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Zero-emission Zones Are Helping Some Cities Fight Pollution

  • electric mobility
  • net-zero emissions
  • Air Quality
  • transportation
  • Urban Mobility
A sign signals a Zero Emission Zone in Oxford, England.
  • electric mobility
  • net-zero emissions
  • Air Quality
  • transportation
  • Urban Mobility
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Next-generation Climate Targets: A 5-Point Plan for NDCs

  • NDC
  • net-zero emissions
  • GHG emissions
  • climatewatch-pinned
Boy washing rooftop solar panel.
  • NDC
  • net-zero emissions
  • GHG emissions
  • climatewatch-pinned

How "Complete Streets" Are Creating Safer, More Sustainable Cities in Brazil

  • Cities
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Transformations
  • Urban Development
People cross the street in Belo Horizonte
  • Cities
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Transformations
  • Urban Development
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Tracking Climate Action: How the World Can Still Limit Warming to 1.5 Degrees C

  • GHG emissions
  • net-zero emissions
  • transportation
  • carbon removal
  • Food
  • conservation
  • climate finance
  • International Climate Action
  • National Climate Action
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
  • deforestation
People walking on a boardwalk with trees and wind turbines in front of them.
  • GHG emissions
  • net-zero emissions
  • transportation
  • carbon removal
  • Food
  • conservation
  • climate finance
  • International Climate Action
  • National Climate Action
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
  • deforestation
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7 Things to Know About Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration

  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • carbon removal
  • COP28
Smoke billows from a coal power plant that uses carbon capture technology. Yellow flowers and trees surround the front of the factory.
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • carbon removal
  • COP28
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Smoke pours from a cargo ship sailing past a group of fishermen on a pier.
  • Ocean
  • net-zero emissions
  • transportation
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5 Shifts Needed to Decarbonize Industry

  • industry
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • Tracking Climate Action
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • climatewatch-pinned
A family walks past an industrial harbor.
  • industry
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • Tracking Climate Action
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • climatewatch-pinned
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5 Countries Taking Action to Reach Net-Zero Targets

  • net-zero emissions
  • greenhouse gases
  • climate policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate finance
  • climatewatch-pinned
A wind farm in Denmark is surrounded by blue seawater.
  • net-zero emissions
  • greenhouse gases
  • climate policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate finance
  • climatewatch-pinned
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Cities Need a Systems-change Approach to Build Climate-resilient Communities

  • Urban Transformations
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Mobility
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Climate Resilience
Looking down at city buildings, some with green roofs and the street below.
  • Urban Transformations
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Mobility
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Climate Resilience
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5 Things to Know About Carbon Mineralization As a Carbon Removal Strategy

  • Climate
  • carbon removal
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • climatewatch-pinned
omani village and al-hajar mountain landscape in musandam peninsula
  • Climate
  • carbon removal
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • climatewatch-pinned
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3 Reasons Why Countries Must Take Faster Action to Reduce Short-lived Climate Pollutants

  • pollution
  • net-zero emissions
  • GHG emissions
  • food security
  • health
  • NDC
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
Man wearing a face mask rides a bicycle on a foggy day.
  • pollution
  • net-zero emissions
  • GHG emissions
  • food security
  • health
  • NDC
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28

In Barranquilla, Colombia, Urban Parks Revitalize a Declining City

  • Cities
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Urban Transformations
Parque Sagrado Corazon in Barranquilla, Colombia
  • Cities
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Urban Transformations
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Closing the Emissions Gap: A Climate Action Roadmap for Limiting Warming to 1.5 Degrees C

  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • net-zero emissions
  • transportation
  • carbon removal
  • Food
  • conservation
  • climate finance
  • International Climate Action
  • National Climate Action
  • climatewatch-pinned
Wind turbines on coastline.
  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • net-zero emissions
  • transportation
  • carbon removal
  • Food
  • conservation
  • climate finance
  • International Climate Action
  • National Climate Action
  • climatewatch-pinned
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Where Do We Stand on COP26 Climate Promises? A Progress Report

  • NDC
  • climate finance
  • net-zero emissions
  • electric mobility
  • renewable energy
  • Cities
  • Climate Resilience
  • Forests
  • climatewatch-pinned
A group of volunteers plant mangroves
  • NDC
  • climate finance
  • net-zero emissions
  • electric mobility
  • renewable energy
  • Cities
  • Climate Resilience
  • Forests
  • climatewatch-pinned
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5 Cities Show How to Thrive in Turbulent Times

  • Urban Development
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Transformations
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
Children playing in a neighborhood park in Barranquilla, Colombia.
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Transformations
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
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6 Things to Know About Direct Air Capture

  • carbon removal
  • land use
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • Energy
  • Freshwater
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Direct Air Capture
Climeworks founder C.Gebald & J.Wurzbacher in front of Climeworks plant
  • carbon removal
  • land use
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • Energy
  • Freshwater
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Direct Air Capture

Building Direct Air Capture Responsibly from the Ground Up

  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • carbon removal
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Direct Air Capture
Climeworks direct air capture plant with mountains
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • carbon removal
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Direct Air Capture
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3 Essentials to Make Climate Action Stick

  • renewable energy
  • fossil fuels
  • net-zero emissions
  • Paris Agreement
  • environmental justice
A man installs solar panels
  • renewable energy
  • fossil fuels
  • net-zero emissions
  • Paris Agreement
  • environmental justice
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How are Countries Counting on Carbon Removal to Meet Climate Goals?

  • Climate
  • carbon removal
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  Climeworks’ first commercial direct air capture (DAC) plant, based in Hinwil, Switzerland.
  • Climate
  • carbon removal
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)

What to Know About 5 Big Plans for US Carbon Removal

  • carbon removal
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • U.S. Climate
The Lolo National Forest planted 530,500 seedlings across 2,536 acres.
  • carbon removal
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • U.S. Climate