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    Insights
    September 17, 2024

    What Would Cities Look Like With 3 Degrees C of Warming vs. 1.5? Far More Hazardous and Vastly Unequal

    • Cities
    • Climate
    • Equity & Governance
    • climate change
    • health
    • data visualization
    A woman carries water during a blistering hot day in New Delhi, India.
    • Cities
    • Climate
    • Equity & Governance
    • climate change
    • health
    • data visualization
    Climate
    Insights
    September 17, 2024

    Why the Next 3 Months Are Critical for People, Nature and Climate

    • Climate
    • COP29
    • COP16
    • NDC
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Villagers plant trees in southern Ethiopia
    • Climate
    • COP29
    • COP16
    • NDC
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Finance
    Insights
    September 17, 2024

    Which Countries Should Pay for International Climate Finance?

    • COP29
    • climate finance
    • development
    • Climate
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • Paying for Paris
    Solar panels at a market in Nigeria
    • COP29
    • climate finance
    • development
    • Climate
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • Paying for Paris
    Cities
    Africa
    Update
    September 9, 2024

    Greening the Jukskei River: Scaling Nature-based Solutions for Climate Resilience in Johannesburg, South Africa

    • Cities
    • urban water resilience
    • Freshwater
    • Climate Resilience
    A group of people removes trash from a river.
    • Cities
    • urban water resilience
    • Freshwater
    • Climate Resilience
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    September 3, 2024

    A Community Program Is Transforming New York Schoolyards into Climate-Resilient Spaces

    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Development
    Children enjoy the vibrant new playground in the recently redesigned green schoolyard at P.S. 38K in New York, where fresh equipment and engaging spaces foster creativity and play.
    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Development
    Finance
    Insights
    August 30, 2024

    How the Climate Finance Puzzle Fits into the Global Financial System

    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • adaptation finance
    • COP29
    • Paris Agreement
    • International Climate Action
    Motorcyclists, buses and pedestrians navigate a flooded, hectic city street.
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • adaptation finance
    • COP29
    • Paris Agreement
    • International Climate Action
    Climate
    Update
    August 27, 2024

    Bipartisan IMPACT Act 2.0 Fills Gaps in Concrete and Asphalt Climate Legislation

    • Climate
    • industry
    • U.S. Climate
    • climate policy
    • FIGI
    Roadwork in rural area.
    • Climate
    • industry
    • U.S. Climate
    • climate policy
    • FIGI
    Climate
    North America
    Update
    August 22, 2024

    Canada Develops Legal Framework to Prioritize Net-Zero Implementation

    • Climate
    • net-zero emissions
    • long-term strategies
    • long-term strategy related case study
    • GHG emissions
    Wind turbine in snowy field.
    • Climate
    • net-zero emissions
    • long-term strategies
    • long-term strategy related case study
    • GHG emissions
    Climate
    Latin America
    Update
    August 22, 2024

    Uruguay’s Wind Development Program Attracted Private Investment to Transform the Power Sector

    • Climate
    • net-zero emissions
    • long-term strategies
    • long-term strategy related case study
    • GHG emissions
    Wind turbines on green fields with trees.
    • Climate
    • net-zero emissions
    • long-term strategies
    • long-term strategy related case study
    • GHG emissions
    Climate
    Europe
    Update
    August 22, 2024

    Sweden’s Early Action to Legally Enshrine its Net-Zero Target May Bolster Against Political Shifts

    • Climate
    • net-zero emissions
    • long-term strategies
    • long-term strategy related case study
    • GHG emissions
    Tram in Sweden.
    • Climate
    • net-zero emissions
    • long-term strategies
    • long-term strategy related case study
    • GHG emissions
    Climate
    Oceania
    Update
    August 22, 2024

    The Kingdom of Tonga Developed its LT-LEDS Through a Consensus-Based Stakeholder Engagement Process

    • Climate
    • net-zero emissions
    • long-term strategies
    • long-term strategy related case study
    • GHG emissions
    Tufui Faletau stands outside the Treasury building in Nuku'alofa, Tonga.
    • Climate
    • net-zero emissions
    • long-term strategies
    • long-term strategy related case study
    • GHG emissions
    Climate
    Asia
    Update
    August 22, 2024

    Singapore Mandates Corporate Climate Risk Disclosure to Mobilize Private Climate Finance

    • Climate
    • net-zero emissions
    • long-term strategies
    • long-term strategy related case study
    • GHG emissions
    Cloud Foreset, Gardens by the Bay Singapore.
    • Climate
    • net-zero emissions
    • long-term strategies
    • long-term strategy related case study
    • GHG emissions
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    August 15, 2024

    Empowering Residents Helped Buenos Aires Transform Rodrigo Bueno Into a Climate-Resilient Community

    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Climate Resilience
    • housing
    • Urban Transformations
    People wait at a bus top with trees and apartment buildings in the background.
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Climate Resilience
    • housing
    • Urban Transformations
    Climate
    Insights
    August 14, 2024

    What 2024’s Historic Elections Could Mean for the Climate

    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • COP29
    • international climate policy
    • climate policy
    People cast their votes in Mexico's presidential election in June, 2024.
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • COP29
    • international climate policy
    • climate policy
    Forests
    Insights
    August 13, 2024

    The Latest Data Confirms: Forest Fires Are Getting Worse

    • deforestation
    • fires
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate science
    Forest fire in Borneo, Indonesia
    • deforestation
    • fires
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate science
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    August 6, 2024

    Can Clean Hydrogen Fuel a Clean Energy Future?

    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Hydrogen
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • low carbon development
    • industry
    • FIGI
    A hydrogen pipeline.
    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Hydrogen
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • low carbon development
    • industry
    • FIGI
    Climate
    Technical Perspectives
    August 6, 2024

    How Separate Climate Targets Can Help Avoid Overreliance on Carbon Removal

    • carbon removal
    • long-term strategies
    • International Climate Action
    • NDC
    • net-zero emissions
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    • carbon removal legislation & policy
    Direct air capture units at a Climeworks facility in Iceland with snow-capped mountains in the background.
    • carbon removal
    • long-term strategies
    • International Climate Action
    • NDC
    • net-zero emissions
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    • carbon removal legislation & policy
    Climate
    Africa Latin America
    Insights
    August 5, 2024

    What Are Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and Why Are They Important?

    • NDC
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • GHG emissions
    • adaptation
    • climate finance
    • COP29
    • climatewatch-pinned
    People walk on a bridge over wetlands with windmills in the distance.
    • NDC
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • GHG emissions
    • adaptation
    • climate finance
    • COP29
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Climate
    North America
    Update
    August 1, 2024

    REMOVE Act of 2024

    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • climate policy
    • U.S. policy
    • carbon removal
    • carbon removal legislation & policy
    Climeworks direct air capture plant and sky
    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • climate policy
    • U.S. policy
    • carbon removal
    • carbon removal legislation & policy

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