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    Commentary Explainer floods greenhouse gases Insights
    Climate
    Insights
    May 8, 2023

    9 Charts Explain Per Capita Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Country

    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • greenhouse gases
    • GHG emissions
    • data
    • International Climate Action
    The main bazar in Paharganj, India, is full of people during the late afternoon.
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • greenhouse gases
    • GHG emissions
    • data
    • International Climate Action
    Freshwater
    Insights
    March 30, 2023

    UN Water Conference 2023: Not Enough Game-changing Commitments

    • Corporate Water Stewardship
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    • floods
    • drought
    Girls collect water in Rajasthan, India
    • Corporate Water Stewardship
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    • floods
    • drought
    Climate
    Insights
    March 20, 2023

    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
    Freshwater
    Asia
    Insights
    February 14, 2023

    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
    Climate
    Insights
    November 2, 2021

    3 Ways to Ensure Corporate Net-zero Targets Are Credible

    • net-zero emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • corporate sustainability
    Wind turbines in Rubió, Spain
    • net-zero emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • corporate sustainability
    Freshwater
    Asia
    Insights
    August 26, 2021

    How Water Challenges Threaten India’s Energy Security

    • water risk
    • renewable energy
    • power plants
    • drought
    • floods
    • Aqueduct
    Power plant in dry land
    • water risk
    • renewable energy
    • power plants
    • drought
    • floods
    • Aqueduct
    Climate
    Insights
    August 3, 2021

    Will Recent Extreme Weather Spur More Climate Finance from Wealthy Nations?

    • Finance
    • extreme weather
    • floods
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • COP26
    Train crossing road with high flooding
    • Finance
    • extreme weather
    • floods
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • COP26
    Business
    Insights
    August 6, 2020

    How to Build a Circular Economy

    • Economics
    • circular economy
    • waste
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • natural resources
    • Climate
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Two recycling facility workers next to bales of aluminum cans. Photo by Aaron Minnick | WRI.
    • Economics
    • circular economy
    • waste
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • natural resources
    • Climate
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    July 21, 2020

    Why Disaster Preparedness Cannot Wait

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • floods
    • climate impacts
    Monsoons in Chennai
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • floods
    • climate impacts
    Climate
    Insights
    February 10, 2020

    5 Strategies that Achieve Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Simultaneously

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • restoration
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • wetlands
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Reroroja village
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • restoration
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • wetlands
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Climate
    Insights
    February 6, 2020

    4 Charts Explain Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Countries and Sectors

    • Energy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    Emissions rising from a factory with a sunset in the background.
    • Energy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    January 31, 2020

    5 Ways the US Government Can Kickstart a CarbonShot to Remove Carbon from the Atmosphere

    • carbon removal
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • U.S. policy
    carbon engineering direct air capture facility
    • carbon removal
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    Insights
    January 15, 2020

    2020 Could Be the Year Carbon Removal Takes Off

    • carbon removal
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    Hellisheiði Geothermal Power Plant in Iceland
    • carbon removal
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    Climate
    Insights
    January 13, 2020

    This Month in Climate Science, December 2019: Pre-term Births, Fewer Fishermen and Accelerated Arctic Melt

    • this month in climate science
    • climate science
    • biodiversity
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • health
    • Ocean
    • Freshwater
    Two fishermen offloading lobster from their boat onto a floating dock in Maine.
    • this month in climate science
    • climate science
    • biodiversity
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • health
    • Ocean
    • Freshwater
    Energy
    Insights
    November 4, 2019

    Buildings Are an Ideal but Overlooked Climate Solution

    • Cities
    • Buildings
    • Climate
    • energy efficiency
    • greenhouse gases
    Installing a green roof. Zero carbon buildings are viable, flexible and affordable right now. Photo by Ziggy Liloia/Flickr
    • Cities
    • Buildings
    • Climate
    • energy efficiency
    • greenhouse gases
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    October 9, 2019

    In Gorakhpur, India, Citizens Use Nature to Prevent Floods

    • Cities
    • floods
    • Climate Resilience
    Waterlogged housing in Gorakhpur, India
    • Cities
    • floods
    • Climate Resilience
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    June 25, 2019

    How Does a Flood-prone City Run Out of Water? Inside Chennai’s “Day Zero” Crisis

    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • Water Security
    • Urban Development
    • water risk
    Chennai
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • Water Security
    • Urban Development
    • water risk
    Climate
    Insights
    March 12, 2019

    Many Companies Inaccurately Estimate the Climate Benefits of Their Products

    • Business
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    Ball bearings are one of the many products affected by unverifiable claims of avoided emissions. Flickr/jfeathersmith
    • Business
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 19, 2018

    Good Climate Policy News from California

    • U.S. Climate
    • climate policy
    • greenhouse gases
    Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California
    • U.S. Climate
    • climate policy
    • greenhouse gases
    Climate
    Insights
    January 5, 2018

    Billion-Dollar Disasters to Disappearing Ice: 2017 Was a Year of Record-Breaking Climate Events

    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • greenhouse gases
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    Hurricane Maria
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • greenhouse gases
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise

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