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    Ocean
    Insights
    April 11, 2024

    4 Ways Ocean Health Is Critical to Human Health Everywhere

    • Ocean
    • health
    • pollution
    Fishermen in Indonesia haul in their nets on a beach.
    • Ocean
    • health
    • pollution
    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
    Insights
    April 13, 2023

    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
    Forests
    Insights
    March 1, 2023

    Global Emissions and Local Deforestation Are Combining to Create Dangerous Levels of Heat Stress in the Tropics

    • deforestation
    • Climate
    • health
    • agriculture
    A woman harvests acai berries from the Amazon in the traditional way, using a palm tool.
    • deforestation
    • Climate
    • health
    • agriculture
    Forests
    Insights
    November 29, 2022

    How Forests Near and Far Benefit People in Cities

    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Water Quality
    • Water Security
    • health
    • Climate
    • biodiversity
    urban forest
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Water Quality
    • Water Security
    • health
    • Climate
    • biodiversity
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    September 14, 2022

    How a Clean Energy Economy Can Create Millions of Jobs in the US

    • Economics
    • Clean Energy
    • renewable energy
    • electric mobility
    Installing solar panels
    • Economics
    • Clean Energy
    • renewable energy
    • electric mobility
    Finance
    Insights
    July 22, 2022

    How to De-risk Low-carbon Investments

    • low carbon development
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Green Climate Fund
    • climate finance
    Two men clean solar panels in Kenya
    • low carbon development
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Green Climate Fund
    • climate finance
    Ocean
    Insights
    April 14, 2022

    5 Ways to Build an Equitable Ocean Economy

    • Equity & Governance
    • sustainable development goals
    • Economics
    • Business
    • Ocean
    Traditional triangle-net fishing off the coast of Taiwan
    • Equity & Governance
    • sustainable development goals
    • Economics
    • Business
    • Ocean
    Finance
    Insights
    March 3, 2022

    3 Ways BlackRock Can Do Better on Sustainable Finance

    • Economics
    • Climate
    • climate impacts
    • Business
    BlackRock
    • Economics
    • Climate
    • climate impacts
    • Business
    Insights
    January 19, 2022

    From Promises to Action: 6 Sustainability Stories to Watch in 2022

    • net-zero emissions
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • National Climate Action
    • International Climate Action
    • adaptation finance
    • environmental justice
    • health
    • deforestation
    • electric mobility
    • electric grid
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • stories to watch
    A solar farm in the forefront with a coal plant in the distance.
    • net-zero emissions
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • National Climate Action
    • International Climate Action
    • adaptation finance
    • environmental justice
    • health
    • deforestation
    • electric mobility
    • electric grid
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • stories to watch
    Finance
    Insights
    November 11, 2021

    G20 Economies Have Tools for Green Recovery — They Just Aren’t Using Them Yet

    • COP26
    • coronavirus
    • Economics
    Wind turbines in Germany
    • COP26
    • coronavirus
    • Economics
    Economics
    Asia
    Insights
    November 8, 2021

    3 Ways China Can Improve Climate-resilient Infrastructure Investment

    • infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation finance
    • Economics
    High speed train and natural wetland in China.
    • infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation finance
    • Economics
    Finance
    Insights
    November 1, 2021

    Unlocking SDG Private Financing Through Transformational Partnerships

    • COP26
    • Business
    • Economics
    Women in Kenya sewing
    • COP26
    • Business
    • Economics
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 21, 2021

    How Climate Action Can Reboot Economies in Rural America

    • U.S. Climate
    • Economics
    • infrastructure
    • renewable energy
    • COP26
    • carbon removal
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Red tractor tills fields in rural America with windmills in backdrop.
    • U.S. Climate
    • Economics
    • infrastructure
    • renewable energy
    • COP26
    • carbon removal
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    May 28, 2021

    How Climate Change Affects Health and How Countries Can Respond

    • Climate Resilience
    • health
    • adaptation finance
    • climate change
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Health workers in Kenya prepare supplies in front of a window with children looking through on the other side.
    • Climate Resilience
    • health
    • adaptation finance
    • climate change
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 1, 2021

    Does Biden’s American Jobs Plan Stack Up on Climate and Jobs?

    • infrastructure
    • climate policy
    • Economics
    Wayne National Forest Solar Panel Construction
    • infrastructure
    • climate policy
    • Economics
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    February 24, 2021

    5 Reasons the US Should Cut its GHG Emissions in Half by 2030

    • Economics
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    Wind turbines in the California desert.
    • Economics
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    Energy
    Africa
    Insights
    February 3, 2021

    Energy Access Is Key to Sub-Saharan Africa's Economic Recovery

    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • coronavirus
    • electric grid
    • Economics
    • agriculture
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    • health
    • renewable energy
    A young South African woman holds up a cloth face mask next to a sewing machine.
    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • coronavirus
    • electric grid
    • Economics
    • agriculture
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    • health
    • renewable energy

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