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    Climate Insights
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 23, 2021

    6 Words to Describe the US Pledge to Reduce Emissions 50-52% by 2030

    • NDC
    • National Climate Action
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP26
    President Biden walking down a hallway with flags from different nations on both sides of him.
    • NDC
    • National Climate Action
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP26
    Climate
    Insights
    April 23, 2021

    Leaders Summit on Climate Offers Jolt of Momentum for Global Action

    • International Climate Action
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • climatewatch-pinned
    President Joe Biden speaking at a podium to the virtual Climate Leaders Summit
    • International Climate Action
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Climate
    Insights
    April 7, 2021

    4 Big Outcomes the Leaders Summit on Climate Can Deliver

    • Climate
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • U.S. policy
    alta wind energy center from oak creek road.jpg
    • Climate
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    Insights
    February 26, 2021

    How Do Countries' New Emissions-reduction Plans Stack Up?

    • Climate
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • GHG emissions
    • United Nations
    • COP26
    Windmills with a sunset in the background.
    • Climate
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • GHG emissions
    • United Nations
    • COP26
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    February 11, 2021

    Colombia Shows Leadership in the Race Against Climate Change

    • Climate
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • COP26
    A cow grazes on a grassy hill, with forested hills in the misty background.
    • Climate
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • COP26
    Climate
    Insights
    January 19, 2021

    4 Ocean-based Solutions to Advance Climate Action Through NDCs

    • Ocean
    • carbon removal
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • GHG emissions
    • fisheries
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • COP26
    Windmills on the coastline of Tenedos, Turkey. Photo by Efe Kurnaz/Unsplash
    • Ocean
    • carbon removal
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • GHG emissions
    • fisheries
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • COP26
    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
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    November 12, 2020

    How Biden Can Make the US a Global Leader on Climate Action

    • climatewatch-pinned
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    The White House
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Insights
    April 30, 2020

    Raising Climate Ambition in the Time of COVID-19

    • Economics
    • Climate Resilience
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • coronavirus
    • National Climate Action
    • low carbon development
    People working on solar panels
    • Economics
    • Climate Resilience
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • coronavirus
    • National Climate Action
    • low carbon development
    Climate
    Insights
    April 21, 2020

    5 Ways Momentum for Climate Action Has Grown Since the Paris Agreement Was Signed

    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP25
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP25
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    March 30, 2020

    Japan’s New Climate Commitment Falls Woefully Short. Here’s How to Improve It.

    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • Climate
    Tokyo skyline
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • Climate
    Climate
    Insights
    November 21, 2019

    Which Countries Will Step Up Climate Commitments in 2020? What We Know Now

    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP25
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    Madrid
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP25
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    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
    Insights
    July 29, 2019

    5 Questions About Agricultural Emissions, Answered

    • Food
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • data
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    Beef comprise a significant portion of agricultural emissions.
    • Food
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • data
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    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
    Insights
    December 5, 2018

    Here's Poland's Recent History on Climate—and How They Can Steer the Future at COP24

    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP24
    A power plant in Silesia, the coal-producing region where COP24 meets.
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP24
    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
    November 1, 2017

    Got Climate Questions? Climate Watch Has Answers

    • Climate
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP23
    Bonn
    • Climate
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP23
    Climate
    Insights
    April 11, 2017

    This Interactive Chart Explains World’s Top 10 Emitters, and How They’ve Changed

    • climatewatch-pinned
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Data Visualization of GHG Emissions
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC

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