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    low carbon development
    Africa
    Insights
    May 1, 2019

    Goldman Prize Winner Alfred Brownell Stopped Palm Oil Companies from Destroying Liberian Forests

    • Environmental Rights
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Alfred Brownell on a street in Boston, Massachusetts
    • Environmental Rights
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Asia
    Insights
    March 25, 2019

    Indonesia Charts a New, Low Carbon Development Path. Will Other Countries Follow Suit?

    • Economics
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    Farmers in Yogyakarta
    • Economics
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    February 26, 2019

    4 Creative Ways Cities Are Transitioning to a Clean Energy Future

    • Energy
    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    Solar in Washington, DC. Flickr/Adam Fagen
    • Energy
    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    Cities
    Insights
    February 13, 2019

    Electrification Doesn't Make Sense Everywhere—Yet

    • electric grid
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    • electric mobility
    Where cities have relatively clean grids, they should electrify as much as possible.
    • electric grid
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    • electric mobility
    Cities
    Insights
    February 4, 2019

    Optimize, Electrify, Decarbonize: The 3 Steps to Thriving, Zero-Carbon Cities

    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • Unlocking Climate Action
    Las Vegas solar panels
    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • Unlocking Climate Action
    Cities
    Insights
    November 15, 2018

    Cities Can Save $17 Trillion by Preventing Urban Sprawl

    • Economics
    • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • Urban Development
    New York City
    • Economics
    • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • Urban Development
    Asia
    Insights
    November 6, 2018

    Indonesia's Last Forest Frontier: 3 Facts to Know About Papua

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • low carbon development
    Forest in Baliem Valley, West Papua. Flickr/Axel Drainville
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • low carbon development
    Cities
    Insights
    October 31, 2018

    IPCC 1.5° Report: We Need to Build and Live Differently in Cities

    • climate science
    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    Wiping down rooftop solar panels in Mumbai.
    • climate science
    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    Insights
    October 23, 2018

    PODCAST: Follow the Money: Climate and Development Should Be Financed Together

    • Climate Resilience
    • podcasts
    • climate finance
    • low carbon development
    A farmer in Uganda works with crops bred for resilience.
    • Climate Resilience
    • podcasts
    • climate finance
    • low carbon development
    Cities
    Insights
    October 2, 2018

    3 Charts Explain One of the Most Overlooked Opportunities to Address Climate Change and Poverty

    • Climate
    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    • pollution
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    Air conditioning units in Hong Kong. Flickr/Niall Kennedy
    • Climate
    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    • pollution
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    Ocean
    News
    September 24, 2018

    RELEASE: Heads of Government Unite for the Ocean and People Who Depend on it

    • fisheries
    • Ocean
    • low carbon development
    • fisheries
    • Ocean
    • low carbon development
    Equity & Governance
    Technical Perspectives
    July 17, 2018

    INSIDER: Bridging Implementation of SDGs and NDCs: Examples and Early Lessons from Country Experiences

    • International Climate Action
    • Climate
    • long-term strategies
    • National Climate Action
    • sustainable development goals
    • Paris Agreement
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • International Climate Action
    • Climate
    • long-term strategies
    • National Climate Action
    • sustainable development goals
    • Paris Agreement
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    Food
    Latin America
    Insights
    July 17, 2018

    How Cocoa Farming Can Preserve Forests and Peace in Colombia

    • Forests
    • Business
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • low carbon development
    Cocoa farmer
    • Forests
    • Business
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • low carbon development
    Asia Latin America North America
    News
    July 11, 2018

    ADVISORY: High-Level Briefing on China-U.S. Cooperation on Energy and Climate Change

    • adaptation finance
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • Energy
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • adaptation finance
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • Energy
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    Cities
    News
    February 1, 2018

    RELEASE: 15 Transport and Tech Companies Sign the Shared Mobility Principles for Livable Cities

    • biking
    • public transit
    • Urban Mobility
    • low carbon development
    • biking
    • public transit
    • Urban Mobility
    • low carbon development
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    January 30, 2018

    Powering Ahead with Solar, Despite Trump Tariffs

    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    Solar panels at Nevada Crescent Dunes
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    Economics
    Insights
    November 14, 2017

    3 Steps to a Zero-Carbon Future

    • Paris Agreement
    • Economics
    • natural infrastructure
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Solar panel installation in Rwanda
    • Paris Agreement
    • Economics
    • natural infrastructure
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals

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