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The Inequity of Water: While Scarcity Is Felt Locally, its Causes Are Increasingly Global

  • Freshwater
  • agriculture
  • Water Security
  • food security
Amhara farmers carrying corn crop near Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve.
  • Freshwater
  • agriculture
  • Water Security
  • food security
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What Is the Paris Agreement’s Article 2.1(c) on Climate Finance, and Why Does it Matter? Key Questions, Answered

  • climate finance
  • Paris Agreement
  • Paying for Paris
  • COP28
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
Man replanting mangroves for coastal protection
  • climate finance
  • Paris Agreement
  • Paying for Paris
  • COP28
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
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More Critical Minerals Mining Could Strain Water Supplies in Stressed Regions

  • Freshwater
  • water pollution
  • water quality
  • Water Quality
Workers extracting lithium in Bolivia.
  • Freshwater
  • water pollution
  • water quality
  • Water Quality
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Unpacking COP28: Key Outcomes from the Dubai Climate Talks, and What Comes Next

  • Paris Agreement
  • Climate Resilience
  • Finance
  • adaptation
  • Food
  • Cities
  • Forests
  • COP28
  • climatewatch-pinned
Closing of COP28 climate summit in Dubai
  • Paris Agreement
  • Climate Resilience
  • Finance
  • adaptation
  • Food
  • Cities
  • Forests
  • COP28
  • climatewatch-pinned
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9 Things to Know About National Climate Plans (NDCs)

  • Climate
  • greenhouse gases
  • NDC
  • International Climate Action
  • international climate policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
  • Paying for Paris
  • National Climate Action
People walk across in-ground solar panels on a seaside plaza on a sunny day.
  • Climate
  • greenhouse gases
  • NDC
  • International Climate Action
  • international climate policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
  • Paying for Paris
  • National Climate Action
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Benchmarks for Success for COP28

  • COP28
  • United Nations
  • UNFCCC
  • Paris Agreement
  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • climate policy
  • international climate policy
  • climatewatch-pinned
Solar-powered water pump on a Malawi farm
  • COP28
  • United Nations
  • UNFCCC
  • Paris Agreement
  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • climate policy
  • international climate policy
  • climatewatch-pinned
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The Next Phase of Corporate Sustainability: Addressing Consumer Water Use

  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • Water Security
  • water risk
Washing dishes.
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • Water Security
  • water risk
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What Is the "Global Stocktake" and How Can It Accelerate Climate Action?

  • Paris Agreement
  • International Climate Action
  • National Climate Action
  • NDC
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
Planting mangroves.
  • Paris Agreement
  • International Climate Action
  • National Climate Action
  • NDC
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
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25 Countries, Housing One-quarter of the Population, Face Extremely High Water Stress

  • Freshwater
  • Water Quality
  • Aqueduct
  • water risk
Women collect water near Arba Minch, Gamo Gofa Zone, Ethiopia,
  • Freshwater
  • Water Quality
  • Aqueduct
  • water risk
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5 Countries Taking Action to Reach Net-Zero Targets

  • net-zero emissions
  • greenhouse gases
  • climate policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate finance
  • climatewatch-pinned
A wind farm in Denmark is surrounded by blue seawater.
  • net-zero emissions
  • greenhouse gases
  • climate policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate finance
  • climatewatch-pinned
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What Is Kelp and Why Is it Vital to People and the Planet?

  • climate change
  • Climate
  • Freshwater
  • Ocean
Fish feed on a kelp forest in the ocean
  • climate change
  • Climate
  • Freshwater
  • Ocean
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Restoring Degraded Forests Could Bring Back Lost Rainfall, Cooler Temperatures

  • Forests
  • restoration
  • nature-based solutions
  • deforestation
  • Freshwater
  • Climate
Men planting a tree.
  • Forests
  • restoration
  • nature-based solutions
  • deforestation
  • Freshwater
  • Climate
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What Does "Net-Zero Emissions" Mean? 8 Common Questions, Answered

  • climate science
  • carbon removal
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
  • greenhouse gases
  • COP26
  • COP28
Countries need a variety of solutions, including renewable energy and healthy forests, to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Photo by Aaron Minnick/WRI.
  • climate science
  • carbon removal
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
  • greenhouse gases
  • COP26
  • COP28
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This Interactive Chart Shows Changes in the World's Top 10 Emitters

  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • data
  • GHG emissions
  • International Climate Action
  • COP26
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
A smokestack of a garbage incineration plant against the backdrop of the city
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • data
  • GHG emissions
  • International Climate Action
  • COP26
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
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5 Priorities for Urban Climate Action in 2023 and Beyond

  • transportation
  • electric mobility
  • Freshwater
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • nature-based solutions
  • poverty
  • human rights
A new electric bus in New Delhi, India
  • transportation
  • electric mobility
  • Freshwater
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • nature-based solutions
  • poverty
  • human rights
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How Floods in Pakistan Threaten Global Security

  • floods
  • Water Security
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
  • climate change
Flood waters soak through a housing settlement in Pakistan.
  • floods
  • Water Security
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
  • climate change
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COP27: Key Takeaways and What’s Next

  • COP27
  • adaptation
  • climate change
  • climate finance
  • GHG emissions
  • Energy
  • Paris Agreement
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
Panel at COP27.
  • COP27
  • adaptation
  • climate change
  • climate finance
  • GHG emissions
  • Energy
  • Paris Agreement
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
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How Forests Near and Far Benefit People in Cities

  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Water Quality
  • Water Security
  • health
  • Climate
  • biodiversity
urban forest
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Water Quality
  • Water Security
  • health
  • Climate
  • biodiversity
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Cómo los países pueden financiar el Acuerdo de París

  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • adaptation finance
  • Paris Agreement
  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • adaptation finance
  • Paris Agreement
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How Countries Can Pay for Climate Action

  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • adaptation finance
  • Paris Agreement
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
  • Paying for Paris
Men installing solar panels to a roof in Southern California
  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • adaptation finance
  • Paris Agreement
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
  • Paying for Paris