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Building Efficiency Finally Gets its Day in the Sun at COP 21

  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • COP21
  • climate change
  • energy efficiency
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Wall Street
  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • COP21
  • climate change
  • energy efficiency
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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Greening Finance: A View from Beijing

  • Business
  • Finance
  • low carbon development
The recent CCICED meeting took place in Beijing, China. Photo by Francisco Anzola/Flickr.
  • Business
  • Finance
  • low carbon development
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By Taking 5 Steps, China Can Start Leading the Green Finance Revolution

  • Business
  • Finance
  • multilateral development banks
  • low carbon development
WRI President and CEO Andrew Steer presents Green Finance task force report at CCICED annual general meeting in Beijing, China. Photo by Lawrence MacDonald.
  • Business
  • Finance
  • multilateral development banks
  • low carbon development
Sao Paulo’s Linha 4 demonstrates how cities can successfully finance transport projects through public-private partnerships, and serves as a model for other areas in Brazil to follow. (Photo: Mariana Gil/ WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities)
  • Finance
  • transportation

Paris Countdown: Where Things Stand 5 Weeks Before Climate Summit

  • Finance
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • GHG emissions
  • Paris Agreement
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  • Finance
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • GHG emissions
  • Paris Agreement
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The Financial System We Need

  • Climate
  • climate change
  • Finance
Slowly but surely financial institutions and those who regulate them are insisting on deeper analysis and disclosure of environmental data. Photo by Bridget Colla/Flickr
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • Finance

RELEASE: Virginia Can Surpass its Clean Power Plan Requirements with a 43 Percent Carbon Emissions Reduction by 2030

  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • U.S. policy
  • fossil fuels
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • U.S. policy
  • fossil fuels
  • renewable energy
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Building a Brighter Future – Powered by Renewable Energy

  • Economics
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • low carbon development
  • renewable energy
  • sustainable development goals
Barefoot solar engineers in Tinginaput, India. Photo by DFID/Flickr.
  • Economics
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • low carbon development
  • renewable energy
  • sustainable development goals
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Greater Efficiency in Aviation and Maritime: The Double Win Trajectory

  • Economics
  • GHG emissions
  • energy efficiency
  • greenhouse gases
  • international climate policy
The aviation and maritime sectors are an increasingly significant source of greenhouse gas emissions. Photo by Bridget Coila/Flickr.
  • Economics
  • GHG emissions
  • energy efficiency
  • greenhouse gases
  • international climate policy
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To Achieve its New Climate Goals, China Must Look to its Buildings

  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • energy efficiency
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
To  meet its emissions goals, China should begin to reevaluate building efficiency with new technology and better financing. Photo by shanidov/Flickr
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • energy efficiency
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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Dispelling 4 Myths about Climate Change and Investment Risk

  • Climate
  • Business
  • climate change
  • Finance
Physical risks like drought are only some of the climate-related risks investors face. Photo by Don DeBold/Flickr
  • Climate
  • Business
  • climate change
  • Finance

Clean Power Plan Can Help States, Economy and Planet

  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • GHG emissions
  • climate policy
  • Business
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy
  • COP21
NASA image courtesy of the DSCOVR EPIC team
  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • GHG emissions
  • climate policy
  • Business
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy
  • COP21
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Will China Lead the Way on Green Finance?

  • climate finance
  • Finance
  • renewable energy
Workers install solar photovoltaic panels on the roofs in China. Photo by The Climate Group/Flickr.
  • climate finance
  • Finance
  • renewable energy
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RELEASE: Global Commission Finds Economic Growth Can Close the Emissions Gap

  • Energy
  • Forests
  • Economics
  • climate policy
  • Business
  • energy efficiency
  • Finance
  • renewable energy
  • Energy
  • Forests
  • Economics
  • climate policy
  • Business
  • energy efficiency
  • Finance
  • renewable energy

New Fuel Efficiency Standards for Airplanes, Trucks Can Help US Meet Climate Goals

  • Air Quality
  • GHG emissions
  • energy efficiency
  • pollution
  • U.S. policy
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  • Air Quality
  • GHG emissions
  • energy efficiency
  • pollution
  • U.S. policy
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Jump-starting Clean Energy Access for the World

  • Energy
  • Finance
  • development
  • climate finance
  • international climate policy
  • regulation
  • renewable energy
Solar home systems in Bangladesh. Photo by ILO/Flickr/
  • Energy
  • Finance
  • development
  • climate finance
  • international climate policy
  • regulation
  • renewable energy