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    April 13, 2014

    Analyzing the IPCC Report: 6 Things You Need to Know About Reducing Emissions

    • climate science
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    The new IPCC report shows that it's still possible to limit average global temperature rise to 2°C, but only with ambitious action. Photo credit: Photon Energy, Flickr
    • climate science
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    April 11, 2014

    What Is the Role for Transformation in Adaptation?

    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • climate science
    Authors of a paper on transformational adaptation have deemed the development of wheat-resistant maize in Africa “transformative." Photo credit: WorldFish, Flickr 2012
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • climate science
    Climate
    Insights
    April 10, 2014

    Q&A with Dr. Karin Kemper: How Is the World Bank Addressing Climate Change?

    • Energy
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • international climate policy
    • multilateral development banks
    Dr. Kemper shared plans to more fully incorporate sustainability—including climate change mitigation and adaptation—into its international development agenda. Photo credit: Dhilung Kirat, Flickr 2008
    • Energy
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • international climate policy
    • multilateral development banks
    Finance
    Insights
    April 9, 2014

    Making Adaptation Finance Work

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • international climate policy
    Channeling and targeting funding effectively is a major challenge to reaching people who are most vulnerable to climate change. Photo credit: International Rivers, Flickr 2008
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • international climate policy
    Finance
    Insights
    April 2, 2014

    Injecting Urgency into the World Bank's Climate Change Efforts

    • Climate
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • multilateral development banks
    • Plans for the Metro Colombo Urban Development project in Colombo, Sri Lanka, acknowledge that the metro area is highly vulnerable to flooding. Photo credit: Travlr, Flickr 2006
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • multilateral development banks
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    April 1, 2014

    How to Address Risk and Make Progress on Climate and Development

    • Energy
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • climate science
    Climate impacts will also take their toll on urban dwellers, especially the poor who are at risk of rising seas and extreme weather events. For example, low-lying cities, like Mumbai and Kolkata, face significant threats from coastal flooding and storm surge. Photo credit: Dennis Jarvis, Flickr 2007
    • Energy
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • climate science
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    March 20, 2014

    Open Data: A New Tool for Building Climate Resilience

    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • data
    • extreme weather
    • sea level rise
    In 2012 alone, extreme weather events caused more than $110 billion in damages and claimed more than 300 lives. Photo credit: Randy Le'Moine, Flickr 2012
    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • data
    • extreme weather
    • sea level rise
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    March 19, 2014

    5 Questions with Vivek Adhia: A New Program for Measuring India’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions

    • Energy
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • GHG Protocol
    • greenhouse gases
    The India GHG Program provides Indian businesses with tools and technical assistance to measure emissions, identify reduction opportunities, establish short- and long-term reduction goals, and track progress. Photo credit: joiseyshowaa, Flickr 2008
    • Energy
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • GHG Protocol
    • greenhouse gases
    Climate
    Insights
    March 13, 2014

    New Initiative Will Identify Ways to Create an Effective and Ambitious International Climate Action Agreement

    • International Climate Action
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    • UNFCCC
    ACT 2015 will conduct research on ways the agreement can help countries effectively reduce emissions, adapt to the impacts of climate change, finance the transition to a low-carbon economy, create transparency about individual countries’ climate actions, and ensure equity. Photo credit: Steve Vance, Flickr 2012
    • International Climate Action
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Insights
    March 12, 2014

    Post-2020 Emissions-Reduction Contribution: Which Time Frame Should We Choose?

    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • international climate policy
    • transportation
    • UNFCCC
    Exceeding a target global temperature rise below 2°C would put the world at an increased risk for climate change impacts. Photo credit: UN, Flickr 2008
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • international climate policy
    • transportation
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Insights
    March 11, 2014

    UNFCCC in Bonn: Bringing Transparency, Understanding, and Clarity to Countries’ Post-2020 Climate Contributions

    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • international climate policy
    • transportation
    • UNFCCC
    Some countries will submit their post-2020 emissions-reduction plans in the first quarter of 2015. Photo credit: Ben West, Flickr
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • international climate policy
    • transportation
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Insights
    March 5, 2014

    Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data, Now Available by Smart Phone

    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    John E. Amos power plant in West Virginia. Photo credit: haglundc, Flickr
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    March 5, 2014

    FORMA: A Near-Real Time Alert System for Tropical Forest Loss

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • Business
    • deforestation
    The FORMA team, which started at the Center for Global Development and moved to the Data Lab at the World Resources Institute, was inspired by the DETER and SAD forest monitoring systems covering the Brazilian Amazon. Photo Credit: CIFOR, Flickr 2011
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • Business
    • deforestation
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    February 25, 2014

    New Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles Are a “Win-Win-Win”

    • Energy
    • Cities
    • transportation
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    Heavy-duty vehicles, like buses, make up 20 percent of total U.S. transport emissions. Photo credit: Kathy Doucette, Flickr 2008
    • Energy
    • Cities
    • transportation
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    February 18, 2014

    Lessons from the C40 Mayors Summit: Scaling Up Solutions for Resilient, Livable Cities

    • Cities
    • Climate
    • transportation
    Cape Town has a robust transport demand management (TDM) strategy that includes promoting higher vehicle occupancies. Photo Credit: Warren Rohner, Flickr 2012
    • Cities
    • Climate
    • transportation
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    January 28, 2014

    Top 5 Climate and Energy Stories for 2014

    • Energy
    • Climate
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    Solar installation, carefully lifting the panels at height P1000644. Photo credit: Wikipedia, 2011
    • Energy
    • Climate
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    Equity & Governance
    North America
    Insights
    January 28, 2014

    Watching for Signs of Climate Action in the State of the Union Address

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • climate science
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • U.S. policy
    • GHG emissions
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    Seven months have passed since President Obama announced the national Climate Action Plan. Photo credit: Steve Jurvetson, Flickr
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • climate science
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • U.S. policy
    • GHG emissions
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    January 27, 2014

    Looking Back on 15 Years of Greenhouse Gas Accounting

    • Climate
    • GHG Protocol
    Through a combination of renewable energy purchases, development of renewable energy installations, and enhancements to its server systems, Intel managed to reduce its emissions by 60 percent below 2007 levels by the end of 2012. | Photo credit: Wikimedia, 2006
    • Climate
    • GHG Protocol
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    January 22, 2014

    7 Stories to Watch in 2014

    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • fossil fuels
    • deforestation
    • Air Quality
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • U.S. policy
    As host of the 2014 World Cup, all eyes will be on Brazil's cities to see how they deal with their sustainability challenges and opportunities. Photo credit: Crystal Davis, WRI
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • fossil fuels
    • deforestation
    • Air Quality
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • U.S. policy

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