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How to Make Progress on Climate Adaptation during COP 20

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In Lima, negotiators have a short window of opportunity to cut through a tangled knot of potential issues in order to chart a clear path to an agreement that accelerates adaptation action in Paris. Photo by UN/Flickr.
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  • Climate Resilience
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ADVISORY: Latin American Countries to Launch Initiative 20x20 to Restore 20 Million Hectares of Degraded Land

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  • restoration
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  • UNFCCC
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What Would Success Look Like at COP 20 in Lima?

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Lima is a major milestone on the path to Paris and the 2015 climate agreement. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
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6 Graphs Explain the World’s Top 10 Emitters

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China currently ranks as world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases. Photo by Ding Zhou/Flickr
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Opportunities in New Climate Economy

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  • Paris Agreement
Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Barack Obama. Photo by U.S. Embassy, The Hague/Flickr.
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The China-U.S. Climate Agreement: By the Numbers

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China plans to increase the share of non-fossil fuels in primary energy consumption to around 20 percent by 2020. (Yunnan, China) Photo by Mingjia Zhou/Flickr.
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How to Calculate Policies’ Effects on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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  • renewable energy
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.
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STATEMENT: WRI Reacts to India’s 100,000 MW Solar Goal

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How the US Can Save Billions by Reducing Electricity Use

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Homes and commercial buildings account for 74 percent of electricity demand in the United States, making them a critical part of any plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Photo Credit: Justin Brown, Flickr
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How the US Can Produce Cleaner Energy While Capturing Economic Benefits

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  • U.S. policy
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New solar photovoltaic projects are also being chosen over new coal and gas generation in a few areas of the country because of lower costs or larger net benefits. Photo credit: Dana Smillie, World Bank
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Race to the Top: Driving Ambition in a 2015 Climate Agreement

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  • UNFCCC
countries are aiming to keep global average temperature from rising 2 degrees C (3.6 degrees F) above pre-industrial levels. Tokyo, Japan. Photo Credit: Mike Lee/Flickr
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Al Gore: A New Kind of Tipping Point for Climate Action

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WRI President and CEO Dr. Andrew Steer with former Vice President Al Gore. The World Resources Institute hosts a reception and dinner, followed by a conversation with former Vice-President Al Gore at the Swedish Embassy (The House of Sweden) in Washington, DC on Wednesday, October 8, 2014.  Photo credit: James R. Brantley
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By the Numbers: The New Climate Economy

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A new report shows that economic growth and action on climate change can now be achieved together. Photo credit: Walmart, Flickr
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The Plain Bad Economics of Today’s Energy Prices

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Coal is the most damaging fuel, and yet almost no countries tax it at all, and some actively subsidize it. Photo credit: Raimond Spekking, Wikimedia Commons
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The Price Is Wrong: New Report Calls for Fossil Fuel Prices that Reflect Environmental Costs

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A new IMF report shows that taxing fossil fuels could reduce deaths from fossil fuel-related air pollution by 63 percent. Photo credit: thienzieyung, Flickr
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What Does Environmental Democracy Look Like?

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Eight years ago, developers proposed a five-dam project on the Baker and Pascua Rivers in Patagonia, Chile. While they projected that the hydropower would produce 2,750 megawatts of power, the project would also flood 23 square miles of wilderness, jeopardizing the environment, local culture, and tourism of the region. Photo Credit: International Rivers/Flickr
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Closing the Renewable Energy Investment Gap

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Wind farm in Palmas, Brazil. The Global Status Report gives other encouraging examples of the falling cost of renewables, especially in major emerging markets. Photo Credit: Carla Wosniak/Flickr
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STATEMENT: U.S. Puts First Ever Federal Limits on Existing Power Plant Emissions

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Arkansas Carbon Dioxide Reduction Opportunities for Power Sector Compliance Under the Clean Air Act

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  • power plants
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