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For the Millions of East Africans Who Need Electricity Most, Data Shows Renewable Energy Is a Viable – and Affordable – Solution

  • mapping
  • Humans of Clean Energy
  • Sustainable Development Goal 4
  • Sustainable Development Goal 7
  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • renewable energy
Electricity has far-reaching impacts on people's livelihoods. This Tanzanian tailor can sew at night thanks to solar power. Photo by Theo Steemers/USAID
  • mapping
  • Humans of Clean Energy
  • Sustainable Development Goal 4
  • Sustainable Development Goal 7
  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • renewable energy
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China Making Progress on Climate Goals Faster than Expected

  • Energy
  • G20
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Rooftop solar panels in China
  • Energy
  • G20
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Outcomes
Rangers in Kibale National Park, Uganda, learn to use the Forest Watcher app developed by the Jane Goodall Institute, Google, and Global Forest Watch. Photo by Lilian Pintea/Jane Goodall Institute
  • Top Outcome: 2016
Outcomes
Chengdu, China. Photo by YOYU.cn, Flickr
  • Top Outcome: 2016
Outcomes
Community consultation in Lukolela, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo: Ollivier Girard/CIFOR, Flickr
  • Top Outcome: 2016
Outcomes

India Takes Landmark First Step to Cut Road Fatalities in Half by 2020

  • Top Outcome: 2016
  • Health & Road Safety
Traffic and pedestrians in Mysore, India. Photo by EMBARQ India, Flickr
  • Top Outcome: 2016
  • Health & Road Safety
Outcomes
Financial billboard in Shanghai, China. Photo: iStock
  • Top Outcome: 2016
Outcomes
Farmers and officials at a tree nursery in Nyandarua County, Kenya. Photo by Aaron Minnick/WRI, Flickr
  • Top Outcome: 2016
News

STATEMENT: India Joins Paris Agreement on Climate Change

  • climate change
  • UNFCCC
  • climate change
  • UNFCCC
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US and China Join Paris Agreement, Bringing it Much Closer to Taking Effect

  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy
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Papua New Guinea Is First Country to Finalize National Climate Plan Under Paris Agreement

  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • renewable energy
  • UNFCCC
Papua New Guinea’s coastal village of Hanuabada.
  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • renewable energy
  • UNFCCC

After Paris, Making Good on Climate Commitments Requires Good Governance

  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • public participation
  • UNFCCC
Eiffel Tower
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • public participation
  • UNFCCC
Insights

What Do Top Emitters' Greenhouse Gas Targets Mean for Emissions? It’s Not Always Clear

  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • GHG emissions
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Wind turbines
  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • GHG emissions
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC

New Platform Reveals How Much Carbon Is Locked in Tropical Forests – and How Much Was Lost

  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • mapping
  • UNFCCC
GFW Climate will help measure emissions from tropical deforestation. Photo credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/cifor/14626255095/in/album-72157645614284212/">M. Edliadi for the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">cc</a>
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • mapping
  • UNFCCC
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5 Key Takeaways from India’s New Climate Plan (INDC)

  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Solar thermal panel in Mumbai, India. Photo by Jiri Rezac/The Climate Group
  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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South Africa Pledges to Peak Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2025

  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • Climate
  • greenhouse gases
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
South Africa is the first country to apply a carbon budget approach to determine whether its INDC represents a fair share of global emission reductions. Photo by Lollie-Pop/Flickr.
  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • Climate
  • greenhouse gases
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
News

WRI India Says India INDC "Reaffirms India’s Intent To Achieve Its Bold Renewable Energy Goals"

  • International Climate Action
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • International Climate Action
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Insights

China’s Climate Policies: How Have They Performed, and Where Do They Need to Go?

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Installing solar panels on the Hongqiao Passenger Rail Terminal in Shanghai, China. Photo by Jiri Rezac/The Climate Group
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC

WRI Calls South Africa INDC Submission "Encouraging"

  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset