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State of the US Clean Energy Transition: Recent Progress, and What Comes Next

  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • renewable energy
  • electric grid
  • electric mobility
  • Electric Mobility
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
  • Climate
Technician installing solar panels on roof.
  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • renewable energy
  • electric grid
  • electric mobility
  • Electric Mobility
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
  • Climate

Restoring a Degraded Ethiopian Watershed for Water and Livelihood Security

  • food security
  • agriculture
  • poverty
  • Climate Equity
  • Freshwater
This view of the degraded Minzir 01 watershed shows evident signs of gully formation and low stream flow.
  • food security
  • agriculture
  • poverty
  • Climate Equity
  • Freshwater
News

RELEASE: WRI and Partners Launch Fund to Help African Cities Build Water Resilience

  • COP27
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • urban water resilience
  • adaptation
  • Climate Resilience
  • COP27
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • urban water resilience
  • adaptation
  • Climate Resilience

After Inflation Reduction Act: 5 Ways to Hit the US Emissions Goal

  • Climate
  • Climate Governance
  • climate policy
  • U.S. policy
  • renewable energy
  • electric grid
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Transmission
A construction worker carries a solar panel across a house roof for installation
  • Climate
  • Climate Governance
  • climate policy
  • U.S. policy
  • renewable energy
  • electric grid
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Transmission

Why the US Also Needs Carbon Pricing in the Reconciliation Bill

  • climate policy
  • electric grid
  • carbon pricing
  • renewable energy
Xcel Energy's Sherburne County (Sherco) Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant, near Becker, Minnesota
  • climate policy
  • electric grid
  • carbon pricing
  • renewable energy

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

US Infrastructure Bill Is Good, but Not Enough to Transform the Electricity Grid

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
  • electric grid
  • U.S. policy
Two people working on power lines
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
  • electric grid
  • U.S. policy

Electrifying the US School Bus Fleet: How to Put Children First in the Zero-emission Transition

  • electric grid
  • transportation
  • U.S. policy
  • pollution
An electric school bus waiting in a parking lot.
  • electric grid
  • transportation
  • U.S. policy
  • pollution

4 Recommendations to Electrify the US Federal Fleet

  • electric mobility
  • electric grid
  • Urban Mobility
  • renewable energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Climate
An electric vehicle charging next to a patch of grass.
  • electric mobility
  • electric grid
  • Urban Mobility
  • renewable energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Climate

How Wind Turbines Are Providing a Safety Net for Rural Farmers

  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • renewable energy
Wind turbines in the distance at sunset.
  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • renewable energy
Insights

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

7 Things to Know About Decarbonization in the American Energy Innovation Act

  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • carbon removal
  • electric grid
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy
Workers checking a rotor on a marine energy system
  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • carbon removal
  • electric grid
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy
Insights

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

  • Climate Resilience
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • Water Security
  • natural infrastructure
  • water risk
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
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • Water Security
  • natural infrastructure
  • water risk
Technical Perspectives

Natural Gas Beat Coal in the US. Will Renewables and Storage Soon Beat Natural Gas?

  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • climate change
  • fossil fuels
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. policy
Wind turbines north of Corpus Christi, Texas.
  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • climate change
  • fossil fuels
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. policy
Insights

Why Climate Change is a Security Matter

  • Climate Resilience
  • circular economy
  • climate change
  • Freshwater
Mopti riverfront
  • Climate Resilience
  • circular economy
  • climate change
  • Freshwater

The Emergence of Green Tariffs in US Electricity Markets: Why Now?

  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • renewable energy
A wind farm in Palm Springs, California.
  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • renewable energy
Insights

Beyond Conflict, Water Stress Contributed to Europe’s Migration Crisis

  • Climate Resilience
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • agriculture
  • mapping
  • water risk
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  • Climate Resilience
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • agriculture
  • mapping
  • water risk
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset