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    Climate
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    December 6, 2024

    World Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector 2021 (Sunburst chart)

    • Climate
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    • Climate
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    Climate
    Data
    December 6, 2024

    World Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector 2021 (Sankey flow chart)

    • Climate
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    • Climate
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    Climate
    Insights
    December 5, 2024

    Where Do Emissions Come From? 4 Charts Explain Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector

    • Energy
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • data visualization
    Busy traffic on a highway.
    • Energy
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    Climate
    North America
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    November 13, 2024

    Trump May Thwart Federal Climate Action, but Opportunities for Progress Remain

    • U.S. Climate
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    • Cities
    • International Climate Action
    • international climate policy
    Installing solar panels on an office building in Mesa, Arizona
    • U.S. Climate
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    Climate
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    November 11, 2024

    Global Climate Pledges: A Progress Report

    • NDC
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    • climate finance
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    Workers repair a damaged wind turbine blade
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    Climate
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    November 4, 2024

    By the Numbers: The Climate Action We Need This Decade

    • Climate
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    • NDC
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    • net-zero emissions
    • industry
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    • Forests
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    People cycling on bike lanes in São Paulo, Brazil.
    • Climate
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    Climate
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    October 2, 2024

    How Countries Can Use Behavior Change to Further Reduce Emissions

    • Tracking Climate Action
    • NDC
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    People shop for produce at a market.
    • Tracking Climate Action
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    September 17, 2024

    What Would Cities Look Like With 3 Degrees C of Warming vs. 1.5? Far More Hazardous and Vastly Unequal

    • Cities
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    • Equity & Governance
    • climate change
    • health
    • data visualization
    A woman carries water during a blistering hot day in New Delhi, India.
    • Cities
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    Energy
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    July 9, 2024

    Lessons From the Coal Boom That Didn’t Happen

    • Energy
    • Climate
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    • data visualization
    A man walks down railroad tracks in front of apartment buildings with a coal plant in the distance.
    • Energy
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    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    • data visualization
    Climate
    Insights
    June 3, 2024

    The History of Carbon Dioxide Emissions

    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • climate change
    • data visualization
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Aerial view of smoke coming from a coal-fired power plant on the banks of a river.
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • climate change
    • data visualization
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Climate
    Insights
    April 3, 2024

    How Improved Housing in Under-Served Communities Can Strengthen Climate Resilience

    • housing
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • Climate
    • Climate Equity
    A row of housing in Iloilo City, Phillippines.
    • housing
    • Cities
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    • Climate
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    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    February 7, 2024

    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
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    • Climate
    Technician installing solar panels on roof.
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
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    • electric grid
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    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
    • Climate
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    February 1, 2024

    Understanding the Paris Agreement's 'Global Goal on Adaptation'

    • Climate
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    • climate change
    • International Climate Action
    • COP28
    • adaptation
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP29
    A group of people work to repair a low mud wall which helps control flooding.
    • Climate
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    • International Climate Action
    • COP28
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    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP29
    Energy
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    November 30, 2023

    These 10 Countries Are Phasing Out Coal the Fastest

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • National Climate Action
    • COP28
    • data visualization
    View of two mountain bikers on a grassy hillside with a coal plant in the distance.
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • National Climate Action
    • COP28
    • data visualization
    Finance
    Insights
    September 6, 2023

    4 Priorities for Financing Early Coal Retirement in Developing Countries

    • Finance
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Climate Equity
    A large coal power plant in the middle of a dense city.
    • Finance
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Climate Equity
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    August 30, 2023

    What to Watch at the First Africa Climate Summit

    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • Energy
    • Finance
    • renewable energy
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • COP28
    Rooftop solar panels in Kenya
    • adaptation finance
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    • Energy
    • Finance
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    • Forests
    • Cities
    • COP28
    Climate
    Insights
    August 1, 2023

    The 5 Shifts Needed to Decarbonize Industry

    • industry
    • Energy
    • energy efficiency
    • Tracking Climate Action
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • FIGI
    • data visualization
    A family walks past an industrial harbor.
    • industry
    • Energy
    • energy efficiency
    • Tracking Climate Action
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • FIGI
    • data visualization
    Climate
    Asia
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    May 31, 2023

    In India, New Solar Parks Can Either Uproot or Uplift Landless Workers

    • renewable energy
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    Agricultural workers tend crops outside the Pavagada solar park fence.
    • renewable energy
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    Climate
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    May 25, 2023

    The 4 Shifts Needed to Create a Carbon-free Power System

    • GHG emissions
    • Climate Equity
    • climate change
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    • data visualization
    Wind turbines and solar power panels
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate Equity
    • climate change
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    • data visualization
    Climate
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    May 8, 2023

    9 Charts Explain Per Capita Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Country

    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • greenhouse gases
    • GHG emissions
    • data
    • International Climate Action
    • data visualization
    The main bazar in Paharganj, India, is full of people during the late afternoon.
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • greenhouse gases
    • GHG emissions
    • data
    • International Climate Action
    • data visualization

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