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    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    September 4, 2024

    Lessons from China’s Growing Adoption of Zero-emission Trucks

    • Cities
    • electric mobility
    • net-zero emissions
    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    Three zero-emission trucks parked on the street with powerlines and trees.
    • Cities
    • electric mobility
    • net-zero emissions
    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    September 3, 2024

    A Community Program is Transforming New York Schoolyards into Climate-Resilient Spaces

    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Development
    Children enjoy the vibrant new playground in the recently redesigned green schoolyard at P.S. 38K in New York, where fresh equipment and engaging spaces foster creativity and play.
    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Development
    Energy
    Africa
    Update
    August 30, 2024

    How China and Africa Can Better Collaborate to Close Sub-Saharan Africa’s Energy Access Gap

    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • climate finance
    • renewable energy
    Two workers install solar panels on the corrugated metal roof of a shop.
    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • climate finance
    • renewable energy
    Finance
    Insights
    August 30, 2024

    How the Climate Finance Puzzle Fits into the Global Financial System

    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • adaptation finance
    • COP29
    • Paris Agreement
    • International Climate Action
    Motorcyclists, buses and pedestrians navigate a flooded, hectic city street.
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • adaptation finance
    • COP29
    • Paris Agreement
    • International Climate Action
    Climate
    Update
    August 27, 2024

    Bipartisan IMPACT Act 2.0 Fills Gaps in Concrete and Asphalt Climate Legislation

    • Climate
    • industry
    • U.S. Climate
    • climate policy
    Roadwork in rural area.
    • Climate
    • industry
    • U.S. Climate
    • climate policy
    Climate
    North America
    Update
    August 22, 2024

    Canada Develops Legal Framework to Prioritize Net-Zero Implementation

    • Climate
    • net-zero emissions
    • long-term strategies
    • long-term strategy related case study
    • GHG emissions
    Wind turbine in snowy field.
    • Climate
    • net-zero emissions
    • long-term strategies
    • long-term strategy related case study
    • GHG emissions
    Climate
    Latin America
    Update
    August 22, 2024

    Uruguay’s Wind Development Program Attracted Private Investment to Transform the Power Sector

    • Climate
    • net-zero emissions
    • long-term strategies
    • long-term strategy related case study
    • GHG emissions
    Wind turbines on green fields with trees.
    • Climate
    • net-zero emissions
    • long-term strategies
    • long-term strategy related case study
    • GHG emissions
    Climate
    Europe
    Update
    August 22, 2024

    Sweden’s Early Action to Legally Enshrine its Net-Zero Target May Bolster Against Political Shifts

    • Climate
    • net-zero emissions
    • long-term strategies
    • long-term strategy related case study
    • GHG emissions
    Tram in Sweden.
    • Climate
    • net-zero emissions
    • long-term strategies
    • long-term strategy related case study
    • GHG emissions
    Climate
    Oceania
    Update
    August 22, 2024

    The Kingdom of Tonga Developed its LT-LEDS Through a Consensus-Based Stakeholder Engagement Process

    • Climate
    • net-zero emissions
    • long-term strategies
    • long-term strategy related case study
    • GHG emissions
    Tufui Faletau stands outside the Treasury building in Nuku'alofa, Tonga.
    • Climate
    • net-zero emissions
    • long-term strategies
    • long-term strategy related case study
    • GHG emissions
    Climate
    Asia
    Update
    August 22, 2024

    Singapore Mandates Corporate Climate Risk Disclosure to Mobilize Private Climate Finance

    • Climate
    • net-zero emissions
    • long-term strategies
    • long-term strategy related case study
    • GHG emissions
    Cloud Foreset, Gardens by the Bay Singapore.
    • Climate
    • net-zero emissions
    • long-term strategies
    • long-term strategy related case study
    • GHG emissions
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    August 15, 2024

    Empowering Residents Helped Buenos Aires Transform Rodrigo Bueno Into a Climate-Resilient Community

    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Climate Resilience
    • housing
    • Urban Transformations
    People wait at a bus top with trees and apartment buildings in the background.
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Climate Resilience
    • housing
    • Urban Transformations
    Climate
    Insights
    August 14, 2024

    What 2024’s Historic Elections Could Mean for the Climate

    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • COP29
    • international climate policy
    • climate policy
    People cast their votes in Mexico's presidential election in June, 2024.
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • COP29
    • international climate policy
    • climate policy
    Finance
    Insights
    August 14, 2024

    Banks Have Committed to Net Zero but Aren’t on Track to Reach It

    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • net-zero emissions
    • climatewatch-pinned
    People walk across a bridge toward tall glass bank buildings.
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • net-zero emissions
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Forests
    Insights
    August 13, 2024

    The Latest Data Confirms: Forest Fires Are Getting Worse

    • deforestation
    • fires
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate science
    Forest fire in Borneo, Indonesia
    • deforestation
    • fires
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate science
    Forests
    Update
    August 8, 2024

    World Forest ID Receives Mulago Award

    • Forests
    • Forest Legality
    • illegal logging
    logging
    • Forests
    • Forest Legality
    • illegal logging

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