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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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How India Can Grow Its Economy Through Stronger Climate Action

  • National Climate Action
  • climate change
  • climate policy
  • climatewatch-pinned
High-rise buildings emerging above trees in Mumbai, India.
  • National Climate Action
  • climate change
  • climate policy
  • climatewatch-pinned
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Ethiopia's Updated NDC Underscores its Focus on Climate Action

  • National Climate Action
  • climate change
  • climate policy
  • NDC
  • COP26
A grassy landscape with two buildings, each painted with an Ethiopian flag, in the background.
  • National Climate Action
  • climate change
  • climate policy
  • NDC
  • COP26

5 Big Ideas to Address the Climate Crisis and Inequality in Cities

  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Climate Resilience
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Transformations
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • Urban Development
  • COP26
People gather in the middle of a Monterrey street during sunset
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Climate Resilience
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Transformations
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • Urban Development
  • COP26
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Opinion: Lessons from India’s Climate Moonshot

  • International Climate Action
  • Climate Resilience
  • electric mobility
  • climate change
  • renewable energy
A view of the India One solar thermal power plant in Abu Road
  • International Climate Action
  • Climate Resilience
  • electric mobility
  • climate change
  • renewable energy

Keeping Heads Above Water: Lessons for Building Resilience After Flooding in South Asia and Texas

  • floods
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • sea level rise
  • water pollution
Escapees from hurricane flooding.
  • floods
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • sea level rise
  • water pollution

How Do You Know if Adaptation Is Working? Lessons from Kumbharwadi, India

  • Climate Resilience
  • Climate
  • Economics
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • restoration
  • Freshwater
Field in Trimbak, Maharashtra, India
  • Climate Resilience
  • Climate
  • Economics
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • restoration
  • Freshwater
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Obama and Modi Must Work Together to Fight Climate Change

  • climate change
  • international climate policy
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Barack Obama
  • climate change
  • international climate policy

6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2016

  • Finance
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Paris Agreement
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • food security
  • Green Climate Fund
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. policy
  • stories to watch
Andrew Steer
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Paris Agreement
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • food security
  • Green Climate Fund
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. policy
  • stories to watch
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5 Key Takeaways from India’s New Climate Plan (INDC)

  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Solar thermal panel in Mumbai, India. Photo by Jiri Rezac/The Climate Group
  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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Thinking Big on Climate Change Adaptation: Scaling Rainfed Agriculture Projects in India

  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • agriculture
  • climate change
Numerous small-scale adaptation projects are underway across India’s rainfed regions. (Madhya Pradesh, India) Photo by Rajarshi Mitra/Flickr.
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • agriculture
  • climate change
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When it Comes to Adaptation, We Need to Think Bigger

  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • agriculture
  • climate change
Rice farmers in India's Tiruvannamalai District. Photo by R.Amudha HariHaran/Flickr
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • agriculture
  • climate change

US-India Climate Partnership Can Benefit Environment and Economy

  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
A US-India agreement on clean energy and climate change will help turn India’s bold renewable energy targets into reality. Photo by Knut-Erik Helle/Flickr.
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change

As Obama and Modi Meet, 4 Opportunities for US-India Action on Clean Energy and Climate

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. policy
India's goal is to increase solar power to 100 gigawatts by 2022. Photo by Abbie Trayler-Smith/DFID
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. policy

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
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Climate Equity: A Tale of 4 Countries

  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • Equity & Governance
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
A crowded street in Hyderabad, India. Photo credit: Nicolas Mirguet, Flickr
  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • Equity & Governance
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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How to Address Risk and Make Progress on Climate and Development

  • Energy
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • climate science
Climate impacts will also take their toll on urban dwellers, especially the poor who are at risk of rising seas and extreme weather events. For example, low-lying cities, like Mumbai and Kolkata, face significant threats from coastal flooding and storm surge. Photo credit: Dennis Jarvis, Flickr 2007
  • Energy
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • climate science
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5 Questions with Vivek Adhia: A New Program for Measuring India’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  • Energy
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • GHG Protocol
  • greenhouse gases
The India GHG Program provides Indian businesses with tools and technical assistance to measure emissions, identify reduction opportunities, establish short- and long-term reduction goals, and track progress. Photo credit: joiseyshowaa, Flickr 2008
  • Energy
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • GHG Protocol
  • greenhouse gases
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7 Stories to Watch in 2014

  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Cities
  • fossil fuels
  • deforestation
  • Air Quality
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • restoration
  • U.S. policy
As host of the 2014 World Cup, all eyes will be on Brazil's cities to see how they deal with their sustainability challenges and opportunities. Photo credit: Crystal Davis, WRI
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Cities
  • fossil fuels
  • deforestation
  • Air Quality
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • restoration
  • U.S. policy
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India’s Watershed Development Boosts Food Security, Improves Livelihoods

  • Food
  • Freshwater
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • food security
  • low carbon development
  • water risk
India has long-battled its water scarcity issues throughout an approach called watershed development. Photo credit: M. DeFreese/CIMMYT
  • Food
  • Freshwater
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • food security
  • low carbon development
  • water risk
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset