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5 Issues to Watch at Climate Week 2021

  • climate change
  • climate policy
  • international climate policy
  • United Nations
  • International Climate Action
  • climatewatch-pinned
A utility worker installs rooftop solar panels in Jiujiang, East China
  • climate change
  • climate policy
  • international climate policy
  • United Nations
  • International Climate Action
  • climatewatch-pinned

Why the US Also Needs Carbon Pricing in the Reconciliation Bill

  • climate policy
  • electric grid
  • carbon pricing
  • renewable energy
Xcel Energy's Sherburne County (Sherco) Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant, near Becker, Minnesota
  • climate policy
  • electric grid
  • carbon pricing
  • renewable energy

Funding for an Equitable Clean Energy Transition Already Exists

  • Clean Energy
  • Finance
  • environmental justice
  • Equity & Governance
Wind turbine at dusk, Columbia Gorge, Wasco, Oregon, USA
  • Clean Energy
  • Finance
  • environmental justice
  • Equity & Governance

3 Benefits of Women’s Collective Land Rights

  • Gender
  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • land rights
  • human rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
An all-women community forest user group in Nepal.
  • Gender
  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • land rights
  • human rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
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Integrated Planning Helps Kenya Close its Energy Access Gap

  • Clean Energy
  • electric grid
  • renewable energy
  • low carbon development
  • Energy Access
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
Kenya village
  • Clean Energy
  • electric grid
  • renewable energy
  • low carbon development
  • Energy Access
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
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Ethiopia's Updated NDC Underscores its Focus on Climate Action

  • National Climate Action
  • climate change
  • climate policy
  • NDC
  • COP26
A grassy landscape with two buildings, each painted with an Ethiopian flag, in the background.
  • National Climate Action
  • climate change
  • climate policy
  • NDC
  • COP26
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Is Climate Finance Supporting Frontline Communities? Most Governments Don’t Know

  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate
  • climate finance
  • climate impacts
  • Finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • COP26
People farming crops in the Moruese village
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate
  • climate finance
  • climate impacts
  • Finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • COP26

Voting Rights Are Fundamental to Democracy and Climate Justice

  • Equity & Governance
  • climate change
  • environmental justice
A group of people sitting at desks separated by white dividers with the United States flag on them.
  • Equity & Governance
  • climate change
  • environmental justice

2020-2021 Grand Prize Winner: Sustainable Food Production for a Resilient Rosario

  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Urban Transformations
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • agriculture
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Urban Transformations
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • agriculture

Rosario, Argentina Uses Urban Farming to Tackle Economic and Climate Crises

  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Cities
  • Urban Transformations
  • Equity & Governance
  • agriculture
A man sits and plants new plants in his garden.
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Cities
  • Urban Transformations
  • Equity & Governance
  • agriculture

Innovative US Bill Tackles Climate Change, Local Pollution and Economic Inequality

  • Climate
  • environmental justice
  • pollution
  • climate policy
Smoke coming out of a factory on a cloudy day.
  • Climate
  • environmental justice
  • pollution
  • climate policy
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How London Uses Road Fees to Tackle Air Pollution and Inequality

  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Cities
  • Urban Transformations
  • transportation
  • Equity & Governance
A woman bikes on a London cycle lane. Red public buses are seen in the background.
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Cities
  • Urban Transformations
  • transportation
  • Equity & Governance
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In Nairobi, Residents Redesign Public Spaces to Build Flood Resilience

  • Cities
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Urban Transformations
  • Equity & Governance
Nairobi residents redesign public spaces to build flood resilience
  • Cities
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Urban Transformations
  • Equity & Governance

In Monterrey, Mexico, a University’s Tragedy Sparks a Citywide Turnaround

  • Cities
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Urban Transformations
  • Equity & Governance
Monterrey, Mexico residents enjoying the open streets of the monthly Callejero event.
  • Cities
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Urban Transformations
  • Equity & Governance

6 Innovative Ways to Fund Climate Action and Equity in US Cities

  • Climate
  • Climate Equity
  • Equity & Governance
  • climate finance
Solar panels on homes in Boulder, Colorado.
  • Climate
  • Climate Equity
  • Equity & Governance
  • climate finance
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There Is No Climate Justice Without Racial Justice

  • environmental justice
  • Equity & Governance
A climate protest. Climate activists walk with a sign that reads climate justice equals racial justice.
  • environmental justice
  • Equity & Governance

How the Clean Energy for America Act Improves Tax Credits

  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • Clean Energy
  • electric mobility
A construction working laying down a solar panel
  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • Clean Energy
  • electric mobility