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    Africa North America greenhouse gases human rights sea level rise
    Forests
    North America
    Update
    July 12, 2022

    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
    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
    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
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    January 31, 2020

    5 Ways the US Government Can Kickstart a CarbonShot to Remove Carbon from the Atmosphere

    • carbon removal
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • U.S. policy
    carbon engineering direct air capture facility
    • carbon removal
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • U.S. policy
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    April 5, 2019

    Urban Transformations: In Durban, Informal Workers Design Marketplaces Instead of Getting Displaced by Them

    • Urban Transformations
    • Cities
    • human rights
    • Urban Development
    Warwick Junction
    • Urban Transformations
    • Cities
    • human rights
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    April 3, 2019

    Urban Transformations: In Tanzania’s Capital, Safer Children Mean Better Neighborhoods

    • Urban Transformations
    • road safety
    • human rights
    • poverty
    • health
    • Urban Development
    • Health & Road Safety
    Children in Dar es Salaam
    • Urban Transformations
    • road safety
    • human rights
    • poverty
    • health
    • Urban Development
    • Health & Road Safety
    Climate
    North America
    News
    November 23, 2018

    STATEMENT: Fourth National Climate Assessment Confirms Climate Change Will Affect All Regions and All Sectors of U.S. Economy

    • Air Quality
    • Water Security
    • fires
    • climate science
    • natural infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • health
    • climate impacts
    • water pollution
    • pollution
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    • Air Quality
    • Water Security
    • fires
    • climate science
    • natural infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • health
    • climate impacts
    • water pollution
    • pollution
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 19, 2018

    Good Climate Policy News from California

    • U.S. Climate
    • climate policy
    • greenhouse gases
    Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California
    • U.S. Climate
    • climate policy
    • greenhouse gases
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    July 13, 2018

    Disaster-Focused Headlines from the Congo Often Hide Signs of Progress

    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    Ilanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Data
    July 11, 2018

    INFOGRAPHIC: Experience the Unequal Ways Communities and Companies Get Land Rights

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    February 27, 2018

    How Open Data Can Help Solve Kenya’s Energy Access Problems

    • Energy
    • data
    • Energy Access
    • human rights
    Kibera, Kenya
    • Energy
    • data
    • Energy Access
    • human rights
    Climate
    Asia Latin America
    Insights
    September 5, 2017

    Keeping Heads Above Water: Lessons for Building Resilience After Flooding in South Asia and Texas

    • floods
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • sea level rise
    • water pollution
    Escapees from hurricane flooding.
    • floods
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • sea level rise
    • water pollution
    Equity & Governance
    Initiatives
    April 1, 2017

    Climate Governance

    Equity & Governance
    North America
    Insights
    January 30, 2017

    President Trump’s First Week: Is Environmental Democracy in Jeopardy?

    • U.S. policy
    • climate science
    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • public participation
    Protest sign from the Women’s March in Washington, D.C
    • U.S. policy
    • climate science
    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • public participation
    Climate
    North America
    News
    December 15, 2016

    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
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America North America
    Insights
    December 9, 2016

    Localizing Open Government Reforms

    • Cities
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    Cícero Pompeu de Toledo stadium
    • Cities
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights

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