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4 Climate Finance Priorities for the Biden Administration

  • Climate
  • adaptation finance
  • climate finance
  • development
  • climate change
  • Finance
  • Green Climate Fund
  • multilateral development banks
View of the White House and surrounding Washington, D.C. streets from above.
  • Climate
  • adaptation finance
  • climate finance
  • development
  • climate change
  • Finance
  • Green Climate Fund
  • multilateral development banks
Initiatives

New Climate Economy

Most of women covered by NHLP now have access to fresh vegetables for their meals and can even supply their surplus to be sold in the local market.

Climate Change, Frigid Temperatures and the Polar Vortex: 3 Things to Know

  • climate science
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • climate impacts
polar vortex
  • climate science
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • climate impacts

Recent Scientific Advancements Show New Connections Between Climate Change and Hurricanes

  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • hurricanes
Hurricane Florence
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • hurricanes

RELEASE: Bipartisan City Officials Call on Federal Government to Support Local Resilience to Climate Change

  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • sea level rise
  • U.S. policy
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • sea level rise
  • U.S. policy

Weather Patterns that Fueled Great Smoky Mountains Forest Fire Could Increase with Climate Change

  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • drought
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • fires
Wildfire at Great Smoky Mountains National Park
  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • drought
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • fires

5-4-3-2-1: Counting Down Obama’s Legacy on Climate Resilience

  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate policy
  • extreme weather
Barack Obama
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate policy
  • extreme weather

How Is Sea Level Rise Affecting Your Region?

  • U.S. Climate
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • sea level rise
  • U.S. policy
Shoreline counties are home to more than 123 million Americans, and account for nearly half the U.S. GDP. Image by WRI
  • U.S. Climate
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • sea level rise
  • U.S. policy

3 Counterintuitive Connections Between Climate Change and Extreme Weather

  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • U.S. policy
Boston received more than 98 inches of snow this season. Photo by Michael Hall/Flickr.
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • U.S. policy

Open Data: A New Tool for Building Climate Resilience

  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • data
  • extreme weather
  • sea level rise
In 2012 alone, extreme weather events caused more than $110 billion in damages and claimed more than 300 lives. Photo credit: Randy Le'Moine, Flickr 2012
  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • data
  • extreme weather
  • sea level rise
Research

Weaving the Net

Frontlines of Climate Change: Florida Leaders Take Action on Sea Level Rise

  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • sea level rise
Florida is the U.S. state most vulnerable to sea level rise. Photo credit: S.F. Pitman, Flickr
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • sea level rise

Coastal Communities in Virginia Lead the Way on Local Climate Action

  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • sea level rise
  • U.S. policy
Local leaders in Virginia Beach, VA are making plans to adapt to sea-level rise and coastal flooding. Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • sea level rise
  • U.S. policy

New Report Connects 2012 Extreme Weather Events to Human-Caused Climate Change

  • climate science
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • extreme weather
  • greenhouse gases
  • pollution
Flooding from Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Photo credit: Pamela Andrade
  • climate science
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • extreme weather
  • greenhouse gases
  • pollution

Lessons from Florida: How Local Adaptation Efforts Can Complement National Climate Action

  • climate policy
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • U.S. policy
Storm surge in Florida. Photo credit: Ed Hart, Flickr
  • climate policy
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • U.S. policy
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset