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5 Things Vulnerable Countries Need from Policymakers at COP27

  • Climate
  • climate impacts
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Equity
  • Paris Agreement
  • paris rulebook
  • climate finance
  • COP27
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Ambulance driving through flood water on road in Mumbai, India, 2018.
  • Climate
  • climate impacts
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Equity
  • Paris Agreement
  • paris rulebook
  • climate finance
  • COP27
  • climatewatch-pinned

The US Clean Energy Transition Isn’t Equitable — But it Could Be

  • Clean Energy
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Equity
  • renewable energy
  • climate finance
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
Two stacked rows of electrical fuse boxes with different numbers on them.
  • Clean Energy
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Equity
  • renewable energy
  • climate finance
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power

6 Innovative Ways to Fund Climate Action and Equity in US Cities

  • Climate
  • Climate Equity
  • Equity & Governance
  • climate finance
Solar panels on homes in Boulder, Colorado.
  • Climate
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  • Equity & Governance
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A Fairer and More Sustainable Post-COVID World in Latin America

  • biking
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • infrastructure
  • sanitation
  • Cities
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  • low carbon development
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Silhouette of a person with a bicycle overlooking Belo Horizonte's skyline. Photo by Mariana Gil/WRI.
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127 Countries Now Regulate Plastic Bags. Why Aren't We Seeing Less Pollution?

  • Sustainable Development Goal 14
  • Ocean
  • pollution
  • Freshwater
plastic bag pollution
  • Sustainable Development Goal 14
  • Ocean
  • pollution
  • Freshwater

Women Are the Secret Weapon for Better Water Management

  • Freshwater
  • Sustainable Development Goal 5
  • Sustainable Development Goal 6
  • Water Security
  • Gender
  • water risk
  • Freshwater
  • Sustainable Development Goal 5
  • Sustainable Development Goal 6
  • Water Security
  • Gender
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Deploying Adaptation Finance for Maximum Impact

  • Finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate finance
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  • Green Climate Fund
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  • Finance
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Bad Air to Better Oceans: 6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2018

  • Equity & Governance
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  • fossil fuels
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  • UNFCCC
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  • Equity & Governance
  • Freshwater

RELEASE: Is the Water Safe To Drink? Without Better Access to Pollution Information, Asia’s Poorest People Don’t Know

  • environmental democracy
  • environmental justice
  • pollution
  • Freshwater
  • environmental democracy
  • environmental justice
  • pollution
  • Freshwater
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  • Freshwater
  • Gender
  • water risk

How Do You Know if Adaptation Is Working? Lessons from Kumbharwadi, India

  • Climate Resilience
  • Climate
  • Economics
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • restoration
  • Freshwater
Field in Trimbak, Maharashtra, India
  • Climate Resilience
  • Climate
  • Economics
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • restoration
  • Freshwater
  • Economics
  • climate finance
  • land rights

3 Reasons Property Rights Are Essential for Healthy Ecosystems

  • Freshwater
  • conservation
  • land rights
Filipino farmers plowing rice field with carabao
  • Freshwater
  • conservation
  • land rights

Environmental Justice and Democracy Failures at the Heart of Flint’s Water Crisis

  • Equity & Governance
  • Freshwater
  • environmental democracy
  • environmental justice
  • human rights
  • Water Quality
  • water risk
Water plant in Flint, Mich.
  • Equity & Governance
  • Freshwater
  • environmental democracy
  • environmental justice
  • human rights
  • Water Quality
  • water risk

Tackling Climate Change through Budget Transparency

  • Climate Resilience
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • Finance
  • human rights
Dry season bean production in drought-affected Nicaragua. Photo by Neil Palmer (CIAT)/Flickr.
  • Climate Resilience
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • Finance
  • human rights

Ensuring Adaptation Finance Accountability

  • Climate Resilience
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • Finance
  • human rights
Climate-smart agriculture in Kenya
  • Climate Resilience
  • Climate
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  • climate change
  • Finance
  • human rights

3 Ways to Help Developing Countries Get Direct Access to Climate Finance

  • Finance
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • Green Climate Fund
  • UNFCCC
  • Paying for Paris
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  • Finance
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • Climate Resilience
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  • Green Climate Fund
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Protect Wildlife, Save Oceans and Reduce Civic Unrest—With Data

  • Ocean
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • data
  • environmental democracy
  • low carbon development
Global Fishing Watch uses satellite data to track fishing vessels around the world in near-real time. Image by Global Fishing Watch
  • Ocean
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • data
  • environmental democracy
  • low carbon development
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In Order to Solve Pollution, We Must First Solve Governance Challenges

  • Environmental Rights
  • Equity & Governance
  • environmental democracy
  • Air Quality
  • pollution
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
Air pollution in China's Shaanxi Province. Photo by Gilad Rom/Flickr
  • Environmental Rights
  • Equity & Governance
  • environmental democracy
  • Air Quality
  • pollution
  • Freshwater
  • water risk