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4 Climate Stories that Will Define 2024

  • Climate
  • National Climate Action
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  • 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
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These 10 Countries Are Phasing Out Coal the Fastest

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • National Climate Action
  • COP28
View of two mountain bikers on a grassy hillside with a coal plant in the distance.
  • Climate
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  • Clean Energy
  • National Climate Action
  • COP28

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
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Overcoming Critical Minerals Shortages Is Key to Achieving US Climate Goals

  • U.S. Climate
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  • National Climate Action
  • climatewatch-pinned
Salt heaps at the Salinas Grande salt flats in Argentina, home to a large lithium mine
  • U.S. Climate
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  • National Climate Action
  • climatewatch-pinned

Chile's Enhanced Climate Plan Sets an Example for Other Countries

  • climatewatch-pinned
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  • fossil fuels
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  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
  • restoration
The buildings and roads of Santiago with the Andes mountains in the background.
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These 20 Water-Stressed Countries Have the Most Solar and Wind Potential

  • Freshwater
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Solar panels in Utah
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Bad Air to Better Oceans: 6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2018

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  • Ocean
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40% of India’s Thermal Power Plants Are in Water-Scarce Areas, Threatening Shutdowns

  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • mapping
  • power plants
  • water risk
India power plant
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Power Plants Use Water, But We Have No Idea How Much

  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • fossil fuels
  • mapping
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  • water risk
Power plant in Germany
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Achieving India’s Ambitious Renewable Energy Goals: A Progress Report

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • G20
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • renewable energy
Barefoot solar engineers, Rajasthan, India
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As Clouds Head for the Poles, Time to Prepare for Food and Water Shocks

  • Freshwater
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  • agriculture
  • Energy Access
  • industry
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Lake Michigan sunrise
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Solving the Twin Crises of Energy and Water Scarcity

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  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
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Power plant and water
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The Clean Power Plan: What’s Water Got To Do With It?

  • U.S. Climate
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  • Aqueduct
  • climate policy
  • Climate
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  • Energy
  • water risk
When it comes to water and fracturing, it’s all about location and time. Photo by Simon Fraser University/Flickr.
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  • climate policy
  • Climate
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Climate Watch: Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) Data

  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • NDC
  • National Climate Action
  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • NDC
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6 Stories to Watch in 2015: Global Climate Deal, Sustainable Development Goals, Rising Water Risks and More

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  • Energy
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
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  • sustainable development goals
  • UNFCCC
  • United Nations
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  • 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
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  • Energy
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  • climate change
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  • United Nations
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WRI’s Top Outcomes of 2014

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  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
During "Raaghiri Days" in Indian cities, streets are closed to cars to encourage walking and biking. Photo by Carol Mitchell/Flickr
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Energy-gulping Desalination Can’t Solve China’s Water Crisis Alone

  • Energy
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • drought
  • Cities
  • water risk
Tianjin is home to the Beijiang and Dagang desalination plants, which together are expected to account for a third of China’s 1.5-2 million-ton capacity by 2015. (Tianjin, China) Photo by Sam Gao/Flickr.
  • Energy
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • drought
  • Cities
  • water risk