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Understanding the Paris Agreement's “Global Goal on Adaptation"

  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • International Climate Action
  • COP28
  • adaptation
  • climatewatch-pinned
A group of people work to repair a low mud wall which helps control flooding.
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • International Climate Action
  • COP28
  • adaptation
  • climatewatch-pinned
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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
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India’s Shift to Low-carbon Construction Must Not Leave Workers Behind

  • Buildings
  • low carbon development
  • GHG emissions
  • Climate
  • National Climate Action
Construction workers in colorful clothes stand near a cement mixer.
  • Buildings
  • low carbon development
  • GHG emissions
  • Climate
  • National Climate Action
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Unpacking COP28: Key Outcomes from the Dubai Climate Talks, and What Comes Next

  • Paris Agreement
  • Climate Resilience
  • Finance
  • adaptation
  • Food
  • Cities
  • Forests
  • COP28
  • climatewatch-pinned
Closing of COP28 climate summit in Dubai
  • Paris Agreement
  • Climate Resilience
  • Finance
  • adaptation
  • Food
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  • Forests
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9 Things to Know About National Climate Plans (NDCs)

  • Climate
  • greenhouse gases
  • NDC
  • International Climate Action
  • international climate policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
  • Paying for Paris
  • National Climate Action
People walk across in-ground solar panels on a seaside plaza on a sunny day.
  • Climate
  • greenhouse gases
  • NDC
  • International Climate Action
  • international climate policy
  • Paris Agreement
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STATEMENT: UN’s Global Stocktake Report Offers a Damning Report Card for Global Climate Effort

  • International Climate Action
  • COP28
  • adaptation
  • Integrated Transport
  • Finance
  • Food
  • Energy
  • International Climate Action
  • COP28
  • adaptation
  • Integrated Transport
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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
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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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9 Charts Explain Per Capita Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Country

  • climate change
  • climate impacts
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • greenhouse gases
  • GHG emissions
  • data
  • International Climate Action
The main bazar in Paharganj, India, is full of people during the late afternoon.
  • climate change
  • climate impacts
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • greenhouse gases
  • GHG emissions
  • data
  • International Climate Action
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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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10 Big Findings from the 2023 IPCC Report on Climate Change

  • adaptation
  • climate change
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate science
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
A girl wearing a long sundress pedals a bicycle down a flooded road..
  • adaptation
  • climate change
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate science
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
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3 Questions on Loss and Damage Funding to Tackle Before COP28

  • climate finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • adaptation
  • COP27
  • COP28
Two villagers in Mozambique push a bicycle through a flooded street.
  • climate finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • adaptation
  • COP27
  • 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

4 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2023

  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • stories to watch
People dressed in warm clothes on bicycles carrying reusable shopping bags.
  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • stories to watch
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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
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COP27: Key Takeaways and What’s Next

  • COP27
  • adaptation
  • climate change
  • climate finance
  • GHG emissions
  • Energy
  • Paris Agreement
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
Panel at COP27.
  • COP27
  • adaptation
  • climate change
  • climate finance
  • GHG emissions
  • Energy
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RELEASE: WRI and Partners Launch Fund to Help African Cities Build Water Resilience

  • COP27
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • urban water resilience
  • adaptation
  • Climate Resilience
  • COP27
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • urban water resilience
  • adaptation
  • Climate Resilience
  • COP27
  • adaptation
  • adaptation finance
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3 Ways the Circular Economy Can Aid Climate Action

  • Business
  • corporate sustainability
  • adaptation
  • Clean Energy
Rooftop solar panels
  • Business
  • corporate sustainability
  • adaptation
  • Clean Energy