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    Climate Insights
    Climate
    Insights
    November 27, 2024

    Key Outcomes from COP29: Unpacking the New Global Climate Finance Goal and Beyond

    • Climate
    • COP29
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • International Climate Action
    • UNFCCC
    • National Climate Action
    • NDC
    • adaptation
    People walk under an ornate archway labeled "COP29."
    • Climate
    • COP29
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • International Climate Action
    • UNFCCC
    • National Climate Action
    • NDC
    • adaptation
    Cities
    Europe
    Insights
    November 27, 2024

    Europe’s Cities Should Prepare for Hotter, More Hazardous Days Ahead

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • climate change
    • health
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    People stand near a fountain during a London heat wave.
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • climate change
    • health
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Forests
    Insights
    November 25, 2024

    Finance for Women Is Key to Restoring Africa’s Degraded Lands

    • restoration
    • Gender
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    A member of the Paran Women Group at a tree planting site on the slopes of the Mau Forest in Narok County, Kenya.
    • restoration
    • Gender
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Finance
    Insights
    November 19, 2024

    Getting a New Climate Finance Deal this Week Hinges on 3 Elements

    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • Climate
    • COP29
    COP29 banner in Baku, Azerbaijan
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • Climate
    • COP29
    Finance
    Insights
    November 14, 2024

    Multilateral Development Bank Climate Finance: The Good, Bad and the Urgent

    • climate finance
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    • adaptation finance
    • COP29
    Workers installing solar panels.
    • climate finance
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    • adaptation finance
    • COP29
    Food
    Europe
    Insights
    November 12, 2024

    Denmark’s Groundbreaking Agriculture Climate Policy Sets Strong Example for the World

    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • pollution
    • COP29
    • greenhouse gases
    A farmer watches over his cows as they eat.
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • pollution
    • COP29
    • greenhouse gases
    Finance
    Insights
    November 7, 2024

    China Is Providing Billions in Climate Finance to Developing Countries

    • climate finance
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • COP29
    Large solar field with workers.
    • climate finance
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • COP29
    Climate
    Insights
    November 4, 2024

    By the Numbers: The Climate Action We Need This Decade

    • Climate
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • Buildings
    • net-zero emissions
    • industry
    • transportation
    • Forests
    • Food
    • agriculture
    • carbon removal
    • COP29
    • data visualization
    • climatewatch-pinned
    People cycling on bike lanes in São Paulo, Brazil.
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • Buildings
    • net-zero emissions
    • industry
    • transportation
    • Forests
    • Food
    • agriculture
    • carbon removal
    • COP29
    • data visualization
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    October 31, 2024

    Empowering Justice40: How Community-Based Organizations Are Driving Environmental Justice Forward

    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate
    • environmental justice
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    Students from the Detroit Community School paint a mural.
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate
    • environmental justice
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    Climate
    Insights
    October 29, 2024

    Will COP29 Unlock a New Era of Action? What to Watch at the 2024 Climate Summit

    • COP29
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • International Climate Action
    • National Climate Action
    A man sits underneath a large solar panel at a solar power plant.
    • COP29
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • International Climate Action
    • National Climate Action
    Freshwater
    Insights
    October 16, 2024

    One-Quarter of World’s Crops Threatened by Water Risks

    • Food
    • agriculture
    • Water Security
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • data visualization
    Sugarcane farm in Brazil.
    • Food
    • agriculture
    • Water Security
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • data visualization
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    September 17, 2024

    What Would Cities Look Like With 3 Degrees C of Warming vs. 1.5? Far More Hazardous and Vastly Unequal

    • Cities
    • Climate
    • Equity & Governance
    • climate change
    • health
    • data visualization
    A woman carries water during a blistering hot day in New Delhi, India.
    • Cities
    • Climate
    • Equity & Governance
    • climate change
    • health
    • data visualization
    Climate
    Insights
    September 17, 2024

    Why the Next 3 Months Are Critical for People, Nature and Climate

    • Climate
    • COP29
    • COP16
    • NDC
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Villagers plant trees in southern Ethiopia
    • Climate
    • COP29
    • COP16
    • NDC
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Finance
    Insights
    September 17, 2024

    Which Countries Should Pay for International Climate Finance?

    • COP29
    • climate finance
    • development
    • Climate
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • Paying for Paris
    Solar panels at a market in Nigeria
    • COP29
    • climate finance
    • development
    • Climate
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • Paying for Paris
    Climate
    Insights
    August 14, 2024

    What 2024’s Historic Elections Could Mean for the Climate

    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • COP29
    • international climate policy
    • climate policy
    People cast their votes in Mexico's presidential election in June, 2024.
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • COP29
    • international climate policy
    • climate policy
    Forests
    Insights
    August 13, 2024

    The Latest Data Confirms: Forest Fires Are Getting Worse

    • deforestation
    • fires
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate science
    Forest fire in Borneo, Indonesia
    • deforestation
    • fires
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate science
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    August 6, 2024

    Can Clean Hydrogen Fuel a Clean Energy Future?

    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Hydrogen
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • low carbon development
    • industry
    • FIGI
    A hydrogen pipeline.
    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Hydrogen
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • low carbon development
    • industry
    • FIGI
    Climate
    Africa Latin America
    Insights
    August 5, 2024

    What Are Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and Why Are They Important?

    • NDC
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • GHG emissions
    • adaptation
    • climate finance
    • COP29
    • climatewatch-pinned
    People walk on a bridge over wetlands with windmills in the distance.
    • NDC
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • GHG emissions
    • adaptation
    • climate finance
    • COP29
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 30, 2024

    Tracking Progress: Climate Action Under the Biden Administration

    • National Climate Action
    • Tracking Climate Action
    • Climate
    • carbon removal
    • climatewatch-pinned
    President Joe Biden visits Flatirons Campus of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Arvada, Colorado.
    • National Climate Action
    • Tracking Climate Action
    • Climate
    • carbon removal
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 17, 2024

    Cutting-Edge Projects Aim to Decarbonize US Cement Emissions

    • industry
    • U.S. Climate
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • GHG emissions
    • mapping
    • FIGI
    People wearing construction vests and hard hats look out at the Fortera cement plant.
    • industry
    • U.S. Climate
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • GHG emissions
    • mapping
    • FIGI

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