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    climate change climate policy UNFCCC Insights
    Climate
    Insights
    April 3, 2024

    How Improved Housing in Under-served Communities Can Strengthen Climate Resilience

    • housing
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • Climate
    • Climate Equity
    A row of housing in Iloilo City, Phillippines.
    • housing
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • Climate
    • Climate Equity
    Climate
    Insights
    February 26, 2024

    What Is "Loss and Damage" from Climate Change? 8 Key Questions, Answered

    • climate impacts
    • climate policy
    • Climate Resilience
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    Rising water levels submerging a house as heavy monsoon rains cause major floods in Baco, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines on July 23, 2021.
    • climate impacts
    • climate policy
    • Climate Resilience
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    Ocean
    Insights
    February 23, 2024

    What We Know About Deep-sea Mining — And What We Don’t

    • Ocean
    • climate change
    • Clean Energy
    A large ship used to test deep-sea mining methods on the open ocean.
    • Ocean
    • climate change
    • Clean Energy
    Climate
    Insights
    February 1, 2024

    Understanding the Paris Agreement's “Global Goal on Adaptation"

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • International Climate Action
    • COP28
    • adaptation
    • climatewatch-pinned
    A group of people work to repair a low mud wall which helps control flooding.
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • International Climate Action
    • COP28
    • adaptation
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Climate
    Insights
    January 23, 2024

    4 Climate Stories that Will Define 2024

    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • International Climate Action
    • climate policy
    • Food
    • Clean Energy
    • electric grid
    • Cities
    • stories to watch
    A family covers their heads with cloth for sun protection while walking near the Ganges river during a heatwave.
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • International Climate Action
    • climate policy
    • Food
    • Clean Energy
    • electric grid
    • Cities
    • stories to watch
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    December 20, 2023

    Under New Guidance, “Sustainable” Aviation Fuel in the US Could Be Anything But

    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • biofuels
    • transportation
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    A man in a neon vest stands under the wing of a commercial plane to fill its fuel tank.
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • biofuels
    • transportation
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    December 6, 2023

    5 Reasons EPA’s New Methane Rule Is a Big Deal for US Climate Action — and the World

    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • climate policy
    Oil refinery behind a highway in Utah.
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • climate policy
    Climate
    Insights
    November 2, 2023

    Benchmarks for Success for COP28

    • COP28
    • United Nations
    • UNFCCC
    • Paris Agreement
    • International Climate Action
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • international climate policy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Solar-powered water pump on a Malawi farm
    • COP28
    • United Nations
    • UNFCCC
    • Paris Agreement
    • International Climate Action
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • international climate policy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    September 11, 2023

    Lessons From California’s Carbon Dioxide Removal Policies

    • carbon removal
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Direct Air Capture
    • climate policy
    A flagpole with three flags including U.S. and California, stands next to the dome of the California State Capitol building in Sacramento.
    • carbon removal
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Direct Air Capture
    • climate policy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    August 31, 2023

    US Clean Energy Projects Need Public Buy-in. Community Benefits Agreements Can Help

    • Climate
    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. Climate
    • climate policy
    • environmental justice
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
    Two workers in hardhats install solar panels on a sunny day.
    • Climate
    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. Climate
    • climate policy
    • environmental justice
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    August 9, 2023

    One Year In, How the Inflation Reduction Act Is Creating a Manufacturing Resurgence in the US

    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • Economics
    Battery factory in Texas
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • Economics
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 31, 2023

    Redefining America’s ‘Energy Communities’ Can Boost Clean Energy Investment Where It’s Needed Most

    • U.S. Energy Topics
    • Clean Energy
    • climate policy
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    A train carrying coal in front of houses in Thurmond, West Virginia.
    • U.S. Energy Topics
    • Clean Energy
    • climate policy
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    Climate
    Insights
    July 6, 2023

    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
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 3, 2023

    EPA’s New Renewable Fuel Standard Will Increase Global Carbon Emissions — Not Lower Them

    • U.S. Climate
    • biofuels
    • transportation
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    Cars drive down a California highway with farm fields on either side.
    • U.S. Climate
    • biofuels
    • transportation
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    Ocean
    Insights
    June 28, 2023

    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
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    May 31, 2023

    In India, New Solar Parks Can Either Uproot or Uplift Landless Workers

    • renewable energy
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    Agricultural workers tend crops outside the Pavagada solar park fence.
    • renewable energy
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    Climate
    Insights
    May 25, 2023

    4 Shifts Needed to Create a Carbon-free Power System

    • GHG emissions
    • Climate Equity
    • climate change
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    Wind turbines and solar power panels
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate Equity
    • climate change
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 12, 2023

    EPA’s Proposed Rules for Power Plant Emissions: 6 Key Questions, Answered

    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    • Clean Energy
    • National Climate Action
    A coal plant in eastern Wyoming spews emissions.
    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    • Clean Energy
    • National Climate Action
    Climate
    Insights
    May 8, 2023

    9 Charts Explain Per Capita Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Country

    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • greenhouse gases
    • GHG emissions
    • data
    • International Climate Action
    The main bazar in Paharganj, India, is full of people during the late afternoon.
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • greenhouse gases
    • GHG emissions
    • data
    • International Climate Action
    Ocean
    Insights
    May 2, 2023

    What Is Kelp and Why Is it Vital to People and the Planet?

    • climate change
    • Climate
    • Freshwater
    • Ocean
    Fish feed on a kelp forest in the ocean
    • climate change
    • Climate
    • Freshwater
    • Ocean

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