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    greenhouse gas accounting nature-based solutions Insights
    Climate
    Insights
    March 7, 2024

    What Are Greenhouse Gas Accounting and Corporate Climate Disclosures? 6 Questions, Answered

    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • GHG Protocol
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    Workers standing in front of shipping containers.
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • GHG Protocol
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    Freshwater
    Insights
    December 13, 2023

    3 Cutting-Edge Satellite Technologies Showcase Nature’s Impact on Water

    • nature-based solutions
    • water quality
    • forest monitoring
    People in a boat on the Revantazon River in Costa Rica.
    • nature-based solutions
    • water quality
    • forest monitoring
    Climate
    Insights
    December 4, 2023

    What Exactly Are "Nature-based Solutions”?

    • nature-based solutions
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • biodiversity
    • natural infrastructure
    A woman reaches up to tend to a tree she's planted.
    • nature-based solutions
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • biodiversity
    • natural infrastructure
    Ocean
    Insights
    September 20, 2023

    The Ocean Can Play a Bigger Role in Fighting Climate Change than Previously Thought

    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • nature-based solutions
    Groups of people are scattered across a large, sandy beach on a sunny day with floating wind turbines in the background.
    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • nature-based solutions
    Cities
    Insights
    August 10, 2023

    As the Earth Gets Hotter, Can Our Cities Get Cooler?

    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • nature-based solutions
    A line of tourists await the use of the fountain at the base of Rome’s Spanish Steps to cool off.
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • nature-based solutions
    Food
    Insights
    July 20, 2023

    How to Manage the Global Land Squeeze? Produce, Protect, Reduce, Restore

    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • nature-based solutions
    • conservation
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    An aerial view of a section of rain forest cleared for agriculture.
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • nature-based solutions
    • conservation
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Ocean
    Insights
    June 28, 2023

    How Blue Carbon Can Tackle the Climate, Biodiversity and Development Crises

    • Ocean
    • climate change
    • carbon removal
    • nature-based solutions
    Underwater shot of a mangrove root system in clear tropical waters.
    • Ocean
    • climate change
    • carbon removal
    • nature-based solutions
    Forests
    Insights
    April 14, 2023

    Restoring Degraded Forests Could Bring Back Lost Rainfall, Cooler Temperatures

    • Forests
    • restoration
    • nature-based solutions
    • deforestation
    • Freshwater
    • Climate
    Men planting a tree.
    • Forests
    • restoration
    • nature-based solutions
    • deforestation
    • Freshwater
    • Climate
    Cities
    Insights
    February 15, 2023

    5 Priorities for Urban Climate Action in 2023 and Beyond

    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • Freshwater
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • nature-based solutions
    • poverty
    • human rights
    A new electric bus in New Delhi, India
    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • Freshwater
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • nature-based solutions
    • poverty
    • human rights
    Climate
    Insights
    May 3, 2022

    How to Scale Up Nature-based Solutions for Adaptation

    • Climate
    • nature-based solutions
    Restoring mangroves in coastal Thailand.
    • Climate
    • nature-based solutions
    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
    Insights
    December 2, 2019

    What You Need to Know About Article 6 of the Paris Agreement

    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Wind turbines in Southern California
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    August 19, 2019

    Hundreds of US Communities Are Making Climate Action Plans, but Few Include Forests

    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • Forests
    Angeles National Forest
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • Forests
    Business
    Insights
    August 28, 2018

    The World Is Burning. Here Are 5 Things Companies Should Do About It.

    • Sustainable Development Goal 8
    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    Wildfire in California.
    • Sustainable Development Goal 8
    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    Climate
    Insights
    April 11, 2017

    This Interactive Chart Explains World’s Top 10 Emitters, and How They’ve Changed

    • climatewatch-pinned
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Data Visualization of GHG Emissions
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Business
    Insights
    March 2, 2017

    4 Ways Companies Can Show Climate Leadership

    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    Canary Wharf
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    Climate
    Insights
    December 14, 2016

    3 Reasons Why Fossil Fuel Companies Should Disclose Their Reserves

    • Energy
    • Business
    • climate science
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    Coal Barge
    • Energy
    • Business
    • climate science
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    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
    Insights
    May 6, 2016

    Setting Science-Based Emissions Targets: 5 Companies Offer Lessons for Success

    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    Renewable energy in Enkenbach-Alsenborn
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    Freshwater
    Insights
    April 6, 2016

    Companies Could Profit from Setting Water Targets Informed by Science

    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • climate science
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Irrigation System
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • climate science
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • Freshwater
    • water risk

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