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    North America Insights
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    January 14, 2025

    4 Graphics Explain Los Angeles’ Rare and Devastating January Fires

    • fires
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • data visualization
    People take photos of a wildfire blazing over the L.A. hills.
    • fires
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • data visualization
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    January 9, 2025

    US States Are Creating a Pipeline of Trained EV Workers — Here Are the Emerging Trends

    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • electric mobility
    A worker evaluates an electric vehicle on the assembly line.
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • electric mobility
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    December 10, 2024

    Next-Generation Geothermal Can Help Unlock 100% Clean Power

    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy
    Aerial view of a large geothermal powerplant with mountains in the background.
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    December 4, 2024

    Detroit Passed the First Law Giving Communities a Say in Development Projects. Here’s What Happened

    • climate policy
    • U.S. Climate
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Equity
    • development
    • U.S. Community Benefits Frameworks
    Scaffolding being constructed for a large industrial building.
    • climate policy
    • U.S. Climate
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Equity
    • development
    • U.S. Community Benefits Frameworks
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    November 18, 2024

    The State of Electric School Bus Adoption in the US

    • Cities
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    School bus USA
    • Cities
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    November 13, 2024

    Trump May Thwart Federal Climate Action, but Opportunities for Progress Remain

    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • Cities
    • International Climate Action
    • international climate policy
    Installing solar panels on an office building in Mesa, Arizona
    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • Cities
    • International Climate Action
    • international climate policy
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    October 24, 2024

    3 Emerging Trends in the US Electric Vehicle Workforce

    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. Climate
    A worker evaluates new Tesla Cybertrucks.
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. Climate
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    September 17, 2024

    What Would Cities Look Like With 3 Degrees C of Warming vs. 1.5? Far More Hazardous and Vastly Unequal

    • Cities
    • Climate
    • Equity & Governance
    • climate change
    • health
    • data visualization
    A woman carries water during a blistering hot day in New Delhi, India.
    • Cities
    • Climate
    • Equity & Governance
    • climate change
    • health
    • data visualization
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    September 3, 2024

    A Community Program Is Transforming New York Schoolyards into Climate-Resilient Spaces

    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Development
    Children enjoy the vibrant new playground in the recently redesigned green schoolyard at P.S. 38K in New York, where fresh equipment and engaging spaces foster creativity and play.
    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Development
    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
    • FIGI
    A hydrogen pipeline.
    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Hydrogen
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • low carbon development
    • industry
    • FIGI
    Climate
    Africa Latin America North America Europe
    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
    • FIGI
    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
    • FIGI
    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
    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
    Cement is poured while two workers spread it onto the ground.
    • industry
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • U.S. Climate
    • low carbon development
    • FIGI
    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
    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

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