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To Make Good on Sustainable Food Commitments, Countries Must Do 4 Things

  • Food
  • food security
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • agriculture
  • Climate
A woman harvests sweet potatoes
  • Food
  • food security
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • agriculture
  • Climate
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India’s Shift to Low-carbon Construction Must Not Leave Workers Behind

  • Buildings
  • low carbon development
  • GHG emissions
  • Climate
  • National Climate Action
Construction workers in colorful clothes stand near a cement mixer.
  • Buildings
  • low carbon development
  • GHG emissions
  • Climate
  • National Climate Action
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6 Major Food Breakthroughs at COP28 — and What Comes Next

  • Food
  • food security
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • International Climate Action
  • COP28
Farmers harvesting rice in a large field in India.
  • Food
  • food security
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • International Climate Action
  • COP28
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9 Things to Know About National Climate Plans (NDCs)

  • Climate
  • greenhouse gases
  • NDC
  • International Climate Action
  • international climate policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
  • Paying for Paris
  • National Climate Action
People walk across in-ground solar panels on a seaside plaza on a sunny day.
  • Climate
  • greenhouse gases
  • NDC
  • International Climate Action
  • international climate policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
  • Paying for Paris
  • National Climate Action
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STATEMENT: US and China Resume Climate Cooperation Ahead of Biden-Xi Meeting

  • international climate policy
  • COP28
  • international climate policy
  • COP28
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State of Climate Action 2023

Wind turbines on grassy field at golden hour.
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Benchmarks for Success for COP28

  • COP28
  • United Nations
  • UNFCCC
  • Paris Agreement
  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • climate policy
  • international climate policy
  • climatewatch-pinned
Solar-powered water pump on a Malawi farm
  • COP28
  • United Nations
  • UNFCCC
  • Paris Agreement
  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • climate policy
  • international climate policy
  • climatewatch-pinned
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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
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How to Manage the Global Land Squeeze? Produce, Protect, Reduce, Restore

  • Food Loss and Waste
  • food security
  • land use
  • agriculture
  • restoration
  • nature-based solutions
  • conservation
  • Climate
  • Forests
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
An aerial view of a section of rain forest cleared for agriculture.
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • food security
  • land use
  • agriculture
  • restoration
  • nature-based solutions
  • conservation
  • Climate
  • Forests
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
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Wood Is Not the Climate-friendly Building Material Some Claim it to Be

  • Food
  • land use
  • Climate
  • commodities
  • Buildings
unloading log truck at lumber processing mill
  • Food
  • land use
  • Climate
  • commodities
  • Buildings
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The Global Benefits of Reducing Food Loss and Waste, and How to Do It

  • Food Loss and Waste
  • food security
  • Climate
Boxes of canned goods and other products discarded at a supermarket.
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • food security
  • Climate
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3 Reasons Why Countries Must Take Faster Action to Reduce Short-lived Climate Pollutants

  • pollution
  • net-zero emissions
  • GHG emissions
  • food security
  • health
  • NDC
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
Man wearing a face mask rides a bicycle on a foggy day.
  • pollution
  • net-zero emissions
  • GHG emissions
  • food security
  • health
  • NDC
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
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What Does "Net-Zero Emissions" Mean? 8 Common Questions, Answered

  • climate science
  • carbon removal
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
  • greenhouse gases
  • COP26
  • COP28
Countries need a variety of solutions, including renewable energy and healthy forests, to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Photo by Aaron Minnick/WRI.
  • climate science
  • carbon removal
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
  • greenhouse gases
  • COP26
  • COP28
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This Interactive Chart Shows Changes in the World's Top 10 Emitters

  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • data
  • GHG emissions
  • International Climate Action
  • COP26
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
A smokestack of a garbage incineration plant against the backdrop of the city
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • data
  • GHG emissions
  • International Climate Action
  • COP26
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28

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

Climate-Vulnerable Countries and COP27

  • COP27
  • COP26
  • COP27
  • COP26

The Health, Economic and Community Benefits of Zero-carbon Buildings

  • Climate
  • Buildings
  • Cities
  • renewable energy
An apartment building roof in Manhattan has been converted to offer residents the opportunity to garden.
  • Climate
  • Buildings
  • Cities
  • renewable energy

How the US Can Speed its Shift to Climate-smart Infrastructure

  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • Climate
  • Buildings
  • infrastructure
  • carbon removal
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
Electric vehicle charging station in Austin, TX
  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • Climate
  • Buildings
  • infrastructure
  • carbon removal
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles