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    Insights
    January 19, 2022

    From Promises to Action: 6 Sustainability Stories to Watch in 2022

    • net-zero emissions
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • National Climate Action
    • International Climate Action
    • adaptation finance
    • environmental justice
    • health
    • deforestation
    • electric mobility
    • electric grid
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • stories to watch
    A solar farm in the forefront with a coal plant in the distance.
    • net-zero emissions
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • National Climate Action
    • International Climate Action
    • adaptation finance
    • environmental justice
    • health
    • deforestation
    • electric mobility
    • electric grid
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • stories to watch
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    December 9, 2021

    Why Aren't Countries Reporting Environmental Defender Killings?

    • Environmental Rights
    • environmental justice
    • Climate
    • deforestation
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Cleared land in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.
    • Environmental Rights
    • environmental justice
    • Climate
    • deforestation
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Climate
    Insights
    November 11, 2021

    Climate Action Isn’t Reaching the Most Vulnerable — But it Could

    • International Climate Action
    • Climate Equity
    • environmental justice
    • COP28
    flash flood in Bangladesh
    • International Climate Action
    • Climate Equity
    • environmental justice
    • COP28
    Freshwater
    Update
    November 3, 2021

    Developing a Global Model for Agricultural Pollution Control Cost

    • Freshwater
    • agriculture
    • pollution
    • water pollution
    • data
    • Aqueduct
    Nutrient management slurry on farmland
    • Freshwater
    • agriculture
    • pollution
    • water pollution
    • data
    • Aqueduct
    Climate
    Insights
    November 2, 2021

    3 Ways to Ensure Corporate Net-zero Targets Are Credible

    • net-zero emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • corporate sustainability
    Wind turbines in Rubió, Spain
    • net-zero emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • corporate sustainability
    Forests
    Insights
    October 27, 2021

    Climate Benefits of Iconic Protected Forests Are Under Threat

    • deforestation
    • global forest watch
    • greenhouse gases
    Man looks over river and World Heritage forest.
    • deforestation
    • global forest watch
    • greenhouse gases
    Freshwater
    Data
    October 6, 2021

    Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas

    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • mapping
    • Aqueduct
    • Business
    Screenshot of the Aqueduct Risk Atlas
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • mapping
    • Aqueduct
    • Business
    Climate
    Insights
    September 16, 2021

    Ambitious Climate Action by G20 Countries Can Limit Global Warming to 1.7 Degrees C

    • International Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate science
    • greenhouse gases
    • climate impacts
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP26
    Solar panels on the Werkspoorfabriek in Utrecht
    • International Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate science
    • greenhouse gases
    • climate impacts
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP26
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    September 16, 2021

    Funding for an Equitable Clean Energy Transition Already Exists

    • Clean Energy
    • Finance
    • environmental justice
    • Equity & Governance
    Wind turbine at dusk, Columbia Gorge, Wasco, Oregon, USA
    • Clean Energy
    • Finance
    • environmental justice
    • Equity & Governance
    Climate
    Initiatives
    August 4, 2021

    Systems Change Lab

    Person in crowd holding sign that reads "SYSTEM CHANGE NOT CLIMATE CHANGE" with Earth image on cardboard sign.
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 19, 2021

    Voting Rights Are Fundamental to Democracy and Climate Justice

    • Equity & Governance
    • climate change
    • environmental justice
    A group of people sitting at desks separated by white dividers with the United States flag on them.
    • Equity & Governance
    • climate change
    • environmental justice
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    June 17, 2021

    Innovative US Bill Tackles Climate Change, Local Pollution and Economic Inequality

    • Climate
    • environmental justice
    • pollution
    • climate policy
    Smoke coming out of a factory on a cloudy day.
    • Climate
    • environmental justice
    • pollution
    • climate policy
    Climate
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    June 9, 2021

    Why Greenhouse Gas Inventories Are Important for Natural and Working Lands — and How to Fix Them

    • carbon removal
    • greenhouse gases
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • GHG emissions
    Yellowstone River in Montana, U.S.
    • carbon removal
    • greenhouse gases
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • GHG emissions
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Insights
    May 11, 2021

    As Cities Grow Across Africa, They Must Plan for Water Security

    • Water Security
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • climate finance
    • Urban Development
    • Cities
    • urban water resilience
    Water insecurity in African cities
    • Water Security
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • climate finance
    • Urban Development
    • Cities
    • urban water resilience
    Climate
    Insights
    May 4, 2021

    There Is No Climate Justice Without Racial Justice

    • environmental justice
    • Equity & Governance
    A climate protest. Climate activists walk with a sign that reads climate justice equals racial justice.
    • environmental justice
    • Equity & Governance
    Climate
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    March 25, 2021

    INSIDER: Designing Low-carbon Product Standards for Cement and Steel in the United States

    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • industry
    • low carbon development
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • industry
    • low carbon development

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