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    Freshwater
    Insights
    January 10, 2024

    More Critical Minerals Mining Could Strain Water Supplies in Stressed Regions

    • Freshwater
    • water pollution
    • water quality
    • Water Quality
    Workers extracting lithium in Bolivia.
    • Freshwater
    • water pollution
    • water quality
    • Water Quality
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    January 2, 2024

    India’s Shift to Low-carbon Construction Must Not Leave Workers Behind

    • Buildings
    • low carbon development
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    Construction workers in colorful clothes stand near a cement mixer.
    • Buildings
    • low carbon development
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    Forests
    Insights
    July 20, 2023

    Wood Is Not the Climate-friendly Building Material Some Claim it to Be

    • Food
    • land use
    • Climate
    • commodities
    • Buildings
    unloading log truck at lumber processing mill
    • Food
    • land use
    • Climate
    • commodities
    • Buildings
    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
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    September 23, 2022

    The Health, Economic and Community Benefits of Zero-carbon Buildings

    • Climate
    • Buildings
    • Cities
    • renewable energy
    An apartment building roof in Manhattan has been converted to offer residents the opportunity to garden.
    • Climate
    • Buildings
    • Cities
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 10, 2022

    How the US Can Speed its Shift to Climate-smart Infrastructure

    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • Climate
    • Buildings
    • infrastructure
    • carbon removal
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    Electric vehicle charging station in Austin, TX
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • Climate
    • Buildings
    • infrastructure
    • carbon removal
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    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
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    March 12, 2021

    Unpacking the US CLEAN Future Act

    • Buildings
    • coronavirus
    • net-zero emissions
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • energy efficiency
    • environmental justice
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    The United States Capitol Building at night.
    • Buildings
    • coronavirus
    • net-zero emissions
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • energy efficiency
    • environmental justice
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    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
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    October 22, 2020

    Pollution Is a Racial Justice Issue. Let’s Fight it that Way.

    • human rights
    • pollution
    Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate
    • human rights
    • pollution
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    October 15, 2020

    Mongolia Shows How to Fight for Environmental Justice

    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • pollution
    Mongolia
    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • pollution
    Forests
    Insights
    September 23, 2020

    How Forests Near or Far Can Protect Water for Cities

    • Freshwater
    • Water Security
    • Cities
    • Forests
    • water pollution
    A view of Hong Kong from the edge of a forest.
    • Freshwater
    • Water Security
    • Cities
    • Forests
    • water pollution
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    September 21, 2020

    Rural Women Must Be at the Heart of COVID-19 Response and Recovery

    • Equity & Governance
    • coronavirus
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Manioc farmer
    • Equity & Governance
    • coronavirus
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    September 14, 2020

    Local Climate Action in US Proves Resilient to COVID-19

    • Climate
    • Buildings
    • Climate Resilience
    • coronavirus
    • GHG emissions
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    A windmill with a cloudy sky in the background.
    • Climate
    • Buildings
    • Climate Resilience
    • coronavirus
    • GHG emissions
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    Ocean
    Insights
    August 17, 2020

    The Impact of Organized Crime in Fisheries Extends Far Beyond the Ocean

    • sustainable development goals
    • fisheries
    • human rights
    • Ocean
    A small fishing boat floating in the ocean.
    • sustainable development goals
    • fisheries
    • human rights
    • Ocean
    Europe
    Insights
    June 2, 2020

    Europe Charts a Course for Sustainable Recovery from COVID-19

    • Buildings
    • Climate Resilience
    • coronavirus
    • land use
    • renewable energy
    EU Parliament, Strasbourg, France
    • Buildings
    • Climate Resilience
    • coronavirus
    • land use
    • renewable energy
    Energy
    Insights
    March 3, 2020

    Will Mexico Rise to the Zero-carbon Buildings Challenge?

    • Cities
    • Buildings
    Mexico City skyline
    • Cities
    • Buildings
    Freshwater
    Insights
    December 5, 2019

    We Predicted Where Violent Conflicts Will Occur in 2020. Water Is Often a Factor

    • Water Security
    • human rights
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Mali water
    • Water Security
    • human rights
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 27, 2019

    Chile’s Protests Offer Lessons on Social Inequality and Climate Action

    • Climate
    • COP25
    • Climate Equity
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • poverty
    Protests in Santiago, Chile
    • Climate
    • COP25
    • Climate Equity
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • poverty

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