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    Climate Governance development human rights Insights
    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
    Finance
    Insights
    April 17, 2024

    Development Banks Are Starting to Spark Climate Action. Will They Complete the Task?

    • Climate
    • Finance
    • adaptation finance
    • development
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    Setting up a solar-powered water pump to pump groundwater in Ethiopia.
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • adaptation finance
    • development
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 1, 2024

    Ocean Carbon Removal Is Uncharted Territory. The US Can Help Change That

    • carbon removal
    • Ocean
    • Climate Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    A scientist takes a soil sample to measure carbon sequestration in a seagrass bed.
    • carbon removal
    • Ocean
    • Climate Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    Freshwater
    Insights
    November 6, 2023

    5 Takeaways for Companies Setting Science-based Freshwater Targets

    • science based targets
    • water risk
    • Water Security
    • Aqueduct
    A person wearing a hat sits on the rocks overlooking Laguna Churup in Peru.
    • science based targets
    • water risk
    • Water Security
    • Aqueduct
    Climate
    Insights
    October 24, 2023

    Launching a Climate Coalition? Learn from Existing Ones First

    • Climate
    • COP28
    • Climate Governance
    Three workers stand in between solar panels on top of a mountain.
    • Climate
    • COP28
    • Climate Governance
    Freshwater
    Insights
    October 20, 2023

    The Next Phase of Corporate Sustainability: Addressing Consumer Water Use

    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • Water Security
    • water risk
    Washing dishes.
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • Water Security
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    Insights
    August 16, 2023

    25 Countries, Housing One-quarter of the Population, Face Extremely High Water Stress

    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • Aqueduct
    • water risk
    Women collect water near Arba Minch, Gamo Gofa Zone, Ethiopia,
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • Aqueduct
    • water risk
    Climate
    Insights
    January 26, 2023

    To Shift Away from Oil and Gas, Developing Countries Need a ‘Just Transition’ to Protect Workers and Communities

    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • Climate Governance
    • greenhouse gases
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    A gas extracting plant in Ukraine.
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • Climate Governance
    • greenhouse gases
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    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
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    September 7, 2022

    Decarbonizing US Industry: 3 Questions, Answered

    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • low carbon development
    A cement works plant against the backdrop of a cloudy sky
    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • low carbon development
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    August 12, 2022

    After Inflation Reduction Act: 5 Ways to Hit the US Emissions Goal

    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • climate policy
    • U.S. policy
    • renewable energy
    • electric grid
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Transmission
    A construction worker carries a solar panel across a house roof for installation
    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • climate policy
    • U.S. policy
    • renewable energy
    • electric grid
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Transmission
    Climate
    Insights
    March 10, 2022

    5 Ways the Glasgow Climate Pact Aims to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

    • Climate
    • climate change
    • Climate Governance
    • international climate policy
    • COP26
    An aerial view of a grid of solar panels.
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • Climate Governance
    • international climate policy
    • COP26
    Freshwater
    Insights
    January 18, 2022

    To Tackle Water Risk, Agribusinesses Need to Look to Their Supply Chains

    • water risk
    • agriculture
    • Aqueduct
    Crop irrigation in an agricultural field
    • water risk
    • agriculture
    • Aqueduct
    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
    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
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    August 18, 2021

    3 Benefits of Women’s Collective Land Rights

    • Gender
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • land rights
    • human rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    An all-women community forest user group in Nepal.
    • Gender
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • land rights
    • human rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Climate
    Insights
    April 6, 2021

    A Just Transition to a Zero-carbon World Is Possible. Here’s How.

    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • human rights
    • renewable energy
    • COP26
    two men installing solar panels
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • human rights
    • renewable energy
    • COP26
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    February 11, 2021

    5 Lessons for Securing Women’s Collective Land Rights

    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Community forest
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    January 28, 2021

    4 Climate Finance Priorities for the Biden Administration

    • Climate
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • development
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    • multilateral development banks
    View of the White House and surrounding Washington, D.C. streets from above.
    • Climate
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • development
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    • multilateral development banks
    Cities
    Africa Latin America
    Insights
    December 18, 2020

    Developing Cities Need Cash. Land Value Capture Can Help

    • Cities
    • infrastructure
    • land use
    • development
    • Finance
    • Urban Development
    People walk on and around an outdoor escalator at a train station in Shenzhen.
    • Cities
    • infrastructure
    • land use
    • development
    • Finance
    • Urban Development

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