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    Equity & Governance climate impacts COP20 pollution Insights
    Climate
    Insights
    November 1, 2022

    5 Things Vulnerable Countries Need from Policymakers at COP27

    • Climate
    • climate impacts
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Equity
    • Paris Agreement
    • paris rulebook
    • climate finance
    • COP27
    • climatewatch-pinned
    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
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America Oceania North America Europe
    Insights
    April 6, 2021

    4 Ways to Reduce Plastic Pollution

    • Business
    • circular economy
    • coronavirus
    • waste
    • Ocean
    • pollution
    • regulation
    Plastic waits for recycling landfill in the Philippines.
    • Business
    • circular economy
    • coronavirus
    • waste
    • Ocean
    • pollution
    • regulation
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    October 22, 2020

    Pollution Is a Racial Justice Issue. Let’s Fight it that Way.

    • human rights
    • pollution
    Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate
    • human rights
    • pollution
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    October 15, 2020

    Mongolia Shows How to Fight for Environmental Justice

    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • pollution
    Mongolia
    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • pollution
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    July 21, 2020

    Why Disaster Preparedness Cannot Wait

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • floods
    • climate impacts
    Monsoons in Chennai
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • floods
    • climate impacts
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    June 23, 2020

    5 Benefits to Local Action on Climate Resilience

    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    Community members working in a local garden.
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    January 6, 2020

    Faced with Forced Relocation, the People of One Philippine City Designed Their Own Climate-resilient Neighborhood

    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • climate impacts
    Pasig City
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • climate impacts
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    June 18, 2019

    Local Communities Aren’t Just Climate Victims. They’re Climate Adaptation Leaders

    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • adaptation finance
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • Equity & Governance
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Community farming in Democratic Republic of the Congo
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • adaptation finance
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • Equity & Governance
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    March 11, 2019

    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
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    February 7, 2018

    Visualizing a Warmer World: 10 Maps of Climate Vulnerability

    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • mapping
    Storm surge in New Orleans
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • mapping
    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
    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
    September 2, 2015

    Tianjin Disaster Magnifies Governance Challenges for Public Safety and the Environment

    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • pollution
    A black cloud of smoke rises from vehicles set on fire by the explosion in Tianjin. Photo by Karl-Ludwig Poggemann/Flickr
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • pollution
    Climate
    Insights
    February 10, 2015

    What Does the “Pathway to Paris” Mean for Adaptation?

    • International Climate Action
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • COP20
    • extreme weather
    A growing number of studies show that communities around the world are already experiencing the effects of climate change in the form of extreme heat, unpredictable weather and sea level rise. (Punjab region, Pakistan) Photo by Tariq Saeed/IRIN.
    • International Climate Action
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • COP20
    • extreme weather
    Climate
    Insights
    December 14, 2014

    COP20 Lays the Groundwork for Paris Climate Pact: 7 Key Developments

    • Finance
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • COP20
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Equity & Governance
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • UNFCCC
    Participants at December 2014 international climate conference in Lima
    • Finance
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • COP20
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Equity & Governance
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • UNFCCC
    Finance
    Insights
    December 9, 2014

    Building Climate Equity and International Consensus from the Ground Up

    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • COP20
    • Climate Equity
    • development
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • Equity & Governance
    • human rights
    • UNFCCC
    Scaling up renewable energy access; government installed solar energy in Sumba island, Indonesia. Photo by Asia Development Bank/Flickr.
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • COP20
    • Climate Equity
    • development
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • Equity & Governance
    • human rights
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Insights
    December 8, 2014

    How Can Adaptation Finance Help the Most Vulnerable Communities?

    • International Climate Action
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • COP20
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Ensuring funding meets the adaptation needs of communities remains a challenge. (Paoay, Philippines) Photo by Ilocos Norte/Flickr.
    • International Climate Action
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • COP20
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Insights
    November 25, 2014

    6 Graphs Explain the World’s Top 10 Emitters

    • International Climate Action
    • COP20
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • Equity & Governance
    • UNFCCC
    China currently ranks as world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases. Photo by Ding Zhou/Flickr
    • International Climate Action
    • COP20
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • Equity & Governance
    • UNFCCC
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    May 9, 2013

    New Jakarta Declaration Aims to Strengthen Rights to Environmental Information in Asia

    • Equity & Governance
    • environmental democracy
    • freedom of information
    • human rights
    • pollution
    • public participation
    • Equity & Governance
    • environmental democracy
    • freedom of information
    • human rights
    • pollution
    • public participation

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