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    Insights
    September 10, 2024

    What Happens When Extreme Heat and Air Pollution Collide

    • Air Quality
    • pollution
    • health
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    A group looks over a hazy Mexico City, Mexico, from the top of Cerro de la Estrella in April 2021. Days earlier, the city registered an ozone concentration of 160 parts per billion.
    • Air Quality
    • pollution
    • health
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Finance
    Insights
    August 30, 2024

    How the Climate Finance Puzzle Fits into the Global Financial System

    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • adaptation finance
    • COP29
    • Paris Agreement
    • International Climate Action
    Motorcyclists, buses and pedestrians navigate a flooded, hectic city street.
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • adaptation finance
    • COP29
    • Paris Agreement
    • International Climate Action
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    August 6, 2024

    Can Clean Hydrogen Fuel a Clean Energy Future?

    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Hydrogen
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • low carbon development
    • industry
    A hydrogen pipeline.
    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Hydrogen
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • low carbon development
    • industry
    Climate
    Insights
    August 5, 2024

    What Are Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and Why Are They Important?

    • NDC
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • GHG emissions
    • adaptation
    • climate finance
    • COP29
    • climatewatch-pinned
    People walk on a bridge over wetlands with windmills in the distance.
    • NDC
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • GHG emissions
    • adaptation
    • climate finance
    • COP29
    • climatewatch-pinned
    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
    Ocean
    Insights
    June 7, 2024

    4 Ways to Pursue a Sustainable Seafood Diet

    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • greenhouse gases
    • fisheries
    • aquaculture
    Fish for sale are displayed on ice at an Italian fish market.
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • greenhouse gases
    • fisheries
    • aquaculture
    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
    Finance
    Insights
    May 29, 2024

    What Could the New Climate Finance Goal Look Like? 7 Elements Under Negotiation

    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • international climate policy
    • COP29
    A man stands between two rows of solar panels.
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • international climate policy
    • COP29
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    May 8, 2024

    8 Things to Know about Electric School Bus Repowers

    • Equity & Governance
    • electric school bus series
    • transportation
    Two yellow school buses are hoisted above the ground to be converted to electric.
    • Equity & Governance
    • electric school bus series
    • transportation
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    May 8, 2024

    Mexico Made Safe Mobility a Human Right — Here’s How Its Streets Can Become Safer

    • Cities
    • road safety
    • Urban Mobility
    • Health & Road Safety
    • Integrated Transport
    A person runs across a wide street.
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • Urban Mobility
    • Health & Road Safety
    • Integrated Transport
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 3, 2024

    4 Things to Know About US EPA’s New Power Plant Rules

    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    • Clean Energy
    • National Climate Action
    A coal plant in eastern Wyoming spews emissions.
    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    • Clean Energy
    • National Climate Action
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    April 16, 2024

    A New Program Will Bring Clean Energy to Disadvantaged Neighborhoods in the US

    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • renewable energy
    • Energy Access
    Rooftop solar on a Brooklyn rowhome
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • renewable energy
    • Energy Access
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 1, 2024

    Ocean Carbon Removal Is Uncharted Territory. The US Can Help Change That

    • carbon removal
    • Ocean
    • Climate Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    A scientist takes a soil sample to measure carbon sequestration in a seagrass bed.
    • carbon removal
    • Ocean
    • Climate Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    Finance
    Insights
    March 12, 2024

    Can 'Biodiversity Credits' Boost Conservation?

    • biodiversity
    • Forests
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • COP16
    A herd of elephants crosses the Luangwa River in Zambia
    • biodiversity
    • Forests
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • COP16
    Climate
    Insights
    March 7, 2024

    What Are Greenhouse Gas Accounting and Corporate Climate Disclosures? 6 Questions, Answered

    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • GHG Protocol
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    Workers standing in front of shipping containers.
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • GHG Protocol
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    Climate
    Insights
    February 26, 2024

    What Is 'Loss and Damage' from Climate Change? 8 Key Questions, Answered

    • climate impacts
    • climate policy
    • Climate Resilience
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    • COP29
    Rising water levels submerging a house as heavy monsoon rains cause major floods in Baco, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines on July 23, 2021.
    • climate impacts
    • climate policy
    • Climate Resilience
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    • COP29
    Ocean
    Insights
    February 23, 2024

    What We Know About Deep-sea Mining — and What We Don’t

    • Ocean
    • climate change
    • Clean Energy
    A large ship used to test deep-sea mining methods on the open ocean.
    • Ocean
    • climate change
    • Clean Energy
    Finance
    Insights
    February 15, 2024

    What Is the Paris Agreement’s Article 2.1(c) on Climate Finance, and Why Does it Matter? Key Questions, Answered

    • climate finance
    • Paris Agreement
    • Paying for Paris
    • COP28
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • COP29
    Man replanting mangroves for coastal protection
    • climate finance
    • Paris Agreement
    • Paying for Paris
    • COP28
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • COP29
    Food
    Insights
    February 13, 2024

    How Cacao Can Do So Much More Than Make Chocolate

    • circular economy
    • Food
    • Business
    • natural resources
    Farmers in Ghana prepare cacao for processing
    • circular economy
    • Food
    • Business
    • natural resources
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    February 7, 2024

    State of the US Clean Energy Transition: Recent Progress, and What Comes Next

    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • renewable energy
    • electric grid
    • electric mobility
    • Electric Mobility
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
    • Climate
    Technician installing solar panels on roof.
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • renewable energy
    • electric grid
    • electric mobility
    • Electric Mobility
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
    • Climate

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