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    Finance
    Insights
    May 29, 2024

    What Could the New Climate Finance Goal Look Like? 7 Elements Under Negotiation

    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • international climate policy
    • COP29
    A man stands between two rows of solar panels.
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • international climate policy
    • COP29
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    May 23, 2024

    Dual Harvest: Agrivoltaics Boost Food and Energy Production in Asia

    • agriculture
    • renewable energy
    • Food
    • Clean Energy
    A man bends down near an orange tree in front of solar photovoltaic panels.
    • agriculture
    • renewable energy
    • Food
    • Clean Energy
    Climate
    Insights
    May 16, 2024

    What Climate-Vulnerable Countries Need on the Road to COP29

    • Climate
    • climate impacts
    • Equity & Governance
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate finance
    • COP29
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • NDC
    A man sits on a tire while wading with sticks through flood waters.
    • Climate
    • climate impacts
    • Equity & Governance
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate finance
    • COP29
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • NDC
    Freshwater
    Latin America
    Insights
    May 10, 2024

    Tragic Flooding in Brazil; a Wake-Up Call for the World

    • floods
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    floods in Porto Alegre, Brazil
    • floods
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 9, 2024

    The US Needs to Lower Cement Emissions — ‘Blended Cement’ Can Help

    • industry
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • U.S. Climate
    • low carbon development
    • FIGI
    • Igniting Innovation
    Cement is poured while two workers spread it onto the ground.
    • industry
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • U.S. Climate
    • low carbon development
    • FIGI
    • Igniting Innovation
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 9, 2024

    Under New Guidance, 'Sustainable' Aviation Fuel in the US Could Be Anything But

    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • biofuels
    • transportation
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    A man in a neon vest stands under the wing of a commercial plane to fill its fuel tank.
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • biofuels
    • transportation
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    May 8, 2024

    8 Things to Know about Electric School Bus Repowers

    • Equity & Governance
    • electric school bus series
    • transportation
    Two yellow school buses are hoisted above the ground to be converted to electric.
    • Equity & Governance
    • electric school bus series
    • transportation
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    May 8, 2024

    Mexico Made Safe Mobility a Human Right — Here’s How Its Streets Can Become Safer

    • Cities
    • road safety
    • Urban Mobility
    • Health & Road Safety
    • Integrated Transport
    A person runs across a wide street.
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • Urban Mobility
    • Health & Road Safety
    • Integrated Transport
    Finance
    Insights
    May 6, 2024

    Corporate Climate Disclosure Has Passed a Tipping Point. Companies Need to Catch Up

    • Finance
    • Business
    • corporate sustainability
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    The Battery Park Underpass in New York is seen completely submerged because of flooding from Hurricane Sandy.
    • Finance
    • Business
    • corporate sustainability
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 3, 2024

    4 Things to Know About US EPA’s New Power Plant Rules

    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    • Clean Energy
    • National Climate Action
    A coal plant in eastern Wyoming spews emissions.
    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    • Clean Energy
    • National Climate Action
    Freshwater
    Insights
    May 2, 2024

    The Impacts of El Niño Go Far Beyond Water

    • Climate
    • Air Quality
    • Energy
    An Indonesian fisherman prepares a boat in the drying Gajah Mungkur Reservoir
    • Climate
    • Air Quality
    • Energy
    Cities
    Insights
    April 25, 2024

    Zero-Emission Zones Are Helping Some Cities Fight Pollution

    • electric mobility
    • net-zero emissions
    • Air Quality
    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    A sign signals a Zero Emission Zone in Oxford, England.
    • electric mobility
    • net-zero emissions
    • Air Quality
    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    Climate
    Insights
    April 25, 2024

    Next-Generation Climate Targets: A 5-Point Plan for NDCs

    • NDC
    • net-zero emissions
    • GHG emissions
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP29
    Boy washing rooftop solar panel.
    • NDC
    • net-zero emissions
    • GHG emissions
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP29
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 23, 2024

    In a Clean Energy Future, What Happens to California’s Thousands of Oil Refinery Workers?

    • fossil fuels
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • environmental justice
    • Clean Energy
    Oil refinery in Los Angeles County, California
    • fossil fuels
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • environmental justice
    • Clean Energy
    Finance
    Insights
    April 17, 2024

    Development Banks Are Starting to Spark Climate Action. Will They Complete the Task?

    • Climate
    • Finance
    • adaptation finance
    • development
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    • COP29
    Setting up a solar-powered water pump to pump groundwater in Ethiopia.
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • adaptation finance
    • development
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    • COP29
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 17, 2024

    Fossil Fuels Are in Everything from Plastics to Makeup, but Cleaner Alternatives Are Emerging

    • U.S. Climate
    • industry
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    • FIGI
    • Igniting Innovation
    A young woman peruses the cosmetics aisle.
    • U.S. Climate
    • industry
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    • FIGI
    • Igniting Innovation
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    April 16, 2024

    A New Program Will Bring Clean Energy to Disadvantaged Neighborhoods in the US

    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • renewable energy
    • Energy Access
    Rooftop solar on a Brooklyn rowhome
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • renewable energy
    • Energy Access

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