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    Business electric grid UNFCCC Insights
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    August 20, 2021

    6 Ways Large Energy Buyers  Can Transform the US Electrical Grid 

    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. Climate
    • electric grid
    • Business
    • corporate sustainability
    • COP26
    Dillon Wind Power Project
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. Climate
    • electric grid
    • Business
    • corporate sustainability
    • COP26
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    June 17, 2019

    Besides Buying Renewables, How Can Companies and Cities Create a Greener Grid?

    • electric grid
    • Business
    • renewable energy
    Power transmission lines seen from below.
    • electric grid
    • Business
    • renewable energy
    Insights
    January 16, 2018

    Bad Air to Better Oceans: 6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2018

    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • stories to watch
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • international climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • stories to watch
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • international climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    February 3, 2017

    States Use Renewable Energy to Win Corporate Business

    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • electric grid
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    U.S. solar farm
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • electric grid
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    Finance
    Insights
    January 11, 2017

    6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2017

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • stories to watch
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • food security
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    Andrew Steer
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • stories to watch
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • food security
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    Insights
    October 25, 2016

    As the Paris Agreement Takes Effect, 3 Action Items for Business

    • Business
    • COP22
    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • UNFCCC
    Solar installation in Vancouver, British Columbia
    • Business
    • COP22
    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • UNFCCC
    Energy
    Insights
    October 3, 2016

    Kentucky Can Shape A Clean Energy Future

    • electric grid
    • fossil fuels
    • Business
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    Field in Kentucky
    • electric grid
    • fossil fuels
    • Business
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    Insights
    May 4, 2016

    How Dozens of Businesses, Cities and Other Non-State Initiatives Will Help Countries Deliver Their Climate Goals

    • International Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • Business
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Wind turbines in California.
    • International Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • Business
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    March 29, 2016

    Microsoft and Local Utility Partner to Green Virginia’s Grid

    • Energy
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • electric grid
    • renewable energy
    Potomac River power plant
    • Energy
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • electric grid
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    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
    Climate
    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
    Finance
    Insights
    December 10, 2015

    3 Key Questions for the Energy Industry Around a Global Climate Agreement

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Business
    • COP21
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    • UNFCCC
    COP21 march in London
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Business
    • COP21
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    • UNFCCC
    Finance
    Insights
    December 10, 2015

    5 Numbers: What the Paris Climate Talks Have Already Delivered

    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • Business
    • COP21
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    COP21
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • Business
    • COP21
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Insights
    December 2, 2015

    Business and Climate Action: The Times They Are A-Changin'

    • International Climate Action
    • Business
    • COP21
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Hundreds of business leaders are gathering at COP 21 in Paris. Photo by Yann Caradec/Flickr
    • International Climate Action
    • Business
    • COP21
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Insights
    November 5, 2015

    Science-based Emissions Targets: The Key to Sending a Strong Corporate Signal Before COP 21

    • International Climate Action
    • Business
    • COP21
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Nearly 90 companies have committed to set a science-based emissions-reduction target. Photo by Mike Steinhoff/Flickr
    • International Climate Action
    • Business
    • COP21
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    August 21, 2015

    Corporations Can Drive Down Renewable Energy’s Cost

    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • electric grid
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    The electricity system will have to be decarbonized, probably more quickly than many in the sector are comfortable with. Working with large buyers that want to move quickly could lead to decarbonizing in an orderly way that drives down the cost for everyone. Photo by Windwärts Energie/Flickr
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • electric grid
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    Business
    Europe
    Insights
    May 28, 2015

    Supporting the New Climate Agreement: A Checklist for Business

    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    The recent Business & Climate Summit took place in Paris, France. Photo by Max Mayorov/Flickr
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    April 15, 2015

    An Opportunity for Cooperative Clean Energy Solutions for Utilities and Companies

    • electric grid
    • Business
    • renewable energy
    A solar array in California. Photo by Steve Jurvetson/Flickr.
    • electric grid
    • Business
    • renewable energy
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    January 9, 2015

    6 Stories to Watch in 2015: Global Climate Deal, Sustainable Development Goals, Rising Water Risks and More

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • UNFCCC
    • United Nations
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    • stories to watch
    Andrew Steer presented 2015's Stories to Watch before a packed house at the Press Club in Washington, D.C. Photo by Bill Dugan/WRI
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • UNFCCC
    • United Nations
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    • stories to watch
    Finance
    Asia Africa
    Insights
    July 12, 2013

    Helping Clean Energy Entrepreneurs Turn on the Lights in Poor Countries

    • Energy
    • Business
    • electric grid
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    • Energy
    • Business
    • electric grid
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy

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