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    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
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    February 6, 2019

    In Afghanistan, Bhutan and Nepal, Off-Grid Renewables Bring Power to Remote Villages

    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    solar panels in Ghandruk, Nepal
    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    February 4, 2019

    5 Things to Look for in the Green New Deal

    • U.S. Climate
    • carbon pricing
    • carbon removal
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. policy
    wind farm
    • U.S. Climate
    • carbon pricing
    • carbon removal
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. policy
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    January 28, 2019

    PODCAST: What's Next for U.S. Renewables?

    • Energy
    • podcasts
    • Sustainable Development Goal 7
    • renewable energy
    Rooftop solar at National Renewable Energy Lab.
    • Energy
    • podcasts
    • Sustainable Development Goal 7
    • renewable energy
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    January 24, 2019

    Land Matters: How Securing Community Land Rights Can Slow Climate Change and Accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals

    • Environmental Rights
    • sustainable development goals
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Sustainable Development Goal 2
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Sustainable Development Goal 9
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • Sustainable Development Goal 14
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • Sustainable Development Goal 11
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    indigenous-people-forest
    • Environmental Rights
    • sustainable development goals
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Sustainable Development Goal 2
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Sustainable Development Goal 9
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • Sustainable Development Goal 14
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • Sustainable Development Goal 11
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Energy
    Insights
    January 23, 2019

    The US Underwent a Quiet Clean Energy Revolution Last Year

    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    Wind turbine technician
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    Africa
    Insights
    November 29, 2018

    How Distributed Solar Helps Pregnant Women in Rural Kenya

    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • health
    • poverty
    • renewable energy
    Maasai woman
    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • health
    • poverty
    • renewable energy
    Equity & Governance
    News
    October 16, 2018

    RELEASE: Global Leaders Call for Urgent Acceleration of Climate Adaptation Solutions

    • adaptation finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Water Security
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • climate impacts
    • renewable energy
    • Urban Development
    • adaptation finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Water Security
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • climate impacts
    • renewable energy
    • Urban Development
    Technical Perspectives
    October 12, 2018

    INSIDER: Commitments to Renewable Energy Are a Great Start. What's Next?

    • electric grid
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    Sunrise 1 wind farm in Texas.
    • electric grid
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    Energy
    North America
    News
    October 1, 2018

    RELEASE: WRI Announces Lori Bird as U.S. Director, Energy and Polsky Chair for Renewable Energy

    • electric grid
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • electric grid
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    Asia
    Insights
    August 29, 2018

    Distributed Solar PV in China: Growth and Challenges

    • renewable energy
    • Energy
    Solar photovoltaic panels in Shanghai, China
    • renewable energy
    • Energy
    Energy
    Insights
    August 17, 2018

    In Iraqi Kurdistan, Solar Offers Hope to the Powerless

    • electric grid
    • renewable energy
    Iraqi Kurdistan
    • electric grid
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    July 17, 2018

    Opinion: Lessons from India’s Climate Moonshot

    • International Climate Action
    • Climate Resilience
    • electric mobility
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    A view of the India One solar thermal power plant in Abu Road
    • International Climate Action
    • Climate Resilience
    • electric mobility
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Oceania
    Insights
    July 11, 2018

    Mientras los grupos indígenas esperan durante décadas para los títulos de tierras, las empresas están adquiriendo sus territorios

    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • commodities
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Shipibo-Konibo
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • commodities
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    July 11, 2018

    As Indigenous Groups Wait Decades for Land Titles, Companies Are Acquiring Their Territories

    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • commodities
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Shipibo-Konibo
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • commodities
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Climate
    Insights
    May 29, 2018

    7 Signs of Progress: A Year of National Climate Action

    • Energy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • fossil fuels
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    Electric vehicles
    • Energy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • fossil fuels
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    May 17, 2018

    As Apple, Google and Others Promote Renewable Power, What Is the Best Way to Evaluate Corporate Energy Leadership?

    • adaptation finance
    • Business
    • renewable energy
    Solar panels installed at the Googleplex.
    • adaptation finance
    • Business
    • renewable energy
    Energy
    Insights
    May 10, 2018

    These 20 Water-Stressed Countries Have the Most Solar and Wind Potential

    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • electric grid
    • renewable energy
    • water risk
    Solar panels in Utah
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • electric grid
    • renewable energy
    • water risk

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