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What Is "Loss and Damage" from Climate Change? 8 Key Questions, Answered

  • climate impacts
  • climate policy
  • Climate Resilience
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
Rising water levels submerging a house as heavy monsoon rains cause major floods in Baco, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines on July 23, 2021.
  • climate impacts
  • climate policy
  • Climate Resilience
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
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4 Climate Stories that Will Define 2024

  • Climate
  • National Climate Action
  • International Climate Action
  • climate policy
  • Food
  • Clean Energy
  • electric grid
  • Cities
  • stories to watch
A family covers their heads with cloth for sun protection while walking near the Ganges river during a heatwave.
  • Climate
  • National Climate Action
  • International Climate Action
  • climate policy
  • Food
  • Clean Energy
  • electric grid
  • Cities
  • stories to watch

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

5 Reasons EPA’s New Methane Rule Is a Big Deal for US Climate Action — and the World

  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • climate policy
Oil refinery behind a highway in Utah.
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • climate policy

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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Benchmarks for Success for COP28

  • COP28
  • United Nations
  • UNFCCC
  • Paris Agreement
  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • climate policy
  • international climate policy
  • climatewatch-pinned
Solar-powered water pump on a Malawi farm
  • COP28
  • United Nations
  • UNFCCC
  • Paris Agreement
  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • climate policy
  • international climate policy
  • climatewatch-pinned

Lessons From California’s Carbon Dioxide Removal Policies

  • carbon removal
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Direct Air Capture
  • climate policy
A flagpole with three flags including U.S. and California, stands next to the dome of the California State Capitol building in Sacramento.
  • carbon removal
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Direct Air Capture
  • climate policy

From Ethiopia’s Highlands to India’s Villages, How Faith Organizations Are Restoring the World’s Forests

  • Forests
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Equity
A small white church with a cross on top is perched on a steep mountainside encircled by trees.
  • Forests
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Equity

US Clean Energy Projects Need Public Buy-in. Community Benefits Agreements Can Help

  • Climate
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. Climate
  • climate policy
  • environmental justice
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
Two workers in hardhats install solar panels on a sunny day.
  • Climate
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. Climate
  • climate policy
  • environmental justice
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
Battery factory in Texas
  • Climate
  • climate policy
  • Economics

Redefining America’s ‘Energy Communities’ Can Boost Clean Energy Investment Where It’s Needed Most

  • U.S. Energy Topics
  • Clean Energy
  • climate policy
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
A train carrying coal in front of houses in Thurmond, West Virginia.
  • U.S. Energy Topics
  • Clean Energy
  • climate policy
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
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5 Countries Taking Action to Reach Net-Zero Targets

  • net-zero emissions
  • greenhouse gases
  • climate policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate finance
  • climatewatch-pinned
A wind farm in Denmark is surrounded by blue seawater.
  • net-zero emissions
  • greenhouse gases
  • climate policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate finance
  • climatewatch-pinned

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

EPA’s Proposed Rules for Power Plant Emissions: 6 Key Questions, Answered

  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • U.S. policy
  • Clean Energy
  • National Climate Action
A coal plant in eastern Wyoming spews emissions.
  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • U.S. policy
  • Clean Energy
  • National Climate Action

7 Ways Faith Organizations Are Making Cities More Sustainable and Equitable

  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Equity
  • Urban Development
People distribute food in front of a mosque
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Equity
  • Urban Development
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What Does "Net-Zero Emissions" Mean? 8 Common Questions, Answered

  • climate science
  • carbon removal
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
  • greenhouse gases
  • COP26
  • COP28
Countries need a variety of solutions, including renewable energy and healthy forests, to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Photo by Aaron Minnick/WRI.
  • climate science
  • carbon removal
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
  • greenhouse gases
  • COP26
  • COP28
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To Shift Away from Oil and Gas, Developing Countries Need a ‘Just Transition’ to Protect Workers and Communities

  • Climate
  • climate policy
  • Climate Governance
  • greenhouse gases
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
A gas extracting plant in Ukraine.
  • Climate
  • climate policy
  • Climate Governance
  • greenhouse gases
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28

2 Years of Justice40: Integrating Environmental Justice into US Climate Policy

  • environmental justice
  • Equity & Governance
  • infrastructure
  • Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • Tracking Climate Action
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
Smokestacks in the background of a neighborhood with rowhouses in Baltimore, MD
  • environmental justice
  • Equity & Governance
  • infrastructure
  • Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • Tracking Climate Action
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
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Blasket Islands.
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
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What the World Really Needs to Adapt to Climate Change

  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate
  • Finance
  • adaptation
  • COP27
  • adaptation finance
  • climate change
  • COP28
Women transplanting rice in flooded paddy field.
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate
  • Finance
  • adaptation
  • COP27
  • adaptation finance
  • climate change
  • COP28