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For the Millions of East Africans Who Need Electricity Most, Data Shows Renewable Energy Is a Viable – and Affordable – Solution

  • mapping
  • Humans of Clean Energy
  • Sustainable Development Goal 4
  • Sustainable Development Goal 7
  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • renewable energy
Electricity has far-reaching impacts on people's livelihoods. This Tanzanian tailor can sew at night thanks to solar power. Photo by Theo Steemers/USAID
  • mapping
  • Humans of Clean Energy
  • Sustainable Development Goal 4
  • Sustainable Development Goal 7
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ADVISORY: High-Level Briefing on China-U.S. Cooperation on Energy and Climate Change

  • adaptation finance
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • Energy
  • international climate policy
  • low carbon development
  • adaptation finance
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • Energy
  • international climate policy
  • low carbon development

How Open Data Can Help Solve Kenya’s Energy Access Problems

  • Energy
  • data
  • Energy Access
  • human rights
Kibera, Kenya
  • Energy
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  • Energy Access
  • human rights
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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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  • mapping
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China’s Decline in Coal Consumption Drives Global Slowdown in Emissions

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  • fossil fuels
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • international climate policy
  • renewable energy
  • Climate
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  • international climate policy
  • renewable energy

ADVISORY: Press Call: Will G20 Deliver on Climate and Clean Energy?

  • climate policy
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  • climate policy
  • Climate
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China’s Climate Policies: How Have They Performed, and Where Do They Need to Go?

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Installing solar panels on the Hongqiao Passenger Rail Terminal in Shanghai, China. Photo by Jiri Rezac/The Climate Group
  • Climate
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  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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To Achieve its New Climate Goals, China Must Look to its Buildings

  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • energy efficiency
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
To  meet its emissions goals, China should begin to reevaluate building efficiency with new technology and better financing. Photo by shanidov/Flickr
  • Climate
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  • energy efficiency
  • NDC
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  • UNFCCC
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Japan Can Go Much Further than its Rumored Emissions-Reduction Target

  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Yokohama, Japan. Photo by naitokz/Flickr
  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC

6 Stories to Watch in 2015: Global Climate Deal, Sustainable Development Goals, Rising Water Risks and More

  • Finance
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Forests
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  • Cities
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • climate change
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  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
  • UNFCCC
  • United Nations
  • U.S. policy
  • 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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  • UNFCCC
  • United Nations
  • U.S. policy
  • water risk
  • stories to watch
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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
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  • Aqueduct
  • drought
  • Cities
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Finding Solutions for South Africa’s Coal-Fired Energy and Water Problems

  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • fossil fuels
  • Water Quality
  • water risk
A communal water tap in Soweto, South Africa. Photo credit: E. Muench, Wikimedia Commons
  • Freshwater
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  • fossil fuels
  • Water Quality
  • water risk

Water Risks on the Rise for Three Global Energy Production Hot Spots

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  • fossil fuels
  • Energy
  • water risk
A ship transports coal in China. Photo credit: foxxyz, Flickr
  • Freshwater
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  • Energy
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Majority of China’s Proposed Coal-Fired Power Plants Located in Water-Stressed Regions

  • Aqueduct
  • fossil fuels
  • Energy
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
  • Aqueduct
  • fossil fuels
  • Energy
  • Freshwater
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4 Topics on Clean Energy and Climate Change Obama and Xi Should Consider

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. policy
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • climate change
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  • U.S. policy