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    North America drought G20 poverty Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Cities
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    Insights
    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
    Cities
    Initiatives
    March 10, 2022

    TheCityFix Labs

    People at Marine Drive in Mumbai, India
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Latin America
    Insights
    December 20, 2019

    Ensuring a "Just Transition": 5 Priorities to Make Climate Action Benefit Low-Income and Disadvantaged Groups

    • Climate
    • COP25
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    • Climate Equity
    • Equity & Governance
    • Gender
    • poverty
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    A youth group marching in Paris, with a banner that says "climate justice = social justice." Photo by Andreas Link/Young FoEE
    • Climate
    • COP25
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    • Climate Equity
    • Equity & Governance
    • Gender
    • poverty
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    December 6, 2017

    INSIDER: The Climate Effect of the Trump Administration

    • G20
    • U.S. policy
    • Paris Agreement
    • Climate
    • G20
    • U.S. policy
    • Paris Agreement
    • Climate
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 4, 2017

    7 Milestones on Canada’s Path to Concrete Climate Action

    • G20
    • National Climate Action
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    Sasquatch Park in British Columbia
    • G20
    • National Climate Action
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 14, 2017

    Mexico’s 3 Big Steps Towards Comprehensive Carbon Pricing

    • carbon pricing
    • G20
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Mexican flag
    • carbon pricing
    • G20
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Asia North America
    Insights
    December 14, 2016

    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
    Climate
    North America Europe
    Insights
    December 9, 2016

    Germany Sets High Bar for G20 Summit in July, Trump’s First Meeting with Global Leaders

    • U.S. Climate
    • G20
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    Hamburg city view from St. Michael's Church
    • U.S. Climate
    • G20
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    Africa North America
    Insights
    October 28, 2016

    If Climate Change Is the Existential Crisis of Our Age, Why Isn’t it Getting More Attention?

    • climate science
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • food security
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    California drought
    • climate science
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • food security
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    April 10, 2015

    California Sleepwalks into Water Crisis

    • Aqueduct
    • drought
    • natural resources
    • U.S. policy
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    California's drought has dragged on for four years. Photo by Yana Edwin Murphy/Flickr
    • Aqueduct
    • drought
    • natural resources
    • U.S. policy
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    February 13, 2014

    Amidst California’s Drought, an Opportunity for Action

    • climate change
    • drought
    • climate impacts
    The majority of California is currently blanketed in "extreme drought." Photo credit: Amber Tsuchida, Flickr
    • climate change
    • drought
    • climate impacts
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    September 23, 2013

    Global Efforts to Tackle Poverty and Climate Change Must Come Together

    • Climate
    • Food
    • climate change
    • Equity & Governance
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    This week, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon will address two of the most pressing challenges of our time: poverty and climate change. Photo credit: M. DeFreese/CIMMYT
    • Climate
    • Food
    • climate change
    • Equity & Governance
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations

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