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    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    January 27, 2023

    Electric School Buses Can Fight – or Further— Inequity in the US

    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • Equity
    Young children board a school bus
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • Equity
    Climate
    Insights
    January 26, 2023

    To Shift Away from Oil and Gas, Developing Countries Need a ‘Just Transition’ to Protect Workers and Communities

    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • Climate Governance
    • greenhouse gases
    A gas extracting plant in Ukraine.
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • Climate Governance
    • greenhouse gases
    Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    January 26, 2023

    4 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2023

    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • stories to watch
    People dressed in warm clothes on bicycles carrying reusable shopping bags.
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • stories to watch
    Cities
    Europe
    Insights
    January 25, 2023

    Paris’ Vision for a ‘15-Minute City’ Sparks a Global Movement

    • Cities
    • Prize for Cities
    • cities for all
    • transportation
    A street closed off for pedestrians to explore a market in Paris
    • Cities
    • Prize for Cities
    • cities for all
    • transportation
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    January 24, 2023

    2 Years of Justice40: Integrating Environmental Justice into US Climate Policy

    • environmental justice
    • Equity
    • infrastructure
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • Tracking Climate Action
    Row houses line a street in Baltimore. A smokestack is seen in the background.
    • environmental justice
    • Equity
    • infrastructure
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • Tracking Climate Action
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    January 23, 2023

    Tracking Progress: Climate Action Under the Biden Administration

    • National Climate Action
    • Tracking Climate Action
    • Climate
    • carbon removal
    • climatewatch-pinned
    President Joe Biden visits Flatirons Campus of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Arvada, Colorado.
    • National Climate Action
    • Tracking Climate Action
    • Climate
    • carbon removal
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    January 19, 2023

    Inclusive Design Creates a Safer Transportation System for All Residents of Peshawar, Pakistan

    • Cities
    • Prize for Cities
    • bus
    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    Inside a Zu Peshawar bus with women seated.
    • Cities
    • Prize for Cities
    • bus
    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    January 19, 2023

    Next Steps on the US Journey Toward Industrial Decarbonization

    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • emissions
    Seven construction workers stand on building foundation of steel bars and cement
    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • emissions
    Forests
    Africa
    Update
    January 17, 2023

    Promotion of Charcoal Alternative May Help Fight Deforestation in Virunga National Park

    • Forests
    • forest products
    • forest monitoring
    Clouds settle over the mountains in Virunga National Park in DRC.
    • Forests
    • forest products
    • forest monitoring
    Forests
    Update
    January 17, 2023

    New Methodology Helps Cities Lighten Their Tread on Tropical Forests

    • Forests
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • forest monitoring
    Vigelandsparken in Oslo, Norway
    • Forests
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • forest monitoring
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    January 11, 2023

    In Iloilo City, Philippines, an Inclusive Housing Program Protects Vulnerable Communities from Flood Risks

    • Climate Resilience
    • sea level rise
    • Urban Development
    This housing in Iloilo City, Philippines was built to provide safe shelter to people previously living in flood zones.
    • Climate Resilience
    • sea level rise
    • Urban Development
    Climate
    Asia North America
    Update
    January 6, 2023

    Recommendations for Collaboration Between the US and China on Methane Emissions

    • GHG emissions
    • agriculture
    • waste
    • mapping
    Tiered hill agriculture.
    • GHG emissions
    • agriculture
    • waste
    • mapping
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    January 6, 2023

    Indigenous Forests Are Some of the Amazon’s Last Carbon Sinks

    • land rights
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Equity
    • indigenous people
    Man in a canoe in Ecuador's Amazon forest
    • land rights
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Equity
    • indigenous people
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    January 3, 2023

    An Innovative Jobs Program in Odisha, India Helped Informal Workers Through COVID-19 and Beyond

    • poverty
    • coronavirus
    • Climate Resilience
    Workers build steps in Odisha, India
    • poverty
    • coronavirus
    • Climate Resilience
    Climate
    Insights
    December 28, 2022

    The Current State of Play on Financing Loss and Damage

    • adaptation
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Flooding in Dhaka, Bangladesh
    • adaptation
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climatewatch-pinned

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