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Solar-Powered Battery Swap Stations Could Speed Rwanda’s Shift to Electric ‘Motos’

  • renewable energy
  • electric grid
  • Cities
  • Energy Access
People on motorcycles drive through the busy streets of Kigali, Rwanda.
  • renewable energy
  • electric grid
  • Cities
  • Energy Access
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Leveraging Energy Access Explorer to Advance Kenya’s Clean Cooking Agenda

  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • energy efficiency
Nairobi, Kenya skyline
  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • energy efficiency
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A New Solution to Power Africa: Productive Use of Renewable Energy

  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • renewable energy
Malawi farmer tends her field, with solar water pumps in the background
  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • renewable energy
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9 Things to Know About National Climate Plans (NDCs)

  • Climate
  • greenhouse gases
  • NDC
  • International Climate Action
  • international climate policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
  • Paying for Paris
  • National Climate Action
People walk across in-ground solar panels on a seaside plaza on a sunny day.
  • Climate
  • greenhouse gases
  • NDC
  • International Climate Action
  • international climate policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
  • Paying for Paris
  • National Climate Action
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Installation of solar panels to a building roof in Africa
  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • renewable energy
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6 Conversations We Need to Have on the Energy Transition

  • renewable energy
  • Climate
  • Clean Energy
  • Energy Access
  • international climate policy
Wind turbines on top of a mountain overlooking the sea in Costa Rica.
  • renewable energy
  • Climate
  • Clean Energy
  • Energy Access
  • international climate policy
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These 8 Countries Are Scaling Up Renewable Energy the Fastest

  • renewable energy
  • energy efficiency
  • Energy Access
  • Clean Energy
Construction workers on a rooftop with wind turbines.
  • renewable energy
  • energy efficiency
  • Energy Access
  • Clean Energy
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5 Countries Taking Action to Reach Net-Zero Targets

  • net-zero emissions
  • greenhouse gases
  • climate policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate finance
  • climatewatch-pinned
A wind farm in Denmark is surrounded by blue seawater.
  • net-zero emissions
  • greenhouse gases
  • climate policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate finance
  • climatewatch-pinned
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9 Charts Explain Per Capita Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Country

  • climate change
  • climate impacts
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • greenhouse gases
  • GHG emissions
  • data
  • International Climate Action
The main bazar in Paharganj, India, is full of people during the late afternoon.
  • climate change
  • climate impacts
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • greenhouse gases
  • GHG emissions
  • data
  • International Climate Action
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What Does "Net-Zero Emissions" Mean? 8 Common Questions, Answered

  • climate science
  • carbon removal
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
  • greenhouse gases
  • COP26
  • COP28
Countries need a variety of solutions, including renewable energy and healthy forests, to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Photo by Aaron Minnick/WRI.
  • climate science
  • carbon removal
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
  • greenhouse gases
  • COP26
  • COP28
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To Shift Away from Oil and Gas, Developing Countries Need a ‘Just Transition’ to Protect Workers and Communities

  • Climate
  • climate policy
  • Climate Governance
  • greenhouse gases
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
A gas extracting plant in Ukraine.
  • Climate
  • climate policy
  • Climate Governance
  • greenhouse gases
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28

How Distributed Energy Resources Can Lower Power Bills, Raise Revenue in US Communities

  • renewable energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Energy Access
Solar panels on a community of homes in Austin, TX
  • renewable energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Energy Access

How Local Governments Can Advance Community Solar for Low- and Moderate-Income Households

  • renewable energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Energy Access
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Community Solar
A construction worker secures new solar panels to a residential roof.
  • renewable energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Energy Access
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Community Solar

Updated Tool Can Help US Communities Include Forests and Trees in GHG Inventories

  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
  • greenhouse gases
  • GHG emissions
  • global forest watch
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
  • greenhouse gases
  • GHG emissions
  • global forest watch

How Community Solar Can Benefit Low- and Moderate-Income Customers

  • renewable energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Energy Access
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Community Solar
Solar panels in a field of blooming flowers.
  • renewable energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Energy Access
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Community Solar
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset