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    Insights
    September 17, 2024

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

    • Cities
    • Climate
    • Equity & Governance
    • climate change
    • health
    • data visualization
    A woman carries water during a blistering hot day in New Delhi, India.
    • Cities
    • Climate
    • Equity & Governance
    • climate change
    • health
    • data visualization
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    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
    Asia
    Insights
    February 23, 2022

    How India Can Grow Its Economy Through Stronger Climate Action

    • National Climate Action
    • climate change
    • climate policy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    High-rise buildings emerging above trees in Mumbai, India.
    • National Climate Action
    • climate change
    • climate policy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    December 16, 2020

    5 Big Ideas to Address the Climate Crisis and Inequality in Cities

    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Climate Resilience
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Transformations
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • Urban Development
    • COP26
    People gather in the middle of a Monterrey street during sunset
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Climate Resilience
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Transformations
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • Urban Development
    • COP26
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    December 4, 2020

    China Can Grow its Economy Through Stronger Climate Action

    • Economics
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • long-term strategies
    • National Climate Action
    • net-zero emissions
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • COP26
    China wind power.
    • Economics
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • long-term strategies
    • National Climate Action
    • net-zero emissions
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • COP26
    Finance
    Asia
    Insights
    November 4, 2020

    In the Time of COVID-19, China Could Be Pivotal in Swapping Debt for Climate and Health Action

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • health
    A cityscape in Beijing.
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • health
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    April 30, 2020

    How Korea is Winning the Fight Against COVID-19 While Ramping Up Climate Ambition

    • Economics
    • Air Quality
    • coronavirus
    • National Climate Action
    • fossil fuels
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    Korean city at night
    • Economics
    • Air Quality
    • coronavirus
    • National Climate Action
    • fossil fuels
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    Asia
    Insights
    September 5, 2019

    Not Just CO2: China’s Efforts on Lesser Known Greenhouse Gases Critical to Stabilizing the Climate

    • Climate
    • Air Quality
    • GHG emissions
    • Sustainable Development Goal 8
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    Rice farmer in Chengdu. Rice cultivation can release methane. Flickr/UN Photo.
    • Climate
    • Air Quality
    • GHG emissions
    • Sustainable Development Goal 8
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    Climate
    Initiatives
    August 15, 2019

    New Climate Economy

    Most of women covered by NHLP now have access to fresh vegetables for their meals and can even supply their surplus to be sold in the local market.
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    June 28, 2019

    Japan Is Leading on Business Climate Engagement. Will Ambitious Policies Follow?

    • Business
    • science based targets
    • climate change
    Japan's National Diet. Flickr/mbell1975
    • Business
    • science based targets
    • climate change
    Climate
    Initiatives
    June 26, 2019

    Mainstreaming Adaptation

    Participants at adaptation workshop.
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    December 10, 2018

    How China Raised the Stakes for Electric Vehicles

    • electric mobility
    • climate change
    • transportation
    China's electric vehicle market is burgeoning.
    • electric mobility
    • climate change
    • transportation
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    July 17, 2018

    Opinion: Lessons from India’s Climate Moonshot

    • International Climate Action
    • Climate Resilience
    • electric mobility
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    A view of the India One solar thermal power plant in Abu Road
    • International Climate Action
    • Climate Resilience
    • electric mobility
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    Asia North America
    Insights
    February 7, 2018

    There Are Still Opportunities for US-China Climate Cooperation

    • Climate
    • U.S. policy
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    Solar installation in Shanghai.
    • Climate
    • U.S. policy
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    November 16, 2017

    ASEAN Countries Must Act Together to Confront Climate Change

    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    Climate
    Asia Latin America North America
    Insights
    September 5, 2017

    Keeping Heads Above Water: Lessons for Building Resilience After Flooding in South Asia and Texas

    • floods
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • sea level rise
    • water pollution
    Escapees from hurricane flooding.
    • floods
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • sea level rise
    • water pollution
    Climate
    Asia Africa
    Insights
    March 22, 2017

    USAID Climate Action Is a Great Investment for the United States

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    Flooded street in Jakarta, Indonesia
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    March 9, 2017

    China Making Progress on Climate Goals Faster than Expected

    • Energy
    • G20
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Rooftop solar panels in China
    • Energy
    • G20
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Asia North America
    Insights
    January 17, 2017

    China’s Decline in Coal Consumption Drives Global Slowdown in Emissions

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    Asia North America
    Insights
    December 14, 2016

    Weather Patterns that Fueled Great Smoky Mountains Forest Fire Could Increase with Climate Change

    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • drought
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • fires
    Wildfire at Great Smoky Mountains National Park
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • drought
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • fires

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