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    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
    North America
    Insights
    February 27, 2024

    Increased Biofuel Production in the US Midwest May Harm Farmers and the Climate

    • biofuels
    • agriculture
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    • land use
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • Climate Equity
    • environmental justice
    A farmer stands on top of a truck while a tractor unloads the crops into it.
    • biofuels
    • agriculture
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    • land use
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • Climate Equity
    • environmental justice
    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
    North America
    Insights
    July 19, 2021

    Voting Rights Are Fundamental to Democracy and Climate Justice

    • Equity & Governance
    • climate change
    • environmental justice
    A group of people sitting at desks separated by white dividers with the United States flag on them.
    • Equity & Governance
    • climate change
    • environmental justice
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    June 17, 2021

    Innovative US Bill Tackles Climate Change, Local Pollution and Economic Inequality

    • Climate
    • environmental justice
    • pollution
    • climate policy
    Smoke coming out of a factory on a cloudy day.
    • Climate
    • environmental justice
    • pollution
    • climate policy
    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
    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
    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
    Cities
    Latin America North America
    Insights
    December 12, 2019

    How to Prevent City Climate Action from Becoming "Green Gentrification"

    • Climate Equity
    • Climate Resilience
    • Cities
    • environmental justice
    Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, New York. Photo by Robert Wolcheck/Flickr
    • Climate Equity
    • Climate Resilience
    • Cities
    • environmental justice
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    January 30, 2019

    Climate Change, Frigid Temperatures and the Polar Vortex: 3 Things to Know

    • climate science
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • climate impacts
    polar vortex
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • climate impacts
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    September 14, 2018

    Recent Scientific Advancements Show New Connections Between Climate Change and Hurricanes

    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • hurricanes
    Hurricane Florence
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • hurricanes
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    March 23, 2018

    US 2018 Budget and Climate Finance: It's Bad, but Not As Bad As You Might Think

    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • Finance
    • U.S. policy
    • climate finance
    U.S. Capitol, where Congress' budget presents some complications for climate finance.
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • Finance
    • U.S. policy
    • climate finance
    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
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    November 2, 2016

    5-4-3-2-1: Counting Down Obama’s Legacy on Climate Resilience

    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate policy
    • extreme weather
    Barack Obama
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate policy
    • extreme weather
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    October 22, 2015

    How Is Sea Level Rise Affecting Your Region?

    • U.S. Climate
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Shoreline counties are home to more than 123 million Americans, and account for nearly half the U.S. GDP. Image by WRI
    • U.S. Climate
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    February 27, 2015

    3 Counterintuitive Connections Between Climate Change and Extreme Weather

    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • U.S. policy
    Boston received more than 98 inches of snow this season. Photo by Michael Hall/Flickr.
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • U.S. policy
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    January 9, 2015

    6 Stories to Watch in 2015: Global Climate Deal, Sustainable Development Goals, Rising Water Risks and More

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • UNFCCC
    • United Nations
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    • stories to watch
    Andrew Steer presented 2015's Stories to Watch before a packed house at the Press Club in Washington, D.C. Photo by Bill Dugan/WRI
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • UNFCCC
    • United Nations
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    • stories to watch
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    October 14, 2014

    Seeing U.S. Business Opportunity in a Low-Carbon Economy

    • Business
    • Economics
    • Finance
    • low carbon development
    A growing body of evidence indicates we don’t have to choose between improving economic performance and reducing climate risk Photo credit: CGP Grey/Flickr
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Finance
    • low carbon development
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    March 20, 2014

    Open Data: A New Tool for Building Climate Resilience

    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • data
    • extreme weather
    • sea level rise
    In 2012 alone, extreme weather events caused more than $110 billion in damages and claimed more than 300 lives. Photo credit: Randy Le'Moine, Flickr 2012
    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • data
    • extreme weather
    • sea level rise
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    October 14, 2013

    Frontlines of Climate Change: Florida Leaders Take Action on Sea Level Rise

    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • sea level rise
    Florida is the U.S. state most vulnerable to sea level rise. Photo credit: S.F. Pitman, Flickr
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • sea level rise

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