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    Climate Commentary transportation Insights
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    December 20, 2023

    Under New Guidance, “Sustainable” Aviation Fuel in the US Could Be Anything But

    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • biofuels
    • transportation
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    A man in a neon vest stands under the wing of a commercial plane to fill its fuel tank.
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • biofuels
    • transportation
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 3, 2023

    EPA’s New Renewable Fuel Standard Will Increase Global Carbon Emissions — Not Lower Them

    • U.S. Climate
    • biofuels
    • transportation
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    Cars drive down a California highway with farm fields on either side.
    • U.S. Climate
    • biofuels
    • transportation
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    Cities
    Insights
    February 15, 2023

    5 Priorities for Urban Climate Action in 2023 and Beyond

    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • Freshwater
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • nature-based solutions
    • poverty
    • human rights
    A new electric bus in New Delhi, India
    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • Freshwater
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • nature-based solutions
    • poverty
    • human rights
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    August 5, 2022

    4 Quick and Sustainable Solutions to High Gas Prices in the US

    • transportation
    • Climate
    • Cities
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Electric Mobility
    A close-up photo depicting gas prices above four dollars
    • transportation
    • Climate
    • Cities
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Electric Mobility
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 6, 2022

    Beyond Highways: Funding Clean Transportation through the US Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

    • Climate
    • Cities
    • transportation
    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    Public bus and bike shares in Pittsburgh, PA.
    • Climate
    • Cities
    • transportation
    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    January 26, 2022

    How to Help Your Community Fund Electric School Buses in the US

    • Urban Mobility
    • Climate
    • Climate Equity
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    Kids riding in the back of a school bus.
    • Urban Mobility
    • Climate
    • Climate Equity
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    Climate
    Insights
    September 16, 2021

    Are We on the Brink of an Electric Vehicle Boom? Only with More Action

    • transportation
    • net-zero emissions
    • Paris Agreement
    Electric vehicle charging
    • transportation
    • net-zero emissions
    • Paris Agreement
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 21, 2021

    Electrifying the US School Bus Fleet: How to Put Children First in the Zero-emission Transition

    • electric grid
    • transportation
    • U.S. policy
    • pollution
    An electric school bus waiting in a parking lot.
    • electric grid
    • transportation
    • U.S. policy
    • pollution
    Climate
    Insights
    February 10, 2020

    5 Strategies that Achieve Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Simultaneously

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • restoration
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • wetlands
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Reroroja village
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • restoration
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • wetlands
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Climate
    Insights
    October 16, 2019

    Everything You Need to Know About the Fastest-Growing Source of Global Emissions: Transport

    • Energy
    • Cities
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • Urban Mobility
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • transportation
    Road emissions are the biggest subset of transport emissions.
    • Energy
    • Cities
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • Urban Mobility
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • transportation
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    October 7, 2019

    Climate Change Is Hurting Africa’s Water Sector, but Investing in Water Can Pay Off

    • Climate Resilience
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
    • Water Security
    • natural infrastructure
    • water risk
    Improving water management in African countries can improve climate resilience. Here, Waretu Abera, Head of Ethiopia's Water Land Resource Centre, stands by a stream. Photo by Panos Pictures/Food and Land Use Coalition.
    • Climate Resilience
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
    • Water Security
    • natural infrastructure
    • water risk
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    June 25, 2019

    How Does a Flood-prone City Run Out of Water? Inside Chennai’s “Day Zero” Crisis

    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • Water Security
    • Urban Development
    • water risk
    Chennai
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • Water Security
    • Urban Development
    • water risk
    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
    North America
    Insights
    October 4, 2018

    Memo to Carmakers: The Future Is Electric

    • Energy
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. policy
    • transportation
    • Clean Energy
    Zero emission vehicle
    • Energy
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. policy
    • transportation
    • Clean Energy
    Climate
    Insights
    April 11, 2018

    Water Stress Threatens Nearly Half the World’s Thermal Power Plant Capacity

    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • fossil fuels
    • water risk
    Kolubara A thermal power plant in Serbia.
    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • fossil fuels
    • water risk
    Insights
    January 16, 2018

    Bad Air to Better Oceans: 6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2018

    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • stories to watch
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • international climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • stories to watch
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • international climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    Climate
    Insights
    July 11, 2017

    Is the Tesla Model 3 Our Ride to a Sustainable Future?

    • Cities
    • Business
    • Urban Mobility
    • Climate
    • transportation
    The Tesla Model 3
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Urban Mobility
    • Climate
    • transportation
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 18, 2017

    Trump’s Budget Blueprint Goes Backwards on Urgent Infrastructure Needs

    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • energy efficiency
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Train on bridge
    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • energy efficiency
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    March 14, 2017

    4 Reasons Why the Trump Administration Should Keep Fuel Standards in Place

    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • transportation
    Traffic congestion in Oregon
    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • transportation
    Climate
    Insights
    July 25, 2016

    As Clouds Head for the Poles, Time to Prepare for Food and Water Shocks

    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • agriculture
    • Energy Access
    • industry
    • water risk
    • extreme weather
    Lake Michigan sunrise
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • agriculture
    • Energy Access
    • industry
    • water risk
    • extreme weather

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