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    Climate
    Insights
    February 26, 2024

    What Is "Loss and Damage" from Climate Change? 8 Key Questions, Answered

    • climate impacts
    • climate policy
    • Climate Resilience
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    Rising water levels submerging a house as heavy monsoon rains cause major floods in Baco, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines on July 23, 2021.
    • climate impacts
    • climate policy
    • Climate Resilience
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    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
    Asia Africa Latin America Oceania North America Europe
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    November 29, 2023

    The Future of Extreme Heat in Cities: What We Know — and What We Don’t

    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Development
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    • climate science
    • COP28
    Brick layers during in a heatwave in New Delhi, India
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Development
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    • climate science
    • COP28
    Climate
    Research
    November 14, 2023

    State of Climate Action 2023

    Wind turbines on grassy field at golden hour.
    Finance
    Technical Perspectives
    August 14, 2023

    To Design the Loss and Damage Fund and Funding Arrangements, Look Back to the Green Climate Fund

    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • adaptation finance
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    Mozambican villagers wait for help at a collapsed bridge after Cyclone Freddy
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • adaptation finance
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    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
    Insights
    May 8, 2023

    9 Charts Explain Per Capita Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Country

    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • greenhouse gases
    • GHG emissions
    • data
    • International Climate Action
    The main bazar in Paharganj, India, is full of people during the late afternoon.
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • greenhouse gases
    • GHG emissions
    • data
    • International Climate Action
    Climate
    Insights
    November 1, 2022

    5 Things Vulnerable Countries Need from Policymakers at COP27

    • Climate
    • climate impacts
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Equity
    • Paris Agreement
    • paris rulebook
    • climate finance
    • COP27
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Ambulance driving through flood water on road in Mumbai, India, 2018.
    • Climate
    • climate impacts
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Equity
    • Paris Agreement
    • paris rulebook
    • climate finance
    • COP27
    • climatewatch-pinned
    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
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    September 23, 2022

    The Health, Economic and Community Benefits of Zero-carbon Buildings

    • Climate
    • Buildings
    • Cities
    • renewable energy
    An apartment building roof in Manhattan has been converted to offer residents the opportunity to garden.
    • Climate
    • Buildings
    • Cities
    • renewable energy
    Cities
    Europe
    Update
    September 21, 2022

    Stakeholder Engagement Underpins a Bold Roadmap to Zero-carbon Buildings in Türkiye

    • low carbon development
    • Cities
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Buildings
    A photo of Istanbul, Turkey from the water
    • low carbon development
    • Cities
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Buildings
    Climate
    Technical Perspectives
    July 22, 2022

    Can the Global Goal on Adaptation Be Locally Led?

    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    • Climate
    • climate impacts
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    • Climate
    • climate impacts
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Update
    July 5, 2022

    New Project Promotes Integrated Water Resources Management in Ethiopia’s Tana Sub-basin

    • adaptation
    • climate impacts
    • water risk
    • Freshwater
    A team analyzes plans for the Tana Sub-basin in a landscaped portion
    • adaptation
    • climate impacts
    • water risk
    • Freshwater
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Update
    June 29, 2022

    Profiles of Adaptation: Japan

    • adaptation
    • adaptation finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    • adaptation
    • adaptation finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 10, 2022

    How the US Can Speed its Shift to Climate-smart Infrastructure

    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • Climate
    • Buildings
    • infrastructure
    • carbon removal
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    Electric vehicle charging station in Austin, TX
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • Climate
    • Buildings
    • infrastructure
    • carbon removal
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    Climate
    Update
    April 29, 2022

    Experts Share 3 Lessons on Turning Adaptation Science into Action

    • climate impacts
    • climate science
    • Climate
    • Climate Equity
    • Equity & Governance
    A female farmer harvests crops in Kenya.
    • climate impacts
    • climate science
    • Climate
    • Climate Equity
    • Equity & Governance
    Cities
    Update
    April 27, 2022

    6 Cities and Local Governments Accelerating Zero Carbon Buildings

    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Buildings
    Sitabuldi Market in Nagpur, India
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Buildings
    Finance
    Technical Perspectives
    March 22, 2022

    How Can the IMF Integrate its Climate Commitments into Economic Surveillance?

    • Climate
    • Economics
    • climate impacts
    IMF plenary session
    • Climate
    • Economics
    • climate impacts
    Finance
    Insights
    March 3, 2022

    3 Ways BlackRock Can Do Better on Sustainable Finance

    • Economics
    • Climate
    • climate impacts
    • Business
    BlackRock
    • Economics
    • Climate
    • climate impacts
    • Business

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