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As Obama and Modi Meet, 4 Opportunities for US-India Action on Clean Energy and Climate

  • Climate
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  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. policy
India's goal is to increase solar power to 100 gigawatts by 2022. Photo by Abbie Trayler-Smith/DFID
  • Climate
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  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
  • renewable energy
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6 Stories to Watch in 2015: Global Climate Deal, Sustainable Development Goals, Rising Water Risks and More

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Andrew Steer presented 2015's Stories to Watch before a packed house at the Press Club in Washington, D.C. Photo by Bill Dugan/WRI
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“We Have to Get Urbanization Right”: Q&A with Felipe Calderón on Cities in the New Climate Economy

  • Economics
  • public transit
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
More than 180 cities have implemented bus rapid transit (BRT) systems. Photo by wyllepoon/FLICKR
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COP20 Lays the Groundwork for Paris Climate Pact: 7 Key Developments

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  • International Climate Action
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  • Forests
  • Cities
  • COP20
  • deforestation
  • restoration
  • Climate
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  • Equity & Governance
  • GHG emissions
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Participants at December 2014 international climate conference in Lima
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Quick Perspective on UN Secretary-General’s Vision for a Post-2015 Agenda

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  • human rights
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Photo by UNDP via OXFAM/Flickr.
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3 Promising Pathways to Finance Sustainable Cities

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  • climate finance
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  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
  • Paris Agreement
  • transportation
Leaders at COP20 can explore a range of sources for financing low-carbon urban development including multilateral investment banks, private investors, and innovative initatives like the Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions or climate-themed bonds. (Mexico City, Mexico) Photo by Boris G/Flickr.
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  • climate finance
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India’s Energy Moment: Ready for a Low-Carbon Future?

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  • renewable energy
Solar panels in Tinginaput, India. Photo by Abbie Trayler-Smith (DFID)/Flickr.
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5 Reasons to Be Optimistic About Sustainable Urban Mobility

  • Cities
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
  • Urban Development
Rapid urbanization creates a number challenges for city leaders, but the growing use of sustainable urban mobility solutions provides reasons for optimism in cities worldwide. (Beijing, China) Photo by Benoit Colin/WRI
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Seeing U.S. Business Opportunity in a Low-Carbon Economy

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  • Economics
  • Finance
  • low carbon development
A growing body of evidence indicates we don’t have to choose between improving economic performance and reducing climate risk  Photo credit: CGP Grey/Flickr
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  • Finance
  • low carbon development

3 Reasons Small Businesses Must Play a Large Role in Climate Change Resilience

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  • climate change
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Farmers in Cambodia are threatened by the impacts of climate change. Photo credit: Asladhrra, Flickr
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Climate Summit: Creating Better and More Sustainable Cities

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  • Urban Development
Beijing bicyclists. Photo Credit: Rich Bee/Flickr
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Transport Sector Key to Closing the World’s Emissions Gap

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  • Cities
  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
Beijing bicyclists. Photo Credit: Derrick Story/Flickr
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Towards A New Global Development Agenda: 5 Key Questions

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  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • development
  • poverty
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
  • Equity & Governance
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Why Community Land Rights Belong in the Sustainable Development Goals

  • Equity & Governance
  • International Climate Action
  • land rights
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
  • United Nations
The proposed Sustainable Development Goals leave out a critical component of improving rural livelihoods—securing community land rights. Photo credit: Jane Boles, Flickr
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  • International Climate Action
  • land rights
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
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People-Oriented Cities: Mixed-Use Development Creates Social and Economic Benefits

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  • low carbon development
  • transportation
Mixed-use development combined with pedestrianization on Mexico City’s Calle Madero promotes sustainable, prosperous communities. Photo Credit: Julius Reque/Flickr.
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  • low carbon development
  • transportation

To Maracanã and Beyond: World Cup Brings Sustainable Transport Benefits to Brazil

  • Urban Mobility
  • public transit
  • Cities
  • low carbon development
Although Brazilian cities have received criticism for short-sighted World Cup infrastructure, examples like Belo Horizonte's MOVE bus rapid transit (BRT) will generate benefits long after the final whistle blows. Photo Credit: Mariana Gil/EMBARQ Brazil.
  • Urban Mobility
  • public transit
  • Cities
  • low carbon development
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Post-Fukushima Climate Action: How Japan Can Achieve Greater Emissions Reductions

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  • Climate
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • low carbon development
Fukushima, Japan. In the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the Japanese government replaced the Copenhagen Pledge with the Warsaw Target, which calls for a 3.8 percent reduction from 2005 levels by 2020. Photo Credit: likeablerodent/Flickr
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  • Climate
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • low carbon development
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Tracking Climate Finance in Developing Countries: Easing the Way Forward

  • Climate
  • climate investment funds
  • climate finance
  • renewable energy
  • low carbon development
  • UNFCCC
Kenyan farmers discussing changes in the climate and weather. The lack of an internationally agreed definition of climate finance makes it difficult to monitor and report climate finance flows. Photo Credit: CGIAR/Flickr
  • Climate
  • climate investment funds
  • climate finance
  • renewable energy
  • low carbon development
  • UNFCCC
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset