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    Climate
    Insights
    March 20, 2023

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

    • climate science
    • carbon removal
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    • greenhouse gases
    • COP26
    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
    Climate
    Insights
    March 20, 2023

    10 Big Findings from the 2023 IPCC Report on Climate Change

    • adaptation
    • climate change
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate science
    A girl wearing a long sundress pedals a bicycle down a flooded road..
    • adaptation
    • climate change
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate science
    Climate
    Insights
    March 17, 2023

    6 Ways to Remove Carbon Pollution from the Atmosphere

    • carbon removal
    A forest in a fog.
    • carbon removal
    Finance
    Insights
    March 17, 2023

    3 Questions on Loss and Damage Funding to Tackle Before COP28

    • climate finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    • COP27
    Two villagers in Mozambique push a bicycle through a flooded street.
    • climate finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    • COP27
    Climate
    Insights
    March 9, 2023

    5 Shifts to Transform Transportation Systems and Meet Climate Goals

    • Climate
    • Cities
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • climatewatch-pinned
    The VLT train inRio de Janeiro, Brazil is one of the city’s central modes of transport.
    • Climate
    • Cities
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Climate
    Insights
    March 2, 2023

    This Interactive Chart Shows Changes in the World's Top 10 Emitters

    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • data
    • emissions
    • GHG emissions
    • International Climate Action
    • COP26
    • climatewatch-pinned
    A smokestack of a garbage incineration plant against the backdrop of the city
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • data
    • emissions
    • GHG emissions
    • International Climate Action
    • COP26
    • climatewatch-pinned
    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
    Food
    Insights
    February 27, 2023

    The Ukraine War at One Year: Resilient Food Systems Can't Wait Any Longer

    • Food
    • food security
    • land use
    A man carries a cart in Bakhmut, Ukraine during the Russian invasion
    • Food
    • food security
    • land use
    Cities
    Insights
    February 15, 2023

    5 Priorities for Urban Climate Action in 2023 and Beyond

    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • Water
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • nature-based solutions
    • poverty
    • human rights
    A new electric bus in New Delhi, India
    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • Water
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • nature-based solutions
    • poverty
    • human rights
    Water
    Asia
    Insights
    February 14, 2023

    How Floods in Pakistan Threaten Global Security

    • floods
    • Water Security
    • Water
    • water risk
    • climate change
    Flood waters soak through a housing settlement in Pakistan.
    • floods
    • Water Security
    • Water
    • water risk
    • climate change
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    February 9, 2023

    US Clean Energy Goals Hinge on Faster Permitting

    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • Clean Energy
    An electrical worker climbs up a transmission line
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • Clean Energy
    Finance
    Asia
    Insights
    January 31, 2023

    What’s After Coal? Accelerating China’s Overseas Investment in Renewables

    • Finance
    • renewable energy
    • fossil fuels
    Aerial photo of solar power station in Hangzhou, China
    • Finance
    • renewable energy
    • fossil fuels
    Ocean
    Insights
    January 31, 2023

    5 Ocean Moments to Watch in 2023

    • Ocean
    • conservation
    • biodiversity
    A couple snorkels in crystal clear water
    • Ocean
    • conservation
    • biodiversity
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    January 27, 2023

    Electric School Buses Can Fight – or Further— Inequity in the US

    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • Equity
    Young children board a school bus
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • Equity
    Climate
    Insights
    January 26, 2023

    To Shift Away from Oil and Gas, Developing Countries Need a ‘Just Transition’ to Protect Workers and Communities

    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • Climate Governance
    • greenhouse gases
    • climatewatch-pinned
    A gas extracting plant in Ukraine.
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • Climate Governance
    • greenhouse gases
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    January 26, 2023

    4 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2023

    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • stories to watch
    People dressed in warm clothes on bicycles carrying reusable shopping bags.
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • stories to watch
    Cities
    Europe
    Insights
    January 25, 2023

    Paris’ Vision for a ‘15-Minute City’ Sparks a Global Movement

    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • transportation
    A street closed off for pedestrians to explore a market in Paris
    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • transportation
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    January 24, 2023

    2 Years of Justice40: Integrating Environmental Justice into US Climate Policy

    • environmental justice
    • Equity
    • infrastructure
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • Tracking Climate Action
    Smokestacks in the background of a neighborhood with rowhouses in Baltimore, MD
    • environmental justice
    • Equity
    • infrastructure
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • Tracking Climate Action
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    January 23, 2023

    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
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    January 19, 2023

    Inclusive Design Creates a Safer Transportation System for All Residents of Peshawar, Pakistan

    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    Inside a Zu Peshawar bus with women seated.
    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility

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