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    Climate Commentary Vignette Finance fossil fuels Insights
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 23, 2024

    In a Clean Energy Future, What Happens to California’s Thousands of Oil Refinery Workers?

    • fossil fuels
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • environmental justice
    • Clean Energy
    Oil refinery in Los Angeles County, California
    • fossil fuels
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • environmental justice
    • Clean Energy
    Climate
    Insights
    December 17, 2023

    Unpacking COP28: Key Outcomes from the Dubai Climate Talks, and What Comes Next

    • Paris Agreement
    • Climate Resilience
    • Finance
    • adaptation
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Forests
    • COP28
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Closing of COP28 climate summit in Dubai
    • Paris Agreement
    • Climate Resilience
    • Finance
    • adaptation
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Forests
    • COP28
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    January 26, 2023

    4 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2023

    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • stories to watch
    People dressed in warm clothes on bicycles carrying reusable shopping bags.
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • stories to watch
    Climate
    Insights
    December 15, 2022

    What the World Really Needs to Adapt to Climate Change

    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • adaptation
    • COP27
    • adaptation finance
    • climate change
    • COP28
    Women transplanting rice in flooded paddy field.
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • adaptation
    • COP27
    • adaptation finance
    • climate change
    • COP28
    Climate
    Insights
    April 19, 2022

    3 Essentials to Make Climate Action Stick

    • renewable energy
    • fossil fuels
    • net-zero emissions
    • Paris Agreement
    • environmental justice
    A man installs solar panels
    • renewable energy
    • fossil fuels
    • net-zero emissions
    • Paris Agreement
    • environmental justice
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    March 25, 2022

    3 Steps to Boost US Energy Security and Relieve Gas Price Spikes

    • Climate
    • fossil fuels
    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. policy
    A woman pumps gas at a North Carolina gas station.
    • Climate
    • fossil fuels
    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. policy
    Insights
    January 19, 2022

    From Promises to Action: 6 Sustainability Stories to Watch in 2022

    • net-zero emissions
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • National Climate Action
    • International Climate Action
    • adaptation finance
    • environmental justice
    • health
    • deforestation
    • electric mobility
    • electric grid
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • stories to watch
    A solar farm in the forefront with a coal plant in the distance.
    • net-zero emissions
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • National Climate Action
    • International Climate Action
    • adaptation finance
    • environmental justice
    • health
    • deforestation
    • electric mobility
    • electric grid
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • stories to watch
    Climate
    Insights
    August 3, 2021

    Will Recent Extreme Weather Spur More Climate Finance from Wealthy Nations?

    • Finance
    • extreme weather
    • floods
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • COP26
    Train crossing road with high flooding
    • Finance
    • extreme weather
    • floods
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • COP26
    Climate
    Insights
    May 10, 2021

    5 Ways the World Bank’s Climate Action Plan Could Go Further

    • multilateral development banks
    • International Climate Action
    • Finance
    • adaptation finance
    Wind Park near Kavarna, Bulgaria.
    • multilateral development banks
    • International Climate Action
    • Finance
    • adaptation finance
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    April 16, 2021

    How BlackRock and Vanguard Can Advance the Net-zero Emissions Movement

    • net-zero emissions
    • Climate
    • offsets
    • Finance
    Capital building.
    • net-zero emissions
    • Climate
    • offsets
    • Finance
    Finance
    Insights
    February 3, 2021

    Confronting Simultaneous Climate, Public Health, and Economic Shocks in Developing Countries

    • Finance
    • coronavirus
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    farmers-drought-mozambique
    • Finance
    • coronavirus
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    January 25, 2021

    Steps to Aid US Fossil Fuel Workers in the Clean Energy Transition

    • coronavirus
    • fossil fuels
    • Energy
    • Climate Equity
    coal-fired power plant
    • coronavirus
    • fossil fuels
    • Energy
    • Climate Equity
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    January 14, 2021

    Nigeria Moves Toward a Sustainable COVID-19 Recovery

    • Climate
    • Economics
    • Climate Resilience
    • coronavirus
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • Gender
    A sprawling city underneath a cloudy sky.
    • Climate
    • Economics
    • Climate Resilience
    • coronavirus
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • Gender
    Climate
    Insights
    December 8, 2020

    6 Signs of Progress Since the Adoption of the Paris Agreement

    • Climate
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP25
    • National Climate Action
    • science based targets
    • Urban Mobility
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    A dock filled with boats with the Eiffel Tower in the background.
    • Climate
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP25
    • National Climate Action
    • science based targets
    • Urban Mobility
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    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
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    October 28, 2020

    Importing a Good Idea to the U.S.: Parametric Insurance and Climate-Related Risks

    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Paying for Paris
    YMCA Mountain fire, Colorado, July 2020
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Paying for Paris
    Climate
    Insights
    September 23, 2020

    NDC Enhancement and COVID-19 Recovery: Building Blocks for a Sustainable Future

    • Finance
    • coronavirus
    • National Climate Action
    • Paying for Paris
    solar-panel-workers
    • Finance
    • coronavirus
    • National Climate Action
    • Paying for Paris
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    August 5, 2020

    COVID-19 Bailouts Should Target Oil and Gas Workers and Communities, Not Companies

    • Energy
    • Economics
    • coronavirus
    • environmental justice
    • fossil fuels
    Two workers walking to a natural gas fracking operation. Photo by Justin Woolford/Flickr.
    • Energy
    • Economics
    • coronavirus
    • environmental justice
    • fossil fuels
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    July 15, 2020

    A Low-Carbon Recovery Can Create Jobs and Boost Indonesia’s Economy

    • Climate
    • coronavirus
    • fossil fuels
    • Economics
    • development
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • low carbon development
    • commodities
    • renewable energy
    Aerial view of people and goods in a busy Jakarta street market. Photo by Henry Sudarman/Flickr.
    • Climate
    • coronavirus
    • fossil fuels
    • Economics
    • development
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • low carbon development
    • commodities
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    July 7, 2020

    Chile's Enhanced Climate Plan Sets an Example for Other Countries

    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • Energy
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    • Freshwater
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    The buildings and roads of Santiago with the Andes mountains in the background.
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • Energy
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    • Freshwater
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration

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