unlock Climate and Development Benefits from Sustainable Mobility

    • Cities
    • public transit
    • Urban Mobility
    • Electric Mobility
    • electric mobility
    Bus crossing a bridge in Jakarta, Indonesia.
    • Cities
    • public transit
    • Urban Mobility
    • Electric Mobility
    • electric mobility
    Climate
    Research
    November 14, 2023

    State of Climate Action 2023

    Wind turbines on grassy field at golden hour.
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    November 7, 2023

    From Minibuses to “Boda Bodas,” Informal Transport Systems Could Be an Untapped Climate Change Solution

    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • Cities
    • Integrated Transport
    Passengers on a busy Bangkok street ride on colorful three-wheeled tuk-tuks.
    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • Cities
    • Integrated Transport
    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
    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
    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

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