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    Commentary coronavirus GHG emissions public transit Insights
    Climate
    Insights
    April 25, 2024

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

    • NDC
    • net-zero emissions
    • GHG emissions
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Boy washing rooftop solar panel.
    • NDC
    • net-zero emissions
    • GHG emissions
    • climatewatch-pinned
    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
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    December 20, 2023

    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
    Freshwater
    Insights
    October 20, 2023

    The Next Phase of Corporate Sustainability: Addressing Consumer Water Use

    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • Water Security
    • water risk
    Washing dishes.
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • Water Security
    • water risk
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 3, 2023

    EPA’s New Renewable Fuel Standard Will Increase Global Carbon Emissions — Not Lower Them

    • U.S. Climate
    • biofuels
    • transportation
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    Cars drive down a California highway with farm fields on either side.
    • U.S. Climate
    • biofuels
    • transportation
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    December 8, 2022

    COP27: Key Takeaways and What’s Next

    • COP27
    • adaptation
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • GHG emissions
    • Energy
    • Paris Agreement
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    Panel at COP27.
    • COP27
    • adaptation
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • GHG emissions
    • Energy
    • Paris Agreement
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    June 16, 2022

    The SEC’s New Climate Rule is Plain Common Sense

    • climate policy
    • corporate sustainability
    • Business
    • GHG emissions
    • Paying for Paris
    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters building in Washington, DC.
    • climate policy
    • corporate sustainability
    • Business
    • GHG emissions
    • Paying for Paris
    Cities
    Insights
    February 3, 2022

    3 Ways to Reimagine Public Transport for People and the Climate

    • public transit
    • Climate
    • Climate Equity
    • Air Quality
    Belo Horizonte - MOVE
    • public transit
    • Climate
    • Climate Equity
    • Air Quality
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    December 17, 2021

    5 Ways China’s Cities Can Drive Equitable and Sustainable Urbanization

    • Urban Development
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • nature-based solutions
    • development
    • low carbon development
    A close-up of shrubbery with skyscrapers in the distant background.
    • Urban Development
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • nature-based solutions
    • development
    • low carbon development
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    December 7, 2021

    A New Industrial Revolution for a Livable Climate

    • U.S. Climate
    • industry
    • GHG emissions
    • carbon removal
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    The inside of a dimly lit industrial building.
    • U.S. Climate
    • industry
    • GHG emissions
    • carbon removal
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    September 27, 2021

    How the US Can Address Legacy Fossil Fuel Sites for a Clean Energy Future

    • Clean Energy
    • fossil fuels
    • infrastructure
    • GHG emissions
    An abandoned oil rig in the middle of a desert.
    • Clean Energy
    • fossil fuels
    • infrastructure
    • GHG emissions
    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
    Food
    Insights
    July 21, 2021

    Our Food Systems Need an Overhaul. Here’s How the UN Food Summit Can Help.

    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • agriculture
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate Resilience
    Four farmers harvesting and carrying boxes of strawberries in an open field.
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • agriculture
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate Resilience
    Finance
    Insights
    June 9, 2021

    How Domestic Budget Shortfalls Due to COVID-19 Impact Climate Action

    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • coronavirus
    A man selling masks on a busy street in Varanasi, India.
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • coronavirus
    Economics
    Asia Latin America
    Insights
    May 27, 2021

    How Emerging Economies Can Pursue Green Recoveries

    • Climate
    • restoration
    • coronavirus
    Gede Pangrango National Park, Situ Gunung, Sukabumi, West Java, Indonesia.
    • Climate
    • restoration
    • coronavirus
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 23, 2021

    6 Words to Describe the US Pledge to Reduce Emissions 50-52% by 2030

    • NDC
    • National Climate Action
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP26
    President Biden walking down a hallway with flags from different nations on both sides of him.
    • NDC
    • National Climate Action
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP26
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Insights
    April 22, 2021

    Restoring Ethiopia's Ecosystems Can Support Livelihoods and COVID-19 Recovery

    • coronavirus
    • Water Security
    • natural infrastructure
    • restoration
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    A degraded landscape in Ethiopia under a cloudy sky.
    • coronavirus
    • Water Security
    • natural infrastructure
    • restoration
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 12, 2021

    Trade Associations Speak on Carbon Pricing. Will Action Follow?

    • carbon pricing
    • GHG emissions
    • Business
    Emissions coming from a factory with a gray sky in the background.
    • carbon pricing
    • GHG emissions
    • Business
    Climate
    Insights
    April 7, 2021

    4 Big Outcomes the Leaders Summit on Climate Can Deliver

    • Climate
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • U.S. policy
    alta wind energy center from oak creek road.jpg
    • Climate
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • U.S. policy
    Finance
    Insights
    February 3, 2021

    Confronting Simultaneous Climate, Public Health, and Economic Shocks in Developing Countries

    • Finance
    • coronavirus
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    farmers-drought-mozambique
    • Finance
    • coronavirus
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts

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