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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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As the Earth Gets Hotter, Can Our Cities Get Cooler?

  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • nature-based solutions
A line of tourists await the use of the fountain at the base of Rome’s Spanish Steps to cool off.
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • nature-based solutions
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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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3 Essentials for Integrated Urban Climate Action

  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • low carbon development
  • urban water resilience
  • Cities
Tram and buildings in Guadalajara.
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • low carbon development
  • urban water resilience
  • Cities
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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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36 Countries Are Gaining More Trees than They’re Losing

  • forest monitoring
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • mapping
  • restoration
Saplings in Ireland
  • forest monitoring
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • mapping
  • restoration
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Peatland forest in Parupuk village, Katingan. Central Kalimantan.
  • deforestation
  • restoration
  • mapping
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10 Big Findings From the First Batch of Long-Term Strategies

  • long-term strategies
  • United Nations
  • Paris Agreement
  • GHG emissions
  • National Climate Action
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP26
The front of the United Nations building lined with flags.
  • long-term strategies
  • United Nations
  • Paris Agreement
  • GHG emissions
  • National Climate Action
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP26
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Outcomes and Next Steps from the Climate Ambition Summit

  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • long-term strategies
  • National Climate Action
  • net-zero emissions
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
Windmill with a cloudy sunset in the background
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • long-term strategies
  • National Climate Action
  • net-zero emissions
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
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Shaping a COP26 Decision on Long-term Climate Strategies

  • long-term strategies
  • Climate
  • COP26
sunset-windmills
  • long-term strategies
  • Climate
  • COP26
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China Can Grow its Economy Through Stronger Climate Action

  • Economics
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • long-term strategies
  • National Climate Action
  • net-zero emissions
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • COP26
China wind power.
  • Economics
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • long-term strategies
  • National Climate Action
  • net-zero emissions
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • COP26
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China and Big Business Give Climate Diplomacy a Kick-Start at UNGA and Climate Week

  • Climate
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • long-term strategies
  • United Nations
UN complex in New York City
  • Climate
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • long-term strategies
  • United Nations
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7 Ways to Spot Robust Net-Zero National Commitments

  • climatewatch-pinned
  • coronavirus
  • long-term strategies
  • National Climate Action
  • GHG emissions
A wind farm in Austria.
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • coronavirus
  • long-term strategies
  • National Climate Action
  • GHG emissions
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In the Distance: Clean Air Post-COVID-19

  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
mexico-city-skyline
  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
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We Lost a Football Pitch of Primary Rainforest Every 6 Seconds in 2019

  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
  • mapping
Large logs sit on a truck bed in a forest concession in Ghana.
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
  • mapping
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Which Countries Are Most Vulnerable to Locust Swarms?

  • agriculture
  • food security
  • mapping
  • agriculture
  • food security
  • mapping
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Russia’s Proposed Climate Plan Means Higher Emissions Through 2050

  • climatewatch-pinned
  • long-term strategies
  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • renewable energy
People walking by the entrance of Moscow's Red Square
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • long-term strategies
  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • renewable energy
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Red Alert: 3 Strategies for Reducing Toxic Ozone Pollution

  • Equity & Governance
  • Air Quality
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Cities
Shanghai smog
  • Equity & Governance
  • Air Quality
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Cities
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Climate Action for Today and Tomorrow: The Relationship between NDCs and LTSs

  • long-term strategies
  • National Climate Action
  • Climate
field-solar-panels
  • long-term strategies
  • National Climate Action
  • Climate
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Which Countries Have Long-term Strategies to Reduce Emissions?

  • Climate
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • long-term strategies
  • Climate
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • long-term strategies