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    Climate Health & Road Safety Ocean Insights News
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 1, 2024

    Ocean Carbon Removal Is Uncharted Territory. The US Can Help Change That

    • carbon removal
    • Ocean
    • Climate Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    A scientist takes a soil sample to measure carbon sequestration in a seagrass bed.
    • carbon removal
    • Ocean
    • Climate Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    Ocean
    Insights
    September 20, 2023

    The Ocean Can Play a Bigger Role in Fighting Climate Change than Previously Thought

    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • nature-based solutions
    Groups of people are scattered across a large, sandy beach on a sunny day with floating wind turbines in the background.
    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • nature-based solutions
    Ocean
    Insights
    May 2, 2023

    What Is Kelp and Why Is it Vital to People and the Planet?

    • climate change
    • Climate
    • Freshwater
    • Ocean
    Fish feed on a kelp forest in the ocean
    • climate change
    • Climate
    • Freshwater
    • Ocean
    Climate
    Insights
    November 15, 2022

    Ocean-based Carbon Dioxide Removal: 6 Key Questions, Answered

    • Ocean
    • carbon removal
    Harvesting seaweed
    • Ocean
    • carbon removal
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    June 21, 2022

    For Vibrant US Cities, Invest in Multi-modal Transportation

    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    • electric mobility
    • Equity & Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. policy
    • Climate
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cyclist using the bike lane in a busy urban street.
    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    • electric mobility
    • Equity & Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. policy
    • Climate
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Insights
    April 21, 2022

    5 Ways to Cut Oil and Gas Use Through Clean Transportation

    • Cities
    • biking
    • public transit
    • Climate
    • fossil fuels
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Health & Road Safety
    A bike lane in NYC
    • Cities
    • biking
    • public transit
    • Climate
    • fossil fuels
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Health & Road Safety
    Ocean
    Insights
    March 31, 2022

    What to Know About Seagrass, the Ocean’s Overlooked Powerhouse

    • Freshwater
    • Climate
    • Ocean
    Fish swim through a seagrass meadow
    • Freshwater
    • Climate
    • Ocean
    Cities
    Insights
    December 8, 2021

    5 Priorities for Cities After COP26

    • COP26
    • Cities
    • National Climate Action
    • Climate Equity
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • Health & Road Safety
    Busy road in Dhaka, Bangladesh during heavy rainfall
    • COP26
    • Cities
    • National Climate Action
    • Climate Equity
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • Health & Road Safety
    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
    Asia
    Insights
    November 17, 2020

    Dockless Bike Sharing Can Create Healthy, Resilient Urban Mobility

    • biking
    • coronavirus
    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    People riding bikes on a sidewalk in Beijing.
    • biking
    • coronavirus
    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Climate
    Insights
    October 8, 2020

    Leveraging the Ocean's Carbon Removal Potential

    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • carbon removal
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • restoration
    An ocean next to a cityscape.
    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • carbon removal
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • restoration
    Climate
    Insights
    January 13, 2020

    This Month in Climate Science, December 2019: Pre-term Births, Fewer Fishermen and Accelerated Arctic Melt

    • this month in climate science
    • climate science
    • biodiversity
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • health
    • Ocean
    • Freshwater
    Two fishermen offloading lobster from their boat onto a floating dock in Maine.
    • this month in climate science
    • climate science
    • biodiversity
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • health
    • Ocean
    • Freshwater
    Climate
    News
    September 23, 2019

    STATEMENT: UN Climate Summit: Major Economies Fall Short; More Action Needed

    • Buildings
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • international climate policy
    • Ocean
    • Buildings
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • international climate policy
    • Ocean
    Ocean
    Insights
    September 23, 2019

    Turning the Tide: Ocean-Based Solutions Could Close Emission Gap by 21%

    • climate change
    • Ocean
    • renewable energy
    • Climate
    Rampion Wind Farm
    • climate change
    • Ocean
    • renewable energy
    • Climate
    Insights
    January 11, 2019

    7 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2019

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Business
    • biking
    • circular economy
    • stories to watch
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • Health & Road Safety
    California wildfire
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Business
    • biking
    • circular economy
    • stories to watch
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • Health & Road Safety
    Climate
    North America
    News
    November 23, 2018

    STATEMENT: Fourth National Climate Assessment Confirms Climate Change Will Affect All Regions and All Sectors of U.S. Economy

    • Air Quality
    • Water Security
    • fires
    • climate science
    • natural infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • health
    • climate impacts
    • water pollution
    • pollution
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    • Air Quality
    • Water Security
    • fires
    • climate science
    • natural infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • health
    • climate impacts
    • water pollution
    • pollution
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    Ocean
    Insights
    June 8, 2018

    Ocean Conservation Is an Untapped Strategy for Fighting Climate Change

    • Climate
    • conservation
    • National Climate Action
    • Sustainable Development Goal 14
    • Paris Agreement
    • biodiversity
    • climate change
    • Ocean
    Mangroves
    • Climate
    • conservation
    • National Climate Action
    • Sustainable Development Goal 14
    • Paris Agreement
    • biodiversity
    • climate change
    • Ocean
    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
    North America
    Insights
    May 18, 2017

    Trump’s Budget Blueprint Goes Backwards on Urgent Infrastructure Needs

    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • energy efficiency
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Train on bridge
    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • energy efficiency
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Climate
    Insights
    December 6, 2015

    Sustainable Transport: Building Equitable and Low-Carbon Cities

    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • Urban Mobility
    • COP21
    • public transit
    • human rights
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    BRT and bike lane
    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • Urban Mobility
    • COP21
    • public transit
    • human rights
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety

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