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Climate Africa
Climate
Africa
Insights
December 2, 2020

East African Climate Groups Help Fight the COVID-19 Crisis

  • adaptation finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • coronavirus
  • adaptation
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • local impacts
People wearing masks standing in line.
  • adaptation finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • coronavirus
  • adaptation
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • local impacts
Climate
Africa
Insights
July 29, 2020

Missing Links Between Electricity Access and Development Priorities in Africa

  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • sustainable development goals
  • electricity
  • development
  • agriculture
  • health
  • sustainable development
Nurses care for newborns at a maternity hospital in Sierra Leone. Photo by Dominic Chavez/World Bank.
  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • sustainable development goals
  • electricity
  • development
  • agriculture
  • health
  • sustainable development
Climate
Africa
Insights
October 7, 2019

Climate Change Is Hurting Africa’s Water Sector, but Investing in Water Can Pay Off

  • Climate Resilience
  • Water
  • Aqueduct
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • water scarcity
  • green infrastructure
  • water
  • water risk
  • water stress
Improving water management in African countries can improve climate resilience. Here, Waretu Abera, Head of Ethiopia's Water Land Resource Centre, stands by a stream. Photo by Panos Pictures/Food and Land Use Coalition.
  • Climate Resilience
  • Water
  • Aqueduct
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • water scarcity
  • green infrastructure
  • water
  • water risk
  • water stress
Climate
Africa
Insights
November 4, 2016

5 Ways Africa Can Build a New Climate Economy

  • Africa
Solar panels in Rwanda
  • Africa
Climate
Africa
Insights
December 6, 2015

Fighting Climate Change with Trees in Africa

  • tree cover loss
  • COP21
  • Africa
  • global forest watch
  • forest restoration
Wanjira Mathai (center) with Andrew Steer and Jane Goodall at AFR100 launch, Paris. Photo credit: Sarah Weber
  • tree cover loss
  • COP21
  • Africa
  • global forest watch
  • forest restoration
Climate
Asia Africa Latin America
Insights
December 1, 2015

INSIDER: What’s Your Benchmark? Using the GFW Climate Platform to Identify Clearer Targets

  • Forests
  • INSIDER
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • Climate
  • REDD
  • Forests
  • INSIDER
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • Climate
  • REDD
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 opportunity
  • climate business
  • emissions
  • international climate policy
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable business
  • world bank
  • carbon pricing
  • COP21
  • business opportunity
  • climate business
  • emissions
  • international climate policy
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable business
  • world bank
Climate
Africa Asia
News
November 30, 2015

STATEMENT: WRI Calls International Solar Alliance "A Shining Example"

  • India
  • renewable energy
  • renewables
  • solar
  • India
  • renewable energy
  • renewables
  • solar
Climate
Africa
Insights
October 1, 2015

South Africa Pledges to Peak Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2025

  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • Climate
  • greenhouse gases
  • INDC
  • international climate policy
  • South Africa
  • 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
  • INDC
  • international climate policy
  • South Africa
  • UNFCCC
Climate
Africa
News
September 25, 2015

WRI Calls South Africa INDC Submission "Encouraging"

  • international climate policy
  • South Africa
  • UNFCCC
  • international climate policy
  • South Africa
  • UNFCCC
Climate
Africa
Insights
June 11, 2015

Ethiopia's Climate Commitment Sets a High Bar for National Climate Action

  • Climate Resilience
  • International Climate Action
  • Climate Equity
  • INDC
Solar power panels in rural Ethiopia. (Rema, Ethiopia) Photo by Bread for the World/Flickr.
  • Climate Resilience
  • International Climate Action
  • Climate Equity
  • INDC
Climate
Asia
Research
December 18, 2014

Going in the Right Direction?

Climate
Latin America Asia
News
December 8, 2014

RELEASE: Launch of First Global Standard to Measure Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Cities

  • Cities
  • emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • sustainable cities
  • Urban Development
  • Cities
  • emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • sustainable cities
  • Urban Development
Climate
Africa Asia Latin America
Insights
December 3, 2014

Landscape Restoration—A Winning Strategy in a Warmer World

  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • forest restoration
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Costa Rica has built its economy by rebuilding forests. Photo by Geoff Gallice/Flickr
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • forest restoration
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Climate
Africa Asia Europe Latin America North America
Insights
November 26, 2014

What Would Success Look Like at COP 20 in Lima?

  • COP20
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Lima is a major milestone on the path to Paris and the 2015 climate agreement. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
  • COP20
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Climate
Africa
Insights
November 18, 2014

How to Calculate Policies’ Effects on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • climate policy
  • emissions
  • GHG
  • GHG Protocol
  • greenhouse gas protocol
  • solar
Tunisia launched its renewable energy program, PROSOL ELEC, in 2010 to scale up solar photovoltaic systems in buildings throughout the country. Photo by World Bank/FLICKR.
  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • climate policy
  • emissions
  • GHG
  • GHG Protocol
  • greenhouse gas protocol
  • solar
Climate
Asia Africa
Insights
October 21, 2014

Climate Equity: A Tale of 4 Countries

  • International Climate Action
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • China
  • climate change
  • equity
  • India
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • United States
A crowded street in Hyderabad, India. Photo credit: Nicolas Mirguet, Flickr
  • International Climate Action
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • China
  • climate change
  • equity
  • India
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • United States
Climate
Africa Europe North America Latin America
News
September 4, 2014

STATEMENT: Global Forest Watch Wins UN Big Data Climate Challenge Prize

  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • data
  • deforestation
  • maps
  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • data
  • deforestation
  • maps
Climate
Africa
Insights
August 20, 2014

Securing Rights for People and the Climate in Africa

  • Food
  • Forests
  • Governance
  • Finance
  • Africa
  • agriculture
  • agroforestry
  • Cameroon
  • carbon
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
Way back to Lukolela View on the way back to Lukolela, Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo by Ollivier Girard for CIFOR Center for International Forestry Research
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Governance
  • Finance
  • Africa
  • agriculture
  • agroforestry
  • Cameroon
  • carbon
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo

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