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    Climate
    Insights
    May 25, 2023

    4 Shifts Needed to Create a Carbon-free Power System

    • emissions
    • Climate Equity
    • climate change
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    Wind turbines and solar power panels
    • emissions
    • Climate Equity
    • climate change
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    Forests
    Insights
    May 22, 2023

    How Companies Can Use Voluntary Carbon Markets to Help Protect Tropical Forests

    • deforestation
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Finance
    Houses sit among a misty tropical forest.
    • deforestation
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Finance
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 12, 2023

    EPA’s Proposed Rules for Power Plant Emissions: 6 Key Questions, Answered

    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • emissions
    • U.S. policy
    • Clean Energy
    • National Climate Action
    A coal plant in eastern Wyoming spews emissions.
    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • emissions
    • U.S. policy
    • Clean Energy
    • National Climate Action
    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
    • emissions
    • 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
    • emissions
    • International Climate Action
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    May 5, 2023

    The State of 24/7 Carbon-free Energy: Recent Progress and What to Watch

    • 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy
    • energy efficiency
    • renewable energy
    An aerial view of a wind and solar energy farm in Oahu, Hawaii.
    • 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy
    • energy efficiency
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 3, 2023

    Overcoming Critical Minerals Shortages Is Key to Achieving US Climate Goals

    • U.S. Climate
    • Clean Energy
    • National Climate Action
    Salt heaps at the Salinas Grande salt flats in Argentina, home to a large lithium mine
    • U.S. Climate
    • Clean Energy
    • National Climate Action
    Ocean
    Insights
    May 2, 2023

    What Is Kelp and Why Is it Vital to People and the Planet?

    • climate change
    • Climate
    • Water
    • Ocean
    Fish feed on a kelp forest in the ocean
    • climate change
    • Climate
    • Water
    • Ocean
    Food
    Insights
    April 20, 2023

    The Global Benefits of Reducing Food Loss and Waste

    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • Climate
    Boxes of canned goods and other products discarded at a supermarket.
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • Climate
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    April 18, 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
    Climate
    Insights
    April 13, 2023

    3 Reasons Why Countries Must Take Faster Action to Reduce Short-lived Climate Pollutants

    • pollution
    • net-zero emissions
    • emissions
    • food security
    • health
    • NDC
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    Man wearing a face mask rides a bicycle on a foggy day.
    • pollution
    • net-zero emissions
    • emissions
    • food security
    • health
    • NDC
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    Climate
    Insights
    April 10, 2023

    4 Things to Know About New Developments in Carbon Dioxide Removal

    • carbon removal
    • Climate
    A researcher collects sediment from a patch of mangroves to study its carbon sequestration rate. Mixing ground rock with sand locks away carbon dioxide while also restoring eroded coastlines.
    • carbon removal
    • Climate
    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
    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

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