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    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    December 5, 2023

    US Inflation Reduction Act Makes it Easier for Nonprofits to Go Solar — and Save Money

    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • Equity & Governance
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Community Solar
    Rooftop solar panels on Harbor House, a community center
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • Equity & Governance
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Community Solar
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    August 12, 2022

    After Inflation Reduction Act: 5 Ways to Hit the US Emissions Goal

    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • climate policy
    • U.S. policy
    • renewable energy
    • electric grid
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Transmission
    A construction worker carries a solar panel across a house roof for installation
    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • climate policy
    • U.S. policy
    • renewable energy
    • electric grid
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Transmission
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    May 26, 2022

    7 Ways US Cities Can Make Clean Energy Initiatives More Equitable

    • renewable energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Equity & Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. policy
    • Energy
    Installing rooftop solar panels in upstate New York
    • renewable energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Equity & Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. policy
    • Energy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    November 29, 2021

    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
    Freshwater
    Latin America
    Insights
    August 30, 2021

    Improving Water Security Helps Reduce the Gender Gap in Mexico City

    • Forests
    • Gender
    • drought
    • infrastructure
    • water risk
    A woman selling snacks from a cart in the middle of a busy plaza in Mexico City.
    • Forests
    • Gender
    • drought
    • infrastructure
    • water risk
    Energy
    Africa
    Insights
    July 26, 2021

    Integrated Planning Helps Kenya Close its Energy Access Gap

    • Clean Energy
    • electric grid
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    • Energy Access
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Kenya village
    • Clean Energy
    • electric grid
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    • Energy Access
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Climate
    Insights
    February 10, 2020

    5 Strategies that Achieve Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Simultaneously

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • restoration
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • wetlands
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Reroroja village
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • restoration
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • wetlands
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Energy
    Insights
    June 20, 2019

    Without Solar, Some Indian Doctors Must Operate in the Dark

    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • electric grid
    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • health
    • renewable energy
    • Equity & Governance
    Rooftop solar panels on Sadar Hospital in Hazaribaug, India
    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • electric grid
    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • health
    • renewable energy
    • Equity & Governance
    Energy
    Initiatives
    June 14, 2019

    Energy Access Explorer

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    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    October 18, 2018

    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
    • water risk
    Insights
    January 16, 2018

    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
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    August 10, 2017

    Addressing Women’s Burdens from Water Risks Could Help Reduce World Hunger

    • Freshwater
    • Gender
    • water risk
    woman in African village
    • Freshwater
    • Gender
    • water risk
    Equity & Governance
    North America
    Insights
    January 11, 2017

    5 Clean Energy Charts Trump Needs to See Before He Takes Office

    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. policy
    • climate policy
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    Donald Trump campaigning in Phoenix, Arizona
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. policy
    • climate policy
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    May 10, 2016

    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
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    January 14, 2016

    6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2016

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • Green Climate Fund
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. policy
    • stories to watch
    Andrew Steer
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • Green Climate Fund
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. policy
    • stories to watch
    Equity & Governance
    North America
    Insights
    November 4, 2015

    Pennsylvania Can Meet Clean Power Plan Targets in 3 Steps

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • climate policy
    • renewable energy
    Independence Hall, Philadelphia Photo Credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/27917561@N00/10218739565/">jpellgen</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">cc</a>
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • climate policy
    • renewable energy
    Cities
    Insights
    September 28, 2015

    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
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    January 9, 2015

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

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • 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
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • UNFCCC
    • United Nations
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    • stories to watch
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    July 29, 2014

    What Does Environmental Democracy Look Like?

    • Energy
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • renewable energy
    Eight years ago, developers proposed a five-dam project on the Baker and Pascua Rivers in Patagonia, Chile. While they projected that the hydropower would produce 2,750 megawatts of power, the project would also flood 23 square miles of wilderness, jeopardizing the environment, local culture, and tourism of the region. Photo Credit: International Rivers/Flickr
    • Energy
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • renewable energy
    Equity & Governance
    North America
    Insights
    January 28, 2014

    Watching for Signs of Climate Action in the State of the Union Address

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • climate science
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • U.S. policy
    • GHG emissions
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    Seven months have passed since President Obama announced the national Climate Action Plan. Photo credit: Steve Jurvetson, Flickr
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • climate science
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • U.S. policy
    • GHG emissions
    • power plants
    • renewable energy

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