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    Unlocking Climate Action
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    September 1, 2021

    6 Ways to Prevent Greenwashing and Risks from Trade Associations

    • Unlocking Climate Action
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    • Unlocking Climate Action
    Climate
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    August 20, 2020

    This Month in Climate Science, June-July 2020: Vanishing Polar Bears, Record Floods, Melting Arctic and Antarctic Ice

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    • climate change
    Polar bear in Svalbard
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    Finance
    Technical Perspectives
    August 17, 2020

    INSIDER: Systems Mapping — A Vital Ingredient for Successful Partnerships

    • sustainable development goals
    • Sustainable Development Goal 17
    • mapping
    • Business
    • Economics
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    • sustainable development goals
    • Sustainable Development Goal 17
    • mapping
    • Business
    • Economics
    Climate
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    April 27, 2020

    This Month in Climate Science, February-March 2020: Carbon Sinks Shrink, Bumble Bees Decline, Nightingale Wings Shorten – and Ecosystems Could Collapse Faster

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    Bumble bee
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    February 28, 2020

    This Month in Climate Science, January 2020: More Injury-related Deaths, Mass Seabird Die-off, River Ice Disappearing

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    Common murres in the North Pacific
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    Cities
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    February 10, 2020

    RELEASE: WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities 2020-2021 Opens; Now Accepting Applications for Transformative Urban Climate Projects

    • Climate Resilience
    • Unlocking Climate Action
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • Unlocking Climate Action
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Cities
    Climate
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    January 13, 2020

    This Month in Climate Science, December 2019: Pre-term Births, Fewer Fishermen and Accelerated Arctic Melt

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    • climate science
    • biodiversity
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • health
    • Ocean
    • Freshwater
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    • greenhouse gases
    • health
    • Ocean
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    December 16, 2019

    This Month in Climate Science, October and November 2019: More Ebola, Emperor Penguins Marching Toward Extinction, and Persistent Storms

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    emperor penguins
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    October 23, 2019

    This Month in Climate Science, September 2019: Ocean and Ice Warning; Lost Birds; Pancake Breakfast at Risk?

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    • agriculture
    • climate change
    Small melting iceberg, Svalberg, Norway
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    Europe
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    September 24, 2019

    This Month in Climate Science, August 2019: Persistent Summers, Bumpier Plane Rides and More Heat Deaths

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    August 20, 2019

    Latin America and Caribbean Climate Week Is an Opportune Moment to Strengthen Regional Climate Action

    • long-term strategies
    • National Climate Action
    • Sustainable Development Goal 17
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    Aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Domenica
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    • National Climate Action
    • Sustainable Development Goal 17
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
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    • international climate policy
    Climate
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    August 19, 2019

    This Month in Climate Science, July 2019: Raccoon Explosions, Climate-friendly Elephants and More 100-Degree Days

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    • GHG emissions
    • extreme weather
    • climate impacts
    Elephants
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    July 30, 2019

    This Month in Climate Science: Primate Extinctions; Ice-free Greenland; A Dengue Explosion

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    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    chimpanzees in Uganda
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    July 3, 2019

    Countries' Climate Plans (NDCs) Are Missing a Big Opportunity: Reducing Food Loss and Waste

    • Food
    • National Climate Action
    • Sustainable Development Goal 17
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • Food Loss and Waste
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    • Food
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    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Cities
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    June 28, 2019

    Eskisehir, Turkey Leads on Energy-Efficient Buildings

    • Buildings
    • Unlocking Climate Action
    • Cities
    • Energy
    • energy efficiency
    Eskişehir, Turkey
    • Buildings
    • Unlocking Climate Action
    • Cities
    • Energy
    • energy efficiency
    Climate
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    June 20, 2019

    This Month in Climate Science: Fertility Impacts, Accelerating Extinctions and Green Oceans

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    June 4, 2019

    EU Leaders Face Critical Vote on Climate Neutrality, Paris Agreement Commitment

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    May 28, 2019

    4 Ways to Deliver Bold Action on Climate and Justice This Year at Back-to-Back UN Summits

    • National Climate Action
    • sustainable development goals
    • Sustainable Development Goal 17
    • Climate Equity
    • Climate
    • United Nations
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    • National Climate Action
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    May 20, 2019

    This Month in Climate Science: Warming-driven Economic Inequality, Disappearing Alps and Plummeting Penguin Populations

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    • climate change
    Emperor penguin
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    April 18, 2019

    This Month in Climate Science: Migrating Mosquitoes, Marine Heatwaves, More Hay Fever

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    Mosquito
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