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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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Low-Carbon Cities Are a $24 Trillion Opportunity

  • Cities
  • Economics
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
Riding the bus in Seattle. Increasing the share of passengers taking mass transit is worth more than $10 trillion. Flickr/Brian Glanz.
  • Cities
  • Economics
  • climate change
  • low carbon development

Germany Sets High Bar for G20 Summit in July, Trump’s First Meeting with Global Leaders

  • U.S. Climate
  • G20
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • low carbon development
Hamburg city view from St. Michael's Church
  • U.S. Climate
  • G20
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • low carbon development

What’s Next? EU, US and Colombia Show They’re Moving Forward with the Paris Agreement

  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy
Going Green Conference
  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy
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What Do Top Emitters' Greenhouse Gas Targets Mean for Emissions? It’s Not Always Clear

  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • GHG emissions
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • GHG emissions
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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Video: What Are the Ingredients for a Successful Climate Agreement at COP 21?

  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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Bonn Climate Talks Outpaced by Progress Outside the Negotiations

  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
The most recent round of U.N. climate talks took place in Bonn, Germany. Photo by Flickr
  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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Russia’s New Climate Plan May Actually Increase Emissions

  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Oil pump in Russia. Photo by Amanda Graham/Flickr.
  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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EU Announces its New Climate Action Commitment (INDC)

  • International Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Wind turbines in Germany. Photo by Paul Lim/Flickr
  • International Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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Analyzing the First “INDC”: Switzerland Releases New Climate Action Commitment

  • International Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Switzerland is the first country to submit its post-2020 climate action plan. Photo by András Fülöp/Flickr.
  • International Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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A First Look at European Union’s Post-2020 Climate Commitment

  • International Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Offshore wind turbines in Denmark. Photo by CGP Grey/Flickr
  • International Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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After the Geneva Climate Negotiations, a Clearer Path Toward an International Agreement

  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
The latest U.N. climate negotiations took place in Geneva, Switzerland. Photo by tripu/Flickr.
  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC

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

5 Big Energy Stories of 2013

  • Equity & Governance
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
President Barack Obama at the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center (Photo Credit: Wikipedia)
  • Equity & Governance
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
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King Coal’s Climate Challenge

  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • GHG emissions
  • climate change
  • fossil fuels
A coal-fired power plant in Cape Town, South Africa. Photo credit: Danie van der Merwe, Flickr
  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • GHG emissions
  • climate change
  • fossil fuels
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4 Things Germany and Partners Can Do to Strengthen the International Renewable Energy Club

  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • low carbon development
  • renewable energy
  • UNFCCC
The "renewable energy club" recently initiated by the German government could provide a boost to the national and global expansion of renewable energy. Photo credit: Till Westermayer, Flickr
  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • low carbon development
  • renewable energy
  • UNFCCC

Shifting Global Investments To Clean Energy

  • Energy
  • Business
  • fossil fuels
  • low carbon development
  • Energy
  • Business
  • fossil fuels
  • low carbon development
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Signs of Trouble and Progress as Bonn Climate Talks Wrap Up

  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • United Nations
  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • United Nations

Building on Momentum: 2 Ways to Make Progress at the Bonn Climate Talks

  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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U.S. Energy Policy Should Take A Lesson From Germany’s Energiewende

  • Energy
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
  • renewable energy
An offshore wind turbine off Germany's coast
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
  • renewable energy