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The Great Reset: 7 Environment and Sustainability Stories to Watch in 2021

  • coronavirus
  • podcasts
  • Paris Agreement
  • Economics
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • transportation
  • U.S. policy
  • stories to watch
People standing in line during COVID-19 using safety precautions.
  • coronavirus
  • podcasts
  • Paris Agreement
  • Economics
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • transportation
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Earth Day at 50: Five Ways to Honor the Legacy and Change the World

  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate
  • Economics
  • coronavirus
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
Black and white photo of a crowd and speaker outside the University of Michigan for the first Earth Day in 1970.
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate
  • Economics
  • coronavirus
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
Initiatives

New Climate Economy

Most of women covered by NHLP now have access to fresh vegetables for their meals and can even supply their surplus to be sold in the local market.
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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
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3 Steps to a Zero-Carbon Future

  • Paris Agreement
  • Economics
  • natural infrastructure
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
Solar panel installation in Rwanda
  • Paris Agreement
  • Economics
  • natural infrastructure
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals

America Can Still Reach a Clean Energy Future

  • Paris Agreement
  • Economics
  • Climate
  • Energy
Wind turbines in Colorado
  • Paris Agreement
  • Economics
  • Climate
  • Energy

U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Energy Institute Misleads on Climate Action Costs: 3 Things to Know

  • Paris Agreement
  • Economics
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • Economics
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. policy
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How to Finance a New Climate Economy

  • Energy
  • Economics
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • natural infrastructure
  • low carbon development
  • renewable energy
  • sustainable development goals
Rooftop solar panel in Khulna District, Bangladesh
  • Energy
  • Economics
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • natural infrastructure
  • low carbon development
  • renewable energy
  • sustainable development goals
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Andrew Steer Tells U.S. Lawmakers: Paris Agreement Is a “Big Deal for the World; Good Deal for America”

  • International Climate Action
  • U.S. Climate
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • Economics
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy
  • International Climate Action
  • U.S. Climate
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • Economics
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy
Insights

The Smart Money Is Going Green

  • Paris Agreement
  • renewable energy
  • Economics
10 four panels installed from ground level
  • Paris Agreement
  • renewable energy
  • Economics
Insights

Three Cheers as We Enter 2016

  • Paris Agreement
  • Economics
  • Climate
  • NDC
  • sustainable development goals
Plenary session of the COP21 after the adoption of the Paris Agreement. Photo: COP Paris/Flickr.
  • Paris Agreement
  • Economics
  • Climate
  • NDC
  • sustainable development goals

How Brazil Can Emerge as a Climate Leader

  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • Economics
  • climate policy
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • GHG Protocol
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
Brazil’s energy sector is now a major source of the country’s emissions and continues to become more carbon intensive as a result of greater reliance on fossil fuels. (São Paulo, Brazil) Photo by Bernardo Barlach/Flickr.
  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • Economics
  • climate policy
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • GHG Protocol
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
Insights

International Development Finance Club Commits $89 Billion to Climate Finance in 2013

  • Climate
  • Economics
  • development
  • climate finance
  • Finance
  • international climate policy
The IDFC can direct more finance to adaptation. Photo by University College London/Flickr.
  • Climate
  • Economics
  • development
  • climate finance
  • Finance
  • international climate policy

Opportunities in New Climate Economy

  • Climate
  • climate change
  • COP20
  • Economics
  • GHG emissions
  • Paris Agreement
Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Barack Obama. Photo by U.S. Embassy, The Hague/Flickr.
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • COP20
  • Economics
  • GHG emissions
  • Paris Agreement
News

WRI’s Andrew Steer on Eve of UN Climate Summit

  • climate change
  • Economics
  • international climate policy
  • climate change
  • Economics
  • international climate policy
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset