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  • Finance
  • climate finance
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What’s After Coal? Accelerating China’s Overseas Investment in Renewables

  • Finance
  • renewable energy
  • fossil fuels
Aerial photo of solar power station in Hangzhou, China
  • Finance
  • renewable energy
  • fossil fuels

4 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2023

  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • stories to watch
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  • deforestation
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  • fossil fuels
  • renewable energy

To Build Back from COVID-19, Don’t Overlook Informal Workers

  • coronavirus
  • climate finance
  • climate impacts
  • poverty
Tamil Nadu street vendor
  • coronavirus
  • climate finance
  • climate impacts
  • poverty

Developing Cities Need Cash. Land Value Capture Can Help

  • Cities
  • infrastructure
  • land use
  • development
  • Finance
  • Urban Development
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  • Cities
  • infrastructure
  • land use
  • development
  • Finance
  • Urban Development
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In the Time of COVID-19, China Could Be Pivotal in Swapping Debt for Climate and Health Action

  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • Finance
  • health
A cityscape in Beijing.
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • Finance
  • health

A Fairer and More Sustainable Post-COVID World in Latin America

  • biking
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • infrastructure
  • sanitation
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Finance
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
  • transportation
  • Freshwater
Silhouette of a person with a bicycle overlooking Belo Horizonte's skyline. Photo by Mariana Gil/WRI.
  • biking
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • infrastructure
  • sanitation
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Finance
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
  • transportation
  • Freshwater
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Will China Finally Block “Clean Coal” from Green Bonds Market?

  • green bonds
  • Finance
  • fossil fuels
The People's Bank of China, a key player in financial guidance and sustainability. Photo by Flickr/bfishadow
  • green bonds
  • Finance
  • fossil fuels
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China Can Lead Global Green Trade Drive

  • commodities
  • illegal logging
Cargo chip near San Francisco
  • commodities
  • illegal logging
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More Water Shortages Mean Energy Investors Need New Ways to Manage Drought Risk

  • Water Security
  • fossil fuels
  • drought
  • Energy
  • Finance
A thermal power plant in Rajasthan. Flickr/vedantlath
  • Water Security
  • fossil fuels
  • drought
  • Energy
  • Finance
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Why Should Governments Refill the Green Climate Fund's Coffers?

  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund
A new solar project funded by the GCF will provide energy to Central Mongolia.
  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund
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Will China Seize the Biggest Green Opportunity of the Coming Decade?

  • National Climate Action
  • Finance
The Belt and Road could finance much-needed renewable energy.
  • National Climate Action
  • Finance
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Wind turbines in Ningxia, China.
  • Climate
  • Energy

Colombia’s Climate Finance Tracking System Registers $6 Billion Worth of Action

  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • Paying for Paris
Bogota, Colombia
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • Paying for Paris
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China wind farm
  • Finance
  • low carbon development
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China Champions Green Finance in the G20

  • multilateral development banks
  • low carbon development
River in Hangzhou, China
  • multilateral development banks
  • low carbon development

3 Climate and Energy Issues to Watch During the Modi-Obama State Visit

  • Climate
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • international climate policy
  • renewable energy
Barack Obama and Narendra Modi
  • Climate
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • international climate policy
  • renewable energy
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