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    Energy
    Insights
    July 9, 2024

    Lessons From the Coal Boom That Didn’t Happen

    • Energy
    • Climate
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    • data visualization
    A man walks down railroad tracks in front of apartment buildings with a coal plant in the distance.
    • Energy
    • Climate
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    • data visualization
    Cities
    Insights
    June 25, 2024

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

    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • nature-based solutions
    • data visualization
    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
    • data visualization
    Climate
    Insights
    June 3, 2024

    The History of Carbon Dioxide Emissions

    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • climate change
    • data visualization
    Aerial view of smoke coming from a coal-fired power plant on the banks of a river.
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • climate change
    • data visualization
    Forests
    Insights
    April 4, 2024

    Global Forest Review: Forest Pulse

    • global forest watch
    • data visualization
    forest fires palangkaraya central kalimantan indonesia.jpg
    • global forest watch
    • data visualization
    Forests
    Research
    April 4, 2024

    Global Forest Review

    GFR Malaysia Kalimantan border tropical forest homepage 0.jpg
    Freshwater
    Update
    March 12, 2024

    Clear Watershed Boundaries Are Essential for Successful Water Stewardship

    • Freshwater
    • Corporate Water Stewardship
    • water risk
    • data visualization
    The Mississippi River runs through a city.
    • Freshwater
    • Corporate Water Stewardship
    • water risk
    • data visualization
    Climate
    Insights
    January 16, 2024

    Biomass Can Fight Climate Change, But Only If You Do It Right

    • carbon removal
    • agriculture
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • data visualization
    A farmer examines an ear of corn with a farming machine behind him.
    • carbon removal
    • agriculture
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • data visualization
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    December 11, 2023

    Fossil Fuel-producing Communities Face a 'Cumulative Burden' of Pollution, Poor Health and Job Loss in the US

    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • Climate Equity
    • environmental justice
    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. Energy Topics
    • data visualization
    A neighborhood sits in front of an oil refinery.
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • Climate Equity
    • environmental justice
    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. Energy Topics
    • data visualization
    Energy
    Insights
    November 30, 2023

    These 10 Countries Are Phasing Out Coal the Fastest

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • National Climate Action
    • COP28
    • data visualization
    View of two mountain bikers on a grassy hillside with a coal plant in the distance.
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • National Climate Action
    • COP28
    • data visualization
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America Oceania North America Europe
    Insights
    November 29, 2023

    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
    • data visualization
    Brick layers during in a heatwave in New Delhi, India
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Development
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    • climate science
    • COP28
    • data visualization
    Climate
    Insights
    November 14, 2023

    Tracking Climate Action: How the World Can Still Limit Warming to 1.5 Degrees C

    • GHG emissions
    • net-zero emissions
    • transportation
    • carbon removal
    • Food
    • conservation
    • climate finance
    • International Climate Action
    • National Climate Action
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    • deforestation
    • COP29
    • data visualization
    People walking on a boardwalk with trees and wind turbines in front of them.
    • GHG emissions
    • net-zero emissions
    • transportation
    • carbon removal
    • Food
    • conservation
    • climate finance
    • International Climate Action
    • National Climate Action
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    • deforestation
    • COP29
    • data visualization
    Cities
    Insights
    September 14, 2023

    These Countries Are Adopting Electric Vehicles the Fastest

    • Tracking Climate Action
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • transportation
    • data visualization
    An electric car is charging on the side of a tree-lined road.
    • Tracking Climate Action
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • transportation
    • data visualization
    Freshwater
    Insights
    August 16, 2023

    25 Countries, Housing One-quarter of the Population, Face Extremely High Water Stress

    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • Aqueduct
    • water risk
    • data visualization
    Women collect water near Arba Minch, Gamo Gofa Zone, Ethiopia,
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • Aqueduct
    • water risk
    • data visualization
    Climate
    Insights
    August 1, 2023

    The 5 Shifts Needed to Decarbonize Industry

    • industry
    • Energy
    • energy efficiency
    • Tracking Climate Action
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • FIGI
    • data visualization
    A family walks past an industrial harbor.
    • industry
    • Energy
    • energy efficiency
    • Tracking Climate Action
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • FIGI
    • data visualization
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 31, 2023

    Redefining America’s ‘Energy Communities’ Can Boost Clean Energy Investment Where It’s Needed Most

    • U.S. Energy Topics
    • Clean Energy
    • climate policy
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • data visualization
    A train carrying coal in front of houses in Thurmond, West Virginia.
    • U.S. Energy Topics
    • Clean Energy
    • climate policy
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • data visualization
    Climate
    Technical Perspectives
    July 20, 2023

    New US Trade Policies Can Incentivize Clean Industrial Manufacturing

    • climate policy
    • industry
    • low carbon development
    • data visualization
    A large ship with stacks of cargo containers sails across the sea.
    • climate policy
    • industry
    • low carbon development
    • data visualization
    Energy
    Europe
    Insights
    July 12, 2023

    These 8 Countries Are Scaling Up Renewable Energy the Fastest

    • renewable energy
    • energy efficiency
    • Energy Access
    • Clean Energy
    • data visualization
    Construction workers on a rooftop with wind turbines.
    • renewable energy
    • energy efficiency
    • Energy Access
    • Clean Energy
    • data visualization
    Climate
    Insights
    May 25, 2023

    The 4 Shifts Needed to Create a Carbon-free Power System

    • GHG emissions
    • Climate Equity
    • climate change
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    • data visualization
    Wind turbines and solar power panels
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate Equity
    • climate change
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    • data visualization
    Climate
    Insights
    May 8, 2023

    9 Charts Explain Per Capita Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Country

    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • greenhouse gases
    • GHG emissions
    • data
    • International Climate Action
    • data visualization
    The main bazar in Paharganj, India, is full of people during the late afternoon.
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • greenhouse gases
    • GHG emissions
    • data
    • International Climate Action
    • data visualization
    Climate
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    March 15, 2023

    CEQ’s Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool Needs to Consider How Burdens Add Up

    • environmental justice
    • Climate Equity
    • U.S. policy
    • Finance
    • Economics
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • data visualization
    The Cleveland, Ohio skyline is seen between two trees and picnic tables.
    • environmental justice
    • Climate Equity
    • U.S. policy
    • Finance
    • Economics
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • data visualization

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