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    Climate Initiatives Insights
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    September 3, 2024

    A Community Program is Transforming New York Schoolyards into Climate-Resilient Spaces

    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Development
    Children enjoy the vibrant new playground in the recently redesigned green schoolyard at P.S. 38K in New York, where fresh equipment and engaging spaces foster creativity and play.
    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Development
    Finance
    Insights
    August 30, 2024

    How the Climate Finance Puzzle Fits into the Global Financial System

    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • adaptation finance
    • COP29
    • Paris Agreement
    • International Climate Action
    Motorcyclists, buses and pedestrians navigate a flooded, hectic city street.
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • adaptation finance
    • COP29
    • Paris Agreement
    • International Climate Action
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    August 15, 2024

    Empowering Residents Helped Buenos Aires Transform Rodrigo Bueno Into a Climate-Resilient Community

    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Climate Resilience
    • housing
    • Urban Transformations
    People wait at a bus top with trees and apartment buildings in the background.
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Climate Resilience
    • housing
    • Urban Transformations
    Climate
    Insights
    August 14, 2024

    What 2024’s Historic Elections Could Mean for the Climate

    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • COP29
    • international climate policy
    • climate policy
    People cast their votes in Mexico's presidential election in June, 2024.
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • COP29
    • international climate policy
    • climate policy
    Forests
    Insights
    August 13, 2024

    The Latest Data Confirms: Forest Fires Are Getting Worse

    • deforestation
    • fires
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate science
    Forest fire in Borneo, Indonesia
    • deforestation
    • fires
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate science
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    August 6, 2024

    Can Clean Hydrogen Fuel a Clean Energy Future?

    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Hydrogen
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • low carbon development
    • industry
    A hydrogen pipeline.
    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Hydrogen
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • low carbon development
    • industry
    Climate
    Insights
    August 5, 2024

    What Are Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and Why Are They Important?

    • NDC
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • GHG emissions
    • adaptation
    • climate finance
    • COP29
    • climatewatch-pinned
    People walk on a bridge over wetlands with windmills in the distance.
    • NDC
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • GHG emissions
    • adaptation
    • climate finance
    • COP29
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Cities
    Initiatives
    August 2, 2024

    Heat and Health in Brazilian Cities

    Ocupação Novo Alvorada- região leste de Belo Horizonte / MG
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 30, 2024

    Tracking Progress: Climate Action Under the Biden Administration

    • National Climate Action
    • Tracking Climate Action
    • Climate
    • carbon removal
    • climatewatch-pinned
    President Joe Biden visits Flatirons Campus of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Arvada, Colorado.
    • National Climate Action
    • Tracking Climate Action
    • Climate
    • carbon removal
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 17, 2024

    Cutting-Edge Projects Aim to Decarbonize US Cement Emissions

    • industry
    • U.S. Climate
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • GHG emissions
    • mapping
    People wearing construction vests and hard hats look out at the Fortera cement plant.
    • industry
    • U.S. Climate
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • GHG emissions
    • mapping
    Energy
    Insights
    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
    • Climate
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    • data visualization
    Climate
    Initiatives
    July 1, 2024

    U.S. People-Centered Transitions

    Smokestacks in the background of a neighborhood with rowhouses in Baltimore, MD
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    June 13, 2024

    Navigating the EV Transition: 4 Emerging Impacts on Auto Manufacturing Jobs

    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • transportation
    • Clean Energy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    An autoworker moves a lithium-ion battery into position at a car manufacturing plant in Detroit.
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • transportation
    • Clean Energy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Climate
    Insights
    June 3, 2024

    The History of Carbon Dioxide Emissions

    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • climate change
    • data visualization
    Aerial view of smoke coming from a coal-fired power plant on the banks of a river.
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • climate change
    • data visualization
    Climate
    Insights
    May 16, 2024

    What Climate-vulnerable Countries Need on the Road to COP29

    • Climate
    • climate impacts
    • Equity & Governance
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate finance
    • COP29
    • climatewatch-pinned
    A man sits on a tire while wading with sticks through flood waters.
    • Climate
    • climate impacts
    • Equity & Governance
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate finance
    • COP29
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Freshwater
    Latin America
    Insights
    May 10, 2024

    Tragic Flooding in Brazil; a Wake-up Call for the World

    • floods
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    floods in Porto Alegre, Brazil
    • floods
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 9, 2024

    The US Needs to Lower Cement Emissions — ‘Blended Cement’ Can Help

    • industry
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • U.S. Climate
    • low carbon development
    • FIGI
    Cement is poured while two workers spread it onto the ground.
    • industry
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • U.S. Climate
    • low carbon development
    • FIGI

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