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    Climate
    Insights
    May 25, 2023

    4 Shifts Needed to Create a Carbon-free Power System

    • GHG emissions
    • Climate Equity
    • climate change
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    Wind turbines and solar power panels
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate Equity
    • climate change
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    January 11, 2023

    In Iloilo City, Philippines, an Inclusive Housing Program Protects Vulnerable Communities from Flood Risks

    • Climate Resilience
    • sea level rise
    • Urban Development
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    This housing in Iloilo City, Philippines was built to provide safe shelter to people previously living in flood zones.
    • Climate Resilience
    • sea level rise
    • Urban Development
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    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
    Climate
    Insights
    May 25, 2021

    What Is Carbon Lock-in and How Can We Avoid It?

    • GHG emissions
    • fossil fuels
    • infrastructure
    • power plants
    • National Climate Action
    • COP26
    A power plant with wind mills and a smoke column in the center.
    • GHG emissions
    • fossil fuels
    • infrastructure
    • power plants
    • National Climate Action
    • COP26
    Climate
    Insights
    April 10, 2020

    5 Visible Signs of Climate Change in Antarctica

    • climate science
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    Climate
    Insights
    February 5, 2020

    Runways Underwater: Maps Show Where Rising Seas Threaten 80 Airports Around the World

    • Climate
    • climate change
    • sea level rise
    Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • sea level rise
    Climate
    Insights
    December 20, 2019

    6 Ways the Climate Changed Over the Past Decade

    • climate science
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • extreme weather
    • sea level rise
    Iceberg with hole
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • extreme weather
    • sea level rise
    Asia
    Insights
    December 2, 2019

    China Faces 4 Big Risks if it Continues Building More Coal Plants

    • Energy
    • fossil fuels
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    • Energy
    • fossil fuels
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    October 10, 2019

    Pennsylvania is Joining RGGI. Here’s Why That Matters

    • Energy
    • electric grid
    • GHG emissions
    • power plants
    Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania
    • Energy
    • electric grid
    • GHG emissions
    • power plants
    Climate
    Oceania
    Insights
    May 9, 2019

    From Mangroves to Tin Roofs: Fiji Uses Built and Natural Infrastructure for Climate Adaptation

    • Climate Resilience
    • natural infrastructure
    • health
    • sea level rise
    • water pollution
    A house on stilts on the outskirts of Lautoka City, Fiji
    • Climate Resilience
    • natural infrastructure
    • health
    • sea level rise
    • water pollution
    Climate
    Insights
    January 17, 2019

    This Month in Climate Science: Emissions at All-time High, Extremer Weather, Bad Report Card for the Arctic

    • this month in climate science
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • this month in climate science
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    Climate
    Insights
    November 19, 2018

    This Month in Climate Science: Rising Beer Prices, Eroding World Heritage Sites and Disappearing Birds

    • this month in climate science
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    Barley fields
    • this month in climate science
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    Climate
    Insights
    July 19, 2018

    This Month in Climate Science: Faster Antarctic Melt, Slower-Moving Storms and Disappearing Artifacts

    • this month in climate science
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica
    • this month in climate science
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    January 16, 2018

    40% of India’s Thermal Power Plants Are in Water-Scarce Areas, Threatening Shutdowns

    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • mapping
    • power plants
    • water risk
    India power plant
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • mapping
    • power plants
    • water risk
    Climate
    Insights
    January 5, 2018

    Billion-Dollar Disasters to Disappearing Ice: 2017 Was a Year of Record-Breaking Climate Events

    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • greenhouse gases
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    Hurricane Maria
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • greenhouse gases
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    Energy
    Insights
    January 4, 2018

    Power Plants Use Water, But We Have No Idea How Much

    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • fossil fuels
    • mapping
    • power plants
    • water risk
    Power plant in Germany
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • fossil fuels
    • mapping
    • power plants
    • water risk
    Climate
    Asia Latin America
    Insights
    September 5, 2017

    Keeping Heads Above Water: Lessons for Building Resilience After Flooding in South Asia and Texas

    • floods
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • sea level rise
    • water pollution
    Escapees from hurricane flooding.
    • floods
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • sea level rise
    • water pollution
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    July 26, 2017

    Droughts and Blackouts: How Water Shortages Cost India Enough Energy to Power Sri Lanka

    • Freshwater
    • Energy
    • power plants
    • water risk
    A power plant in India.
    • Freshwater
    • Energy
    • power plants
    • water risk
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    March 13, 2017

    Rolling Back the Clean Power Plan Is a Losing Proposition for America

    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • fossil fuels
    • Economics
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    Installing solar panels
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • fossil fuels
    • Economics
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    Insights
    January 19, 2017

    No Evidence for Scott Pruitt’s Claims that U.S. Clean Power Plan Will Make Electricity Unaffordable

    • Economics
    • U.S. policy
    • power plants
    coal plant
    • Economics
    • U.S. policy
    • power plants

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