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    Initiatives Insights
    Climate
    Insights
    August 14, 2024

    What 2024’s Historic Elections Could Mean for the Climate

    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • COP29
    • international climate policy
    • climate policy
    People cast their votes in Mexico's presidential election in June, 2024.
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • COP29
    • international climate policy
    • climate policy
    Finance
    Insights
    August 14, 2024

    Banks Have Committed to Net Zero but Aren’t on Track to Reach It

    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • net-zero emissions
    • climatewatch-pinned
    People walk across a bridge toward tall glass bank buildings.
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • net-zero emissions
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Forests
    Insights
    August 13, 2024

    The Latest Data Confirms: Forest Fires Are Getting Worse

    • deforestation
    • fires
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate science
    Forest fire in Borneo, Indonesia
    • deforestation
    • fires
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate science
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    August 6, 2024

    Can Clean Hydrogen Fuel a Clean Energy Future?

    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Hydrogen
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • low carbon development
    • industry
    A hydrogen pipeline.
    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Hydrogen
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • low carbon development
    • industry
    Climate
    Africa Latin America
    Insights
    August 5, 2024

    What Are Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and Why Are They Important?

    • NDC
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • GHG emissions
    • adaptation
    • climate finance
    • COP29
    • climatewatch-pinned
    People walk on a bridge over wetlands with windmills in the distance.
    • NDC
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • GHG emissions
    • adaptation
    • climate finance
    • COP29
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 30, 2024

    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
    North America
    Insights
    July 23, 2024

    For Students with Disabilities, Electric School Buses Could Transform the School Commute

    • Cities
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • Air Quality
    • environmental justice
    A girl in a wheelchair approaches the wheelchair lift on a school bus.
    • Cities
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • Air Quality
    • environmental justice
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 17, 2024

    Cutting-Edge Projects Aim to Decarbonize US Cement Emissions

    • industry
    • U.S. Climate
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • GHG emissions
    • mapping
    People wearing construction vests and hard hats look out at the Fortera cement plant.
    • industry
    • U.S. Climate
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • GHG emissions
    • mapping
    Energy
    Insights
    July 9, 2024

    Lessons From the Coal Boom That Didn’t Happen

    • Energy
    • Climate
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    • data visualization
    A man walks down railroad tracks in front of apartment buildings with a coal plant in the distance.
    • Energy
    • Climate
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    • data visualization
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    July 9, 2024

    Rebuilding Kenya Stronger: Here's What's Needed to Rebound After Catastrophic Floods

    • floods
    • restoration
    • Freshwater
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    People load a truck with their belongings after heavy rainfall caused floods in Kenya.
    • floods
    • restoration
    • Freshwater
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Climate
    Initiatives
    July 1, 2024

    U.S. People-Centered Transitions

    Smokestacks in the background of a neighborhood with rowhouses in Baltimore, MD
    Ocean
    Initiatives
    July 1, 2024

    Ocean Action 2030

    Aerial view of ocean and islands.
    Finance
    Asia
    Insights
    June 28, 2024

    Development Banks Can Catalyze the Clean Energy Transition, Starting in South and Southeast Asia

    • Finance
    • multilateral development banks
    • Clean Energy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    People walk along a bridge next to rows of floating solar panels.
    • Finance
    • multilateral development banks
    • Clean Energy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    June 28, 2024

    Kenya’s Farmers Restore Lands — and Hope — After Floods

    • floods
    • extreme weather
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Kenyan farmers harvest avocados
    • floods
    • extreme weather
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Forests
    Insights
    June 27, 2024

    Canada's Record-breaking 2023 Wildfires Released Nearly 4 Times More Carbon than Global Aviation

    • Forests
    • fires
    • GHG emissions
    • climate change
    Smoke from forest fires in Sparwood, British Columbia, Canada in 2023
    • Forests
    • fires
    • GHG emissions
    • climate change
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    June 26, 2024

    How Faith Communities in Latin America Are Defending Land and Lives

    • Equity & Governance
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • natural resources
    A group of demonstrators hold a sign protesting an oil project in Colombia.
    • Equity & Governance
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • natural resources
    Cities
    Insights
    June 25, 2024

    As the Earth Gets Hotter, Can Our Cities Get Cooler?

    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • nature-based solutions
    • data visualization
    A line of tourists await the use of the fountain at the base of Rome’s Spanish Steps to cool off.
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • nature-based solutions
    • data visualization
    Forests
    Insights
    June 18, 2024

    4 Growing Threats to Europe’s Forests: Logging, Bioenergy, Wildfires and Pests

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • fires
    Logging spruce forest in Germany
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • fires
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    June 13, 2024

    Navigating the EV Transition: 4 Emerging Impacts on Auto Manufacturing Jobs

    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • transportation
    • Clean Energy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    An autoworker moves a lithium-ion battery into position at a car manufacturing plant in Detroit.
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • transportation
    • Clean Energy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Ocean
    Insights
    June 7, 2024

    4 Ways to Pursue a Sustainable Seafood Diet

    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • greenhouse gases
    • fisheries
    • aquaculture
    Fish for sale are displayed on ice at an Italian fish market.
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • greenhouse gases
    • fisheries
    • aquaculture

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