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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
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It’s About Time: The Climate Community Invests in Securing Community Land

  • land rights
  • COP26
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
A large patch of lemongrass in the Chisapani Community Forest
  • land rights
  • COP26
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
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COP26: Key Outcomes From the UN Climate Talks in Glasgow 

  • COP26
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • adaptation finance
  • climate finance
  • NDC
  • COP27
12/11/2021. Glasgow, United Kingdom. The Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP, President of the 26th United Nations Climate Conference (COP26) hosts the 26th UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow. The COP26 summit looks to bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
  • COP26
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • adaptation finance
  • climate finance
  • NDC
  • COP27
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Why the Green Climate Fund Should Give Developing Countries Greater Direct Access to Finance

  • Green Climate Fund
  • climate finance
  • Climate
  • COP26
  • Paying for Paris
Wetland restoration in Peru
  • Green Climate Fund
  • climate finance
  • Climate
  • COP26
  • Paying for Paris
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2021 Must Be a Turning Point for Forests. 2020 Data Shows Us Why

  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • COP26
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • COP26

4 Ways Indigenous and Community Lands Help Fight Climate Change

  • Climate
  • Forests
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • land rights
  • COP26
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate
  • Forests
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • land rights
  • COP26
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
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This Interactive Chart Shows Changes in the World's Top 10 Emitters

  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • data
  • GHG emissions
  • International Climate Action
  • COP26
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
A smokestack of a garbage incineration plant against the backdrop of the city
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • data
  • GHG emissions
  • International Climate Action
  • COP26
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
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5 Big Findings from the IPCC’s 2021 Climate Report

  • Energy
  • climate impacts
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate science
  • Paris Agreement
  • COP26
Motorcycle on flooded street
  • Energy
  • climate impacts
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate science
  • Paris Agreement
  • COP26
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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
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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
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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
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The Next Phase of Corporate Sustainability: Addressing Consumer Water Use

  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • Water Security
  • water risk
Washing dishes.
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • Water Security
  • water risk
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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What Does "Net-Zero Emissions" Mean? 8 Common Questions, Answered

  • climate science
  • carbon removal
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
  • greenhouse gases
  • COP26
  • COP28
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
  • COP28
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Investors: Sustainable Finance Demands More than Just Cutting Carbon

  • climate investment funds
  • climate finance
Rampion Offshore Wind Farm in the United Kingdom.
  • climate investment funds
  • climate finance