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    Climate
    Insights
    November 21, 2019

    Which Countries Will Step Up Climate Commitments in 2020? What We Know Now

    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP25
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    Madrid
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP25
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    Insights
    November 11, 2019

    PODCAST: Solutions to the Global Water Crisis

    • Aqueduct
    • podcasts
    • Freshwater
    A man at work in a rice paddy in Goa, India. Photo by Marc Roberts/Flickr
    • Aqueduct
    • podcasts
    • Freshwater
    Climate
    Insights
    October 16, 2019

    Everything You Need to Know About the Fastest-Growing Source of Global Emissions: Transport

    • Energy
    • Cities
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • Urban Mobility
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • transportation
    Road emissions are the biggest subset of transport emissions.
    • Energy
    • Cities
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • Urban Mobility
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • transportation
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    October 7, 2019

    Climate Change Is Hurting Africa’s Water Sector, but Investing in Water Can Pay Off

    • Climate Resilience
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
    • Water Security
    • natural infrastructure
    • water risk
    Improving water management in African countries can improve climate resilience. Here, Waretu Abera, Head of Ethiopia's Water Land Resource Centre, stands by a stream. Photo by Panos Pictures/Food and Land Use Coalition.
    • Climate Resilience
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
    • Water Security
    • natural infrastructure
    • water risk
    Climate
    Insights
    September 20, 2019

    Which Countries Will Strengthen Their National Climate Commitments (NDCs) by 2020?

    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Solomon Islands
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Climate
    Insights
    September 17, 2019

    Which Countries Have Long-term Strategies to Reduce Emissions?

    • Climate
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • long-term strategies
    • Climate
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • long-term strategies
    Climate
    Insights
    July 29, 2019

    5 Questions About Agricultural Emissions, Answered

    • Food
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • data
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    Beef comprise a significant portion of agricultural emissions.
    • Food
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • data
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    June 25, 2019

    How Does a Flood-prone City Run Out of Water? Inside Chennai’s “Day Zero” Crisis

    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • Water Security
    • Urban Development
    • water risk
    Chennai
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • Water Security
    • Urban Development
    • water risk
    Food
    Insights
    June 4, 2019

    5 Ways to Put Food on a Water Diet

    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • water risk
    African woman watering garden
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • water risk
    Insights
    June 4, 2019

    EU Leaders Face Critical Vote on Climate Neutrality, Paris Agreement Commitment

    • long-term strategies
    • National Climate Action
    • Sustainable Development Goal 17
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • UNFCCC
    • climatewatch-pinned
    EU Flag
    • long-term strategies
    • National Climate Action
    • Sustainable Development Goal 17
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • UNFCCC
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Climate
    Insights
    December 5, 2018

    Here's Poland's Recent History on Climate—and How They Can Steer the Future at COP24

    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP24
    A power plant in Silesia, the coal-producing region where COP24 meets.
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP24
    Climate
    Insights
    November 28, 2018

    More than One-Third of National Climate Plans Aren’t Easily Measured

    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Climate
    Wind turbines
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Climate
    Freshwater
    Insights
    November 5, 2018

    UN Security Council Examines the Connection Between Water Risk and Political Conflict

    • Aqueduct
    • human rights
    • United Nations
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    SDF fighters in central Raqqa
    • Aqueduct
    • human rights
    • United Nations
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    Insights
    August 27, 2018

    Water Is a Source of Growing Tension and Violence in the Middle East

    • Aqueduct
    • Water Security
    • drought
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • Aqueduct
    • Water Security
    • drought
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Climate
    Insights
    May 29, 2018

    7 Signs of Progress: A Year of National Climate Action

    • Energy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • fossil fuels
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    Electric vehicles
    • Energy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • fossil fuels
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    Energy
    Insights
    May 10, 2018

    These 20 Water-Stressed Countries Have the Most Solar and Wind Potential

    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • electric grid
    • renewable energy
    • water risk
    Solar panels in Utah
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • electric grid
    • renewable energy
    • water risk
    Asia
    Insights
    April 26, 2018

    Drop by Drop, Better Management Makes Dents in China’s Water Stress

    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • mapping
    • water risk
    Yellow River, China
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • mapping
    • water risk
    Climate
    Insights
    April 11, 2018

    Water Stress Threatens Nearly Half the World’s Thermal Power Plant Capacity

    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • fossil fuels
    • water risk
    Kolubara A thermal power plant in Serbia.
    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • fossil fuels
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    Europe Asia
    Insights
    April 11, 2018

    It's Not Just Cape Town: 4 Shrinking Reservoirs to Watch

    • Aqueduct
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • mapping
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Al Massira dam, Morocco
    • Aqueduct
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • mapping
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Climate
    Insights
    April 2, 2018

    5 Charts Show How Global Emissions Have Changed Since 1850

    • climatewatch-pinned
    Smokestacks at Vattenfall in Germany. Wikimedia/Derganaue
    • climatewatch-pinned

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