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India’s Shift to Low-carbon Construction Must Not Leave Workers Behind

  • Buildings
  • low carbon development
  • GHG emissions
  • Climate
  • National Climate Action
Construction workers in colorful clothes stand near a cement mixer.
  • Buildings
  • low carbon development
  • GHG emissions
  • Climate
  • National Climate Action

US Inflation Reduction Act Makes it Easier for Nonprofits to Go Solar — and Save Money

  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
  • Equity & Governance
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Community Solar
Rooftop solar panels on Harbor House, a community center
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
  • Equity & Governance
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Community Solar
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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
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An Innovative Jobs Program in Odisha, India Helped Informal Workers Through COVID-19 and Beyond

  • poverty
  • coronavirus
  • Climate Resilience
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
Workers build steps in Odisha, India
  • poverty
  • coronavirus
  • Climate Resilience
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
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Tamil Nadu, India Takes an Innovative Approach to Climate Adaptation

  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • Equity & Governance
Women working in a paddy field in Tamil Nadu, India
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • Equity & Governance
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What the World Can Learn from Fiji’s National Climate Finance Strategy

  • floods
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • adaptation
  • climate finance
  • Paying for Paris
A young girl wades through a flooded village after a tropical cyclone hit Fiji in 2016. Flood events and storm surges have become increasingly common in the country in recent years.
  • floods
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • adaptation
  • climate finance
  • Paying for Paris
A woman holding a tablet to take photos of an outdoor region.
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • floods
  • climate impacts

Communities in South America's Gran Chaco Are Organizing to Withstand Climate Change

  • Climate
  • floods
  • climate impacts
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
A woman holding a tablet to take photos of an outdoor region.
  • Climate
  • floods
  • climate impacts
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
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East African Climate Groups Help Fight the COVID-19 Crisis

  • adaptation finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • coronavirus
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • climate impacts
People wearing masks standing in line.
  • adaptation finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • coronavirus
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • climate impacts

US State and Local Ballot Measures Advancing the Energy Transition

  • Urban Mobility
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy
  • transportation
  • U.S. Climate
Multiple "I Voted" stickers on a white table.
  • Urban Mobility
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy
  • transportation
  • U.S. Climate

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

How Wind Turbines Are Providing a Safety Net for Rural Farmers

  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • renewable energy
Wind turbines in the distance at sunset.
  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • renewable energy

California Shows How the U.S. Can Reduce Transport Emissions

  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • transportation
Cars in traffic
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • transportation

Going Low-Carbon Can Help Brazil Build Back Better

  • Economics
  • coronavirus
  • Climate Resilience
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • low carbon development
A Brazilian flag in front of a city.
  • Economics
  • coronavirus
  • Climate Resilience
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • low carbon development
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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

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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Germany’s COVID-19 Stimulus Prioritizes Low-carbon Investments

  • Economics
  • coronavirus
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
electric vehicle charging station
  • Economics
  • coronavirus
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
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Fiji’s Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum (center, white shirt and tie) with the villagers from Navaceitavou
  • coronavirus
  • Climate
  • Finance
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Learning from Disaster: Chennai Flood Offers a Personal Lesson for Climate Adaptation

  • International Climate Action
  • floods
  • COP21
  • climate policy
  • Climate Resilience
  • Paris Agreement
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  • International Climate Action
  • floods
  • COP21
  • climate policy
  • Climate Resilience
  • Paris Agreement