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    Business GHG emissions low carbon development
    Finance
    Insights
    July 22, 2022

    How to De-risk Low-carbon Investments

    • low carbon development
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Green Climate Fund
    • climate finance
    Two men clean solar panels in Kenya
    • low carbon development
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Green Climate Fund
    • climate finance
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    June 16, 2022

    The SEC’s New Climate Rule is Plain Common Sense

    • climate policy
    • corporate sustainability
    • Business
    • GHG emissions
    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters building in Washington, DC.
    • climate policy
    • corporate sustainability
    • Business
    • GHG emissions
    Business
    North America
    Insights
    April 12, 2021

    Trade Associations Speak on Carbon Pricing. Will Action Follow?

    • carbon pricing
    • GHG emissions
    Emissions coming from a factory with a gray sky in the background.
    • carbon pricing
    • GHG emissions
    Insights
    September 18, 2020

    As the UN Turns 75, Countries Should Embrace a Shared Vision of a Fairer, Safer and More Sustainable Future

    • coronavirus
    • Urban Mobility
    • Paris Agreement
    • Business
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • united nations
    Country flags leading to the entrance of the United Nations.
    • coronavirus
    • Urban Mobility
    • Paris Agreement
    • Business
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • united nations
    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
    Business
    Insights
    July 5, 2017

    The Apparel Industry’s Environmental Impact in 6 Graphics

    • climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • Water
    Various piles of clothing strewn across a factory floor with two people sorting through the piles.
    • climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • Water
    Energy
    Asia Africa
    Insights
    February 8, 2017

    “Pay-As-You-Go” Solar Could Electrify Rural Africa

    • Equity
    • Energy
    • Business
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Tanzania solar
    • Equity
    • Energy
    • Business
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Insights
    December 21, 2016

    Shifting to a Clean Energy Economy Would Bring Billions in Economic Benefits, Shows New Report

    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Economics
    • Business
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • GHG emissions
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. policy
    Wind turbines
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Economics
    • Business
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • GHG emissions
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. policy
    Finance
    Data
    December 14, 2016

    Upstream Emissions as a Percentage of Overall Lifecycle Emissions

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • fossil fuels
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • fossil fuels
    • GHG emissions
    Equity
    North America
    Insights
    July 7, 2016

    Cutting Your Corporate Carbon Footprint? Why You Should Use Science-Based Targets

    • Climate
    • Business
    • GHG emissions
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • climate science
    Renewable energy can help companies reach carbon-cutting goals. Photo Credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92688599@N00/2302264331/">Wavy1</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">cc</a>
    • Climate
    • Business
    • GHG emissions
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • climate science
    Climate
    Insights
    December 30, 2015

    Top 5 Corporate Sustainability Stories of 2015

    • Business
    • COP21
    • GHG emissions
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    U.S. President Barack Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry and other heads of state at COP21. Credit: White House
    • Business
    • COP21
    • GHG emissions
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    Equity
    Insights
    December 16, 2015

    L’Accord de Paris : Un Tournant Clé Vers une Solution Pour le Climat

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Business
    • COP21
    • GHG emissions
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Accord de Paris a adopté
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Business
    • COP21
    • GHG emissions
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Equity
    Insights
    December 12, 2015

    The Paris Agreement: Turning Point for a Climate Solution

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Business
    • COP21
    • GHG emissions
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Paris Agreement adopted. Photo credit WRI
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Business
    • COP21
    • GHG emissions
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    News
    December 8, 2015

    RELEASE: 114 Companies Commit to Set Ambitious Science-Based Emissions Reduction Targets, Surpassing Goal

    • International Climate Action
    • Business
    • COP21
    • GHG emissions
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • climate science
    • emissions
    • International Climate Action
    • Business
    • COP21
    • GHG emissions
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • climate science
    • emissions
    Business
    Research
    December 1, 2015

    Walking the Talk

    Climate
    North America Latin America Africa Europe
    News
    November 30, 2015

    STATEMENT: At COP21, Heads of State and Institutions Call for Pricing Carbon

    • carbon pricing
    • COP21
    • Business
    • emissions
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    • carbon pricing
    • COP21
    • Business
    • emissions
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    Africa
    Insights
    October 5, 2015

    Can Clean Distributed Energy Solutions Close Africa’s Access Gap?

    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • Business
    • Economics
    • development
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    Solar speciality shop in Gulu, Uganda. Photo by James Anderson/Flickr.
    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • Business
    • Economics
    • development
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy

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