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    Commentary Insights
    Forests
    Insights
    September 30, 2024

    5 Things Countries Can Do this Year to Stop Biodiversity Loss

    • biodiversity
    • COP16
    • deforestation
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    People unload tree saplings from a river boat in the Amazon.
    • biodiversity
    • COP16
    • deforestation
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Forests
    Insights
    September 19, 2024

    Amid Record-breaking Fires, Will Brazil Confront Its Climate Challenges?

    • Forests
    • fires
    A plane drops water over forest fires in Brazil
    • Forests
    • fires
    Climate
    Insights
    September 17, 2024

    Why the Next 3 Months Are Critical for People, Nature and Climate

    • Climate
    • COP29
    • COP16
    • NDC
    Villagers plant trees in southern Ethiopia
    • Climate
    • COP29
    • COP16
    • NDC
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    September 4, 2024

    Lessons from China’s Growing Adoption of Zero-emission Trucks

    • Cities
    • electric mobility
    • net-zero emissions
    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    Three zero-emission trucks parked on the street with powerlines and trees.
    • Cities
    • electric mobility
    • net-zero emissions
    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    Climate
    Insights
    August 14, 2024

    What 2024’s Historic Elections Could Mean for the Climate

    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • COP29
    • international climate policy
    • climate policy
    People cast their votes in Mexico's presidential election in June, 2024.
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • COP29
    • international climate policy
    • climate policy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 30, 2024

    Tracking Progress: Climate Action Under the Biden Administration

    • National Climate Action
    • Tracking Climate Action
    • Climate
    • carbon removal
    • climatewatch-pinned
    President Joe Biden visits Flatirons Campus of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Arvada, Colorado.
    • National Climate Action
    • Tracking Climate Action
    • Climate
    • carbon removal
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    July 9, 2024

    Rebuilding Kenya Stronger: Here's What's Needed to Rebound After Catastrophic Floods

    • floods
    • restoration
    • Freshwater
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    People load a truck with their belongings after heavy rainfall caused floods in Kenya.
    • floods
    • restoration
    • Freshwater
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Finance
    Asia
    Insights
    June 28, 2024

    Development Banks Can Catalyze the Clean Energy Transition, Starting in South and Southeast Asia

    • Finance
    • multilateral development banks
    • Clean Energy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    People walk along a bridge next to rows of floating solar panels.
    • Finance
    • multilateral development banks
    • Clean Energy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    May 23, 2024

    Dual Harvest: Agrivoltaics Boost Food and Energy Production in Asia

    • agriculture
    • renewable energy
    • Food
    • Clean Energy
    A man bends down near an orange tree in front of solar photovoltaic panels.
    • agriculture
    • renewable energy
    • Food
    • Clean Energy
    Climate
    Insights
    May 16, 2024

    What Climate-vulnerable Countries Need on the Road to COP29

    • Climate
    • climate impacts
    • Equity & Governance
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate finance
    • COP29
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • NDC
    A man sits on a tire while wading with sticks through flood waters.
    • Climate
    • climate impacts
    • Equity & Governance
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate finance
    • COP29
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • NDC
    Freshwater
    Latin America
    Insights
    May 10, 2024

    Tragic Flooding in Brazil; a Wake-up Call for the World

    • floods
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    floods in Porto Alegre, Brazil
    • floods
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 9, 2024

    The US Needs to Lower Cement Emissions — ‘Blended Cement’ Can Help

    • industry
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • U.S. Climate
    • low carbon development
    • FIGI
    Cement is poured while two workers spread it onto the ground.
    • industry
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • U.S. Climate
    • low carbon development
    • FIGI
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 9, 2024

    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
    Finance
    Insights
    May 6, 2024

    Corporate Climate Disclosure Has Passed a Tipping Point. Companies Need to Catch Up

    • Finance
    • Business
    • corporate sustainability
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    The Battery Park Underpass in New York is seen completely submerged because of flooding from Hurricane Sandy.
    • Finance
    • Business
    • corporate sustainability
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    Freshwater
    Insights
    May 2, 2024

    The Impacts of El Niño Go Far Beyond Water

    • Climate
    • Air Quality
    • Energy
    An Indonesian fisherman prepares a boat in the drying Gajah Mungkur Reservoir
    • Climate
    • Air Quality
    • Energy
    Climate
    Insights
    April 25, 2024

    Next-generation Climate Targets: A 5-Point Plan for NDCs

    • NDC
    • net-zero emissions
    • GHG emissions
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP29
    Boy washing rooftop solar panel.
    • NDC
    • net-zero emissions
    • GHG emissions
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP29
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 23, 2024

    In a Clean Energy Future, What Happens to California’s Thousands of Oil Refinery Workers?

    • fossil fuels
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • environmental justice
    • Clean Energy
    Oil refinery in Los Angeles County, California
    • fossil fuels
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • environmental justice
    • Clean Energy
    Finance
    Insights
    April 17, 2024

    Development Banks Are Starting to Spark Climate Action. Will They Complete the Task?

    • Climate
    • Finance
    • adaptation finance
    • development
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    • COP29
    Setting up a solar-powered water pump to pump groundwater in Ethiopia.
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • adaptation finance
    • development
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    • COP29
    Forests
    Insights
    April 4, 2024

    Forest Pulse: The Latest on the World’s Forests

    • global forest watch
    • data visualization
    • COP16
    forest fires palangkaraya central kalimantan indonesia.jpg
    • global forest watch
    • data visualization
    • COP16
    Food
    Insights
    April 3, 2024

    To Make Good on Sustainable Food Commitments, Countries Must Do 4 Things

    • Food
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • COP29
    • climatewatch-pinned
    A woman harvests sweet potatoes
    • Food
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • COP29
    • climatewatch-pinned

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