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    Cities
    Insights
    September 17, 2024

    What Would Cities Look Like With 3 Degrees C of Warming vs. 1.5? Far More Hazardous and Vastly Unequal

    • Cities
    • Climate
    • Equity & Governance
    • climate change
    • health
    A woman carries water during a blistering hot day in New Delhi, India.
    • Cities
    • Climate
    • Equity & Governance
    • climate change
    • health
    Cities
    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
    Finance
    Insights
    August 14, 2024

    Banks Have Committed to Net Zero but Aren’t on Track to Reach It

    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • net-zero emissions
    • climatewatch-pinned
    People walk across a bridge toward tall glass bank buildings.
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • net-zero emissions
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Forests
    Insights
    August 13, 2024

    The Latest Data Confirms: Forest Fires Are Getting Worse

    • deforestation
    • fires
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate science
    Forest fire in Borneo, Indonesia
    • deforestation
    • fires
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate science
    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
    North America
    Insights
    July 23, 2024

    For Students with Disabilities, Electric School Buses Could Transform the School Commute

    • Cities
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • Air Quality
    • environmental justice
    A girl in a wheelchair approaches the wheelchair lift on a school bus.
    • Cities
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • Air Quality
    • environmental justice
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 17, 2024

    Cutting-Edge Projects Aim to Decarbonize US Cement Emissions

    • industry
    • U.S. Climate
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • GHG emissions
    • mapping
    People wearing construction vests and hard hats look out at the Fortera cement plant.
    • industry
    • U.S. Climate
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • GHG emissions
    • mapping
    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
    North America
    Insights
    July 1, 2024

    The State of Electric School Bus Adoption in the US

    • Cities
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    School bus USA
    • Cities
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    Forests
    Insights
    June 27, 2024

    Canada's Record-breaking 2023 Wildfires Released Nearly 4 Times More Carbon than Global Aviation

    • Forests
    • fires
    • GHG emissions
    • climate change
    Smoke from forest fires in Sparwood, British Columbia, Canada in 2023
    • Forests
    • fires
    • GHG emissions
    • climate change
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    June 26, 2024

    How Faith Communities in Latin America Are Defending Land and Lives

    • Equity & Governance
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • natural resources
    A group of demonstrators hold a sign protesting an oil project in Colombia.
    • Equity & Governance
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • natural resources
    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
    Forests
    Insights
    June 18, 2024

    4 Growing Threats to Europe’s Forests: Logging, Bioenergy, Wildfires and Pests

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • fires
    Logging spruce forest in Germany
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • fires
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    June 13, 2024

    Navigating the EV Transition: 4 Emerging Impacts on Auto Manufacturing Jobs

    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • transportation
    • Clean Energy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    An autoworker moves a lithium-ion battery into position at a car manufacturing plant in Detroit.
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • transportation
    • Clean Energy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    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
    Freshwater
    Insights
    June 5, 2024

    As Water Shortages Plague Bogotá and Other Cities, Nature-based Solutions Can Help

    • Water Security
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • drought
    • climate change
    • urban water resilience
    People stand in line with buckets for water rations.
    • Water Security
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • drought
    • climate change
    • urban water resilience
    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

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