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6 Conversations We Need to Have on the Energy Transition

  • renewable energy
  • Climate
  • Clean Energy
  • Energy Access
  • international climate policy
Wind turbines on top of a mountain overlooking the sea in Costa Rica.
  • renewable energy
  • Climate
  • Clean Energy
  • Energy Access
  • international climate policy

Unpacking the US CLEAN Future Act

  • Buildings
  • coronavirus
  • net-zero emissions
  • climate policy
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • energy efficiency
  • environmental justice
  • renewable energy
  • transportation
The United States Capitol Building at night.
  • Buildings
  • coronavirus
  • net-zero emissions
  • climate policy
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • energy efficiency
  • environmental justice
  • renewable energy
  • transportation
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Missing Links Between Electricity Access and Development Priorities in Africa

  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • sustainable development goals
  • electric grid
  • development
  • agriculture
  • health
  • low carbon development
Nurses care for newborns at a maternity hospital in Sierra Leone. Photo by Dominic Chavez/World Bank.
  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • sustainable development goals
  • electric grid
  • development
  • agriculture
  • health
  • low carbon development
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Cities4Forests

Pond and trees in front of city skyline.
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Setting the Rules of the Game at Bonn Climate Change Talks

  • Climate
  • National Climate Action
Dawn in Bonn, Germany
  • Climate
  • National Climate Action
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STATEMENT: WRI Welcomes U.S. Funding for Green Climate Fund

  • Finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate finance
  • Energy Access
  • Green Climate Fund
  • renewable energy
  • Finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate finance
  • Energy Access
  • Green Climate Fund
  • renewable energy

Using Open Government for Climate Action

  • Climate
  • National Climate Action
  • environmental democracy
  • climate change
  • human rights
  • international climate policy
  • public participation
  • UNFCCC
Meeting on climate change in Burkina Faso
  • Climate
  • National Climate Action
  • environmental democracy
  • climate change
  • human rights
  • international climate policy
  • public participation
  • UNFCCC
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As Clouds Head for the Poles, Time to Prepare for Food and Water Shocks

  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • agriculture
  • Energy Access
  • industry
  • water risk
  • extreme weather
Lake Michigan sunrise
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • agriculture
  • Energy Access
  • industry
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  • extreme weather
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Boats in a river
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • rivers

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
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World’s 15 Countries with the Most People Exposed to River Floods

  • Freshwater
  • Economics
  • Aqueduct
  • floods
  • climate change
  • mapping
  • rivers
  • water risk
Citizens flee floods in Sri Lanka. Photo by trokilinochchi/Wikimedia Commons.
  • Freshwater
  • Economics
  • Aqueduct
  • floods
  • climate change
  • mapping
  • rivers
  • water risk

ADVISORY: Press Call on President Obama's Trip to India

  • Energy
  • climate change
  • Energy Access
  • U.S. policy
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • Energy Access
  • U.S. policy
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Multinationals Need to Take Notice and Take Action on Water Risk Data

  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Aqueduct
  • climate change
  • rivers
  • water risk
Brazil has 12% of the world's freshwater resources, but its industries, farms, and communities are concentrated along the coasts, unable to access much of the country's plentiful resources. Photo credit: Flickr/John Wiseman
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Aqueduct
  • climate change
  • rivers
  • water risk