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    Water Quality
    Freshwater
    Insights
    January 10, 2024

    More Critical Minerals Mining Could Strain Water Supplies in Stressed Regions

    • Freshwater
    • water pollution
    • water quality
    • Water Quality
    Workers extracting lithium in Bolivia.
    • Freshwater
    • water pollution
    • water quality
    • Water Quality
    Freshwater
    Insights
    August 16, 2023

    25 Countries, Housing One-quarter of the Population, Face Extremely High Water Stress

    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • Aqueduct
    • water risk
    Women collect water near Arba Minch, Gamo Gofa Zone, Ethiopia,
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • Aqueduct
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    Update
    May 22, 2023

    Ethiopia and Tanzania Share Experiences and Lessons on Water Allocation Planning

    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • Water Security
    Fisherman in Tanzania lake
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • Water Security
    Freshwater
    Insights
    March 30, 2023

    UN Water Conference 2023: Not Enough Game-changing Commitments

    • Corporate Water Stewardship
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    • floods
    • drought
    Girls collect water in Rajasthan, India
    • Corporate Water Stewardship
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    • floods
    • drought
    Forests
    Insights
    November 29, 2022

    How Forests Near and Far Benefit People in Cities

    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Water Quality
    • Water Security
    • health
    • Climate
    • biodiversity
    urban forest
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Water Quality
    • Water Security
    • health
    • Climate
    • biodiversity
    Freshwater
    North America
    Update
    August 30, 2022

    Small Reservoirs More Vulnerable to Climate Extremes

    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • Water Security
    • water pollution
    A manmade reservoir with powerlines in the background
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • Water Security
    • water pollution
    Freshwater
    Latin America
    Insights
    October 7, 2021

    How Forest Restoration Can Save Water Supply Companies $26 Million in Espírito Santo, Brazil

    • Water Security
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    A landscape view of Vila Velha in Espírito Santo, Brazil
    • Water Security
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    May 28, 2021

    How Climate Change Affects Health and How Countries Can Respond

    • Climate Resilience
    • health
    • adaptation finance
    • climate change
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Health workers in Kenya prepare supplies in front of a window with children looking through on the other side.
    • Climate Resilience
    • health
    • adaptation finance
    • climate change
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 23, 2021

    6 Words to Describe the US Pledge to Reduce Emissions 50-52% by 2030

    • NDC
    • National Climate Action
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP26
    President Biden walking down a hallway with flags from different nations on both sides of him.
    • NDC
    • National Climate Action
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP26
    Climate
    Insights
    April 23, 2021

    Leaders Summit on Climate Offers Jolt of Momentum for Global Action

    • International Climate Action
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • climatewatch-pinned
    President Joe Biden speaking at a podium to the virtual Climate Leaders Summit
    • International Climate Action
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Climate
    Insights
    April 7, 2021

    4 Big Outcomes the Leaders Summit on Climate Can Deliver

    • Climate
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • U.S. policy
    alta wind energy center from oak creek road.jpg
    • Climate
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    Insights
    February 26, 2021

    How Do Countries' New Emissions-reduction Plans Stack Up?

    • Climate
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • GHG emissions
    • United Nations
    • COP26
    Windmills with a sunset in the background.
    • Climate
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • GHG emissions
    • United Nations
    • COP26
    Finance
    Insights
    February 24, 2021

    Why Investors Bought the First Certified Green Bond to Protect Forests for Drinking Water

    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • adaptation finance
    • green bonds
    • Finance
    • natural infrastructure
    • Water Quality
    Lake Maumelle in central Arkansas
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • adaptation finance
    • green bonds
    • Finance
    • natural infrastructure
    • Water Quality
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    February 11, 2021

    Colombia Shows Leadership in the Race Against Climate Change

    • Climate
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • COP26
    A cow grazes on a grassy hill, with forested hills in the misty background.
    • Climate
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • COP26
    Climate
    Insights
    January 19, 2021

    4 Ocean-based Solutions to Advance Climate Action Through NDCs

    • Ocean
    • carbon removal
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • GHG emissions
    • fisheries
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • COP26
    Windmills on the coastline of Tenedos, Turkey. Photo by Efe Kurnaz/Unsplash
    • Ocean
    • carbon removal
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • GHG emissions
    • fisheries
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • COP26
    Climate
    Insights
    December 8, 2020

    6 Signs of Progress Since the Adoption of the Paris Agreement

    • Climate
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP25
    • National Climate Action
    • science based targets
    • Urban Mobility
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    A dock filled with boats with the Eiffel Tower in the background.
    • Climate
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP25
    • National Climate Action
    • science based targets
    • Urban Mobility
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    November 12, 2020

    How Biden Can Make the US a Global Leader on Climate Action

    • climatewatch-pinned
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    The White House
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Insights
    April 30, 2020

    Raising Climate Ambition in the Time of COVID-19

    • Economics
    • Climate Resilience
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • coronavirus
    • National Climate Action
    • low carbon development
    People working on solar panels
    • Economics
    • Climate Resilience
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • coronavirus
    • National Climate Action
    • low carbon development
    Climate
    Insights
    April 21, 2020

    5 Ways Momentum for Climate Action Has Grown Since the Paris Agreement Was Signed

    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP25
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP25
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    March 30, 2020

    Japan’s New Climate Commitment Falls Woefully Short. Here’s How to Improve It.

    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • Climate
    Tokyo skyline
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • Climate

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