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    Economics
    Insights
    November 5, 2021

    How the Circular Economy Can Help Nations Achieve Their Climate Goals

    • climate change
    • climate policy
    • circular economy
    • COP26
    • NDC
    A beach littered with trash and windmills in the background.
    • climate change
    • climate policy
    • circular economy
    • COP26
    • NDC
    Climate
    Insights
    November 4, 2021

    Top Takeaways from the UN World Leaders Summit at COP26

    • COP26
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Dawn over Glasgow COP26
    • COP26
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Climate
    Insights
    November 2, 2021

    3 Ways to Ensure Corporate Net-zero Targets Are Credible

    • net-zero emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • corporate sustainability
    Wind turbines in Rubió, Spain
    • net-zero emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • corporate sustainability
    Finance
    Insights
    November 1, 2021

    Unlocking SDG Private Financing Through Transformational Partnerships

    • COP26
    • Business
    • Economics
    Women in Kenya sewing
    • COP26
    • Business
    • Economics
    Cities
    Insights
    October 31, 2021

    Can Cities Thrive in Turbulent Times? 3 Questions for Cities in 2022

    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Urban Transformations
    Overhead view of a city
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Urban Transformations
    Climate
    Insights
    October 28, 2021

    We’re Not on Track for 1.5 Degrees C. What Will it Take?

    • COP26
    • International Climate Action
    • NDC
    • Paris Agreement
    A firefighter walks through the Donnell Fire in the Stanislaus National Forest, California.
    • COP26
    • International Climate Action
    • NDC
    • Paris Agreement
    Climate
    Insights
    October 28, 2021

    What COVID-19 Tells Us About Making Climate Finance Resilient to Future Crises

    • climate finance
    • International Climate Action
    • COP26
    Recovery following hurricanes ETA and IOTA in Nicaragua
    • climate finance
    • International Climate Action
    • COP26
    Forests
    Insights
    October 27, 2021

    Climate Benefits of Iconic Protected Forests Are Under Threat

    • deforestation
    • global forest watch
    • greenhouse gases
    Man looks over river and World Heritage forest.
    • deforestation
    • global forest watch
    • greenhouse gases
    Forests
    Insights
    October 26, 2021

    Maintenant on peut visualiser les arbres à l'extérieur des forêts denses

    • data
    • landscapes
    • forest monitoring
    Hhere farms and forests exist side-by-side in Tigray, Ethiopia.
    • data
    • landscapes
    • forest monitoring
    Forests
    Insights
    October 26, 2021

    Seeing the Trees Outside of Dense Forests Just Got Easier

    • data
    • landscapes
    • forest monitoring
    Hhere farms and forests exist side-by-side in Tigray, Ethiopia.
    • data
    • landscapes
    • forest monitoring
    Climate
    Insights
    October 22, 2021

    Making Sense of Countries’ Paris Agreement Climate Pledges

    • NDC
    • Climate
    • COP26
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Paris COP21
    • NDC
    • Climate
    • COP26
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    October 21, 2021

    A Low-Carbon Future in the US Depends on Decarbonizing Petroleum Refineries

    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • carbon removal
    • emissions
    • GHG emissions
    • fossil fuels
    A landscape view of a U.S. refinery.
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • carbon removal
    • emissions
    • GHG emissions
    • fossil fuels
    Cities
    Insights
    October 19, 2021

    7 Major Transformations to Solve Urban Inequality

    • Urban Development
    • Urban Transformations
    • land use
    • data
    • infrastructure
    • Equity
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • COP26
    An aerial view of a cluster of small homes next to luxury buildings, all surrounded by trees.
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Transformations
    • land use
    • data
    • infrastructure
    • Equity
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • COP26
    Asia
    Insights
    October 15, 2021

    Zeroing In on Zero Emissions: Increasing Climate Ambition for Indonesia

    • renewable energy
    • COP26
    Government installed solar panels gives power to 36 houses in the village of Weepatando in Sumba island.
    • renewable energy
    • COP26
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    October 14, 2021

    Quelle est la superficie des terres africaines en cours de restauration ? Nous ne le savons pas encore

    • restoration
    • forest monitoring
    Monitoring restoration can means assess the impact of many different techniques in the same area, like here in Makueni County, Kenya.
    • restoration
    • forest monitoring
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    October 14, 2021

    How Much Land is Being Restored in Africa? We Don’t Yet Know

    • restoration
    • forest monitoring
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Monitoring restoration can means assess the impact of many different techniques in the same area, like here in Makueni County, Kenya.
    • restoration
    • forest monitoring
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    October 13, 2021

    3 Ways Federal Investment in Trees and Forests Can Support Economic Growth

    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • climate change
    • carbon removal
    A landscape view of Pisgah National Forest in the North Carolina, United States
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • climate change
    • carbon removal
    Water
    Latin America
    Insights
    October 12, 2021

    3 Ways to Scale Up Nature-Based Solutions in Latin America and the Caribbean

    • infrastructure
    • natural infrastructure
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    A river flowing at the base of a large mountain in Santa Cruz de Yojoa, Honduras
    • infrastructure
    • natural infrastructure
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    Climate
    Insights
    October 12, 2021

    Will COP26 Be a Success? That Depends on 4 Critical Questions.

    • COP26
    • NDC
    • net-zero emissions
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Glasgow, United Kingdom. Governments and other actors must come to Glasgow determined both to dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions this decade.
    • COP26
    • NDC
    • net-zero emissions
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climatewatch-pinned

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