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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
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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
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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

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
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Unpacking COP28: Key Outcomes from the Dubai Climate Talks, and What Comes Next

  • Paris Agreement
  • Climate Resilience
  • Finance
  • adaptation
  • Food
  • Cities
  • Forests
  • COP28
  • climatewatch-pinned
Closing of COP28 climate summit in Dubai
  • Paris Agreement
  • Climate Resilience
  • Finance
  • adaptation
  • Food
  • Cities
  • Forests
  • COP28
  • climatewatch-pinned

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
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What Exactly Are "Nature-based Solutions”?

  • nature-based solutions
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • biodiversity
  • natural infrastructure
A woman reaches up to tend to a tree she's planted.
  • nature-based solutions
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • biodiversity
  • natural infrastructure

The Future of Extreme Heat in Cities: What We Know — and What We Don’t

  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Development
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate impacts
  • climate science
  • COP28
Brick layers during in a heatwave in New Delhi, India
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Development
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate impacts
  • climate science
  • COP28
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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

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

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
Battery factory in Texas
  • Climate
  • climate policy
  • Economics

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
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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

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
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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

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
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What Does "Net-Zero Emissions" Mean? 8 Common Questions, Answered

  • climate science
  • carbon removal
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
  • greenhouse gases
  • COP26
  • COP28
Countries need a variety of solutions, including renewable energy and healthy forests, to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Photo by Aaron Minnick/WRI.
  • climate science
  • carbon removal
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
  • greenhouse gases
  • COP26
  • COP28
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10 Big Findings from the 2023 IPCC Report on Climate Change

  • adaptation
  • climate change
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate science
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
A girl wearing a long sundress pedals a bicycle down a flooded road..
  • adaptation
  • climate change
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate science
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
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3 Questions on Loss and Damage Funding to Tackle Before COP28

  • climate finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • adaptation
  • COP27
  • COP28
Two villagers in Mozambique push a bicycle through a flooded street.
  • climate finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • adaptation
  • COP27
  • COP28