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    Equity
    Insights
    March 23, 2023

    7 Ways Faith Organizations Are Making Cities More Sustainable and Equitable

    • Equity
    • Climate Equity
    • Urban Development
    People distribute food in front of a mosque
    • Equity
    • Climate Equity
    • Urban Development
    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
    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
    Climate
    Insights
    March 17, 2023

    6 Ways to Remove Carbon Pollution from the Atmosphere

    • carbon removal
    A forest in a fog.
    • carbon removal
    Climate
    Insights
    March 9, 2023

    5 Shifts to Transform Transportation Systems and Meet Climate Goals

    • Climate
    • Cities
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • climatewatch-pinned
    The VLT train inRio de Janeiro, Brazil is one of the city’s central modes of transport.
    • Climate
    • Cities
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Climate
    Insights
    March 2, 2023

    This Interactive Chart Shows Changes in the World's Top 10 Emitters

    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • data
    • emissions
    • GHG emissions
    • International Climate Action
    • COP26
    • climatewatch-pinned
    A smokestack of a garbage incineration plant against the backdrop of the city
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • data
    • emissions
    • GHG emissions
    • International Climate Action
    • COP26
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    February 22, 2023

    8 Things to Know about Electric School Bus Repowers

    • Equity
    • electric school bus series
    • transportation
    Two yellow school buses are hoisted above the ground to be converted to electric.
    • Equity
    • electric school bus series
    • transportation
    Water
    Asia
    Insights
    February 14, 2023

    How Floods in Pakistan Threaten Global Security

    • floods
    • Water Security
    • Water
    • water risk
    • climate change
    Flood waters soak through a housing settlement in Pakistan.
    • floods
    • Water Security
    • Water
    • water risk
    • climate change
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    January 24, 2023

    2 Years of Justice40: Integrating Environmental Justice into US Climate Policy

    • environmental justice
    • Equity
    • infrastructure
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • Tracking Climate Action
    Smokestacks in the background of a neighborhood with rowhouses in Baltimore, MD
    • environmental justice
    • Equity
    • infrastructure
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • Tracking Climate Action
    Climate
    Insights
    December 14, 2022

    What Is "Loss and Damage" from Climate Change? 8 Key Questions, Answered

    • climate impacts
    • climate policy
    • Climate Resilience
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Rising water levels submerging a house as heavy monsoon rains cause major floods in Baco, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines on July 23, 2021.
    • climate impacts
    • climate policy
    • Climate Resilience
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    November 17, 2022

    Zero-emission Delivery Zones: A New Way to Cut Traffic, Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gases

    • emissions
    • transportation
    Santa Monica street
    • emissions
    • transportation
    Climate
    Insights
    November 15, 2022

    Ocean-based Carbon Dioxide Removal: 6 Key Questions, Answered

    • Ocean
    • carbon removal
    Harvesting seaweed
    • Ocean
    • carbon removal
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 14, 2022

    What Could a “Bioeconomy” in the Amazon Look Like?

    • Forests
    • forest products
    • Forest Legality
    Aerial view of Amazon River
    • Forests
    • forest products
    • Forest Legality
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    November 7, 2022

    Aggregated Renewables Purchasing: 5 Key Questions, Answered

    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • Clean Energy
    Solar panels with the cityscape of Los Angeles in the background
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • Clean Energy
    Climate
    Insights
    November 7, 2022

    Explaining the First “Global Stocktake” of Climate Action

    • Paris Agreement
    • International Climate Action
    • National Climate Action
    • NDC
    Planting mangroves.
    • Paris Agreement
    • International Climate Action
    • National Climate Action
    • NDC
    Climate
    Insights
    November 4, 2022

    What Is Systems Change? 6 Questions, Answered

    • climatewatch-pinned
    Seven workers standing in front of construction zone.
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Finance
    Insights
    October 25, 2022

    Adaptation Finance: 11 Key Questions, Answered

    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • adaptation
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Woman pumps water on a flooded street in Dhaka, Bangladesh
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • adaptation
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Climate
    Insights
    October 13, 2022

    Where Do We Stand on COP26 Climate Promises? A Progress Report

    • NDC
    • climate finance
    • net-zero emissions
    • electric mobility
    • renewable energy
    • Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • Forests
    • climatewatch-pinned
    A group of volunteers plant mangroves
    • NDC
    • climate finance
    • net-zero emissions
    • electric mobility
    • renewable energy
    • Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • Forests
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Climate
    Insights
    October 4, 2022

    6 Key Tasks at COP27

    • COP27
    • Climate
    • Climate Equity
    • Climate Governance
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Protestors hold a handmade "1.5 degree C" sign
    • COP27
    • Climate
    • Climate Equity
    • Climate Governance
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    September 30, 2022

    How Distributed Energy Resources Can Lower Power Bills, Raise Revenue in US Communities

    • renewable energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Energy Access
    Solar panels on a community of homes in Austin, TX
    • renewable energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Energy Access
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    September 15, 2022

    How Local Governments Can Advance Community Solar for Low- and Moderate-Income Households

    • renewable energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Energy Access
    A construction worker secures new solar panels to a residential roof.
    • renewable energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Energy Access

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