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    Insights
    January 26, 2023

    4 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2023

    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • stories to watch
    People dressed in warm clothes on bicycles carrying reusable shopping bags.
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • stories to watch
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    September 16, 2021

    Funding for an Equitable Clean Energy Transition Already Exists

    • Clean Energy
    • Finance
    • environmental justice
    • Equity & Governance
    Wind turbine at dusk, Columbia Gorge, Wasco, Oregon, USA
    • Clean Energy
    • Finance
    • environmental justice
    • Equity & Governance
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    April 16, 2021

    How BlackRock and Vanguard Can Advance the Net-zero Emissions Movement

    • net-zero emissions
    • Climate
    • offsets
    • Finance
    Capital building.
    • net-zero emissions
    • Climate
    • offsets
    • Finance
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    January 28, 2021

    4 Climate Finance Priorities for the Biden Administration

    • Climate
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • development
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    • multilateral development banks
    View of the White House and surrounding Washington, D.C. streets from above.
    • Climate
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • development
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    • multilateral development banks
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    October 28, 2020

    Importing a Good Idea to the U.S.: Parametric Insurance and Climate-Related Risks

    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Paying for Paris
    YMCA Mountain fire, Colorado, July 2020
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Paying for Paris
    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
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    November 1, 2018

    Investors Think They Can Make Money Reducing Wildfire Risk. A Forest Restoration Project in Yuba, CA Puts this Idea into Practice.

    • Finance
    • fires
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Learning about forest resilience with rangers. Photo: Leah Schleifer
    • Finance
    • fires
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    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
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    April 24, 2018

    A Key Week for the Future of the Global Environment Facility as Countries Re-up Its Funding

    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • U.S. policy
    Researchers at NREL Energy Storage Test Facility
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • U.S. policy
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    March 23, 2018

    US 2018 Budget and Climate Finance: It's Bad, but Not As Bad As You Might Think

    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • Finance
    • U.S. policy
    • climate finance
    U.S. Capitol, where Congress' budget presents some complications for climate finance.
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • Finance
    • U.S. policy
    • climate finance
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    December 11, 2017

    How the United States Can Remain Engaged in International Climate Finance

    • U.S. Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    Climate March in Washington DC, April 29, 2017
    • U.S. Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    North America
    Insights
    August 25, 2016

    It’s Time for US Federal Contractors to Measure their Carbon Footprints

    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • greenhouse gases
    United States Department of Energy Forrestal Building
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • greenhouse gases
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    March 11, 2016

    With New Joint Announcement with Canada, US Gets Serious About Cutting Methane Emissions

    • U.S. Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • greenhouse gases
    • fossil fuels
    Natural gas well
    • U.S. Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • greenhouse gases
    • fossil fuels
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    August 5, 2015

    How Does the Clean Power Plan Help US Meet its Climate Targets?

    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    Wind and solar energy is becoming increasingly cost competitive with coal and natural gas in many parts of the country. Photo by Jeff Kubina/Flickr.
    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    January 9, 2015

    6 Stories to Watch in 2015: Global Climate Deal, Sustainable Development Goals, Rising Water Risks and More

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • UNFCCC
    • United Nations
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    • stories to watch
    Andrew Steer presented 2015's Stories to Watch before a packed house at the Press Club in Washington, D.C. Photo by Bill Dugan/WRI
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • UNFCCC
    • United Nations
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    • stories to watch
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    October 14, 2014

    Seeing U.S. Business Opportunity in a Low-Carbon Economy

    • Business
    • Economics
    • Finance
    • low carbon development
    A growing body of evidence indicates we don’t have to choose between improving economic performance and reducing climate risk Photo credit: CGP Grey/Flickr
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Finance
    • low carbon development
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    September 30, 2014

    With Compact of Mayors, Cities Lead on Tackling Climate Change at UN Summit

    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • transportation
    Through the Compact of Mayors and parallel initiatives, cities are making ambitious commitments to curb emissions, adopting new greenhouse gas emissions measuring standards, and supporting the financing of low-carbon infrastructure. Photo Credit: Braden/Flickr.
    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • transportation
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    June 2, 2014

    3 Reasons Why Cutting Carbon From Power Plants Is Good For Business

    • Energy
    • Climate
    • U.S. policy
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • power plants
    Salem Harbor, MA power plant. To this day, carbon pollution—the main driver of climate change—has not been controlled from power plants. Photo credit: massmatt/Flickr
    • Energy
    • Climate
    • U.S. policy
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • power plants
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 28, 2014

    Cutting Carbon: States Can Use What they’ve Already Got to Whittle Power Plant Emissions

    • Energy
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • power plants
    Because the U.S. electric grid crosses state lines, neighboring states should work together for the most cost-effective reductions. Photo credit: Universal Pop/Flickr
    • Energy
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • power plants
    Climate
    Asia North America
    Insights
    April 25, 2014

    How U.S.-China Cooperation Can Expand Clean Energy Development

    • Energy
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    The U.S. and China are beginning to collaborate on some clean energy initiatives—and some projects are already producing benefits for both countries. Photo credit: Land Rover Our Planet/Flickr
    • Energy
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy

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