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    North America
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    September 3, 2024

    A Community Program Is Transforming New York Schoolyards into Climate-Resilient Spaces

    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Development
    Children enjoy the vibrant new playground in the recently redesigned green schoolyard at P.S. 38K in New York, where fresh equipment and engaging spaces foster creativity and play.
    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Development
    Climate
    North America
    Update
    August 22, 2024

    Canada Develops Legal Framework to Prioritize Net-Zero Implementation

    • Climate
    • net-zero emissions
    • long-term strategies
    • long-term strategy related case study
    • GHG emissions
    Wind turbine in snowy field.
    • Climate
    • net-zero emissions
    • long-term strategies
    • long-term strategy related case study
    • GHG emissions
    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
    North America
    Update
    August 1, 2024

    REMOVE Act of 2024

    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • climate policy
    • U.S. policy
    • carbon removal
    • carbon removal legislation & policy
    Climeworks direct air capture plant and sky
    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • climate policy
    • U.S. policy
    • carbon removal
    • carbon removal legislation & policy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 30, 2024

    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
    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
    Equity & Governance
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    July 10, 2024

    US Federal Environmental Justice Strategic Plans Aim to Advance Equity in Agency Operations

    • environmental justice
    • Climate Equity
    • Climate
    Joe Biden speaking before signing Executive Order on new actions to advance environmental justice.
    • environmental justice
    • Climate Equity
    • Climate
    Climate
    Asia North America
    Update
    July 10, 2024

    US-China Dialogue Identifies Priority Areas for Climate Cooperation

    • U.S. Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • climate policy
    • international climate policy
    Flags from the United States and China.
    • U.S. Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • climate policy
    • international climate policy
    Climate
    Initiatives
    July 1, 2024

    U.S. People-Centered Transitions

    Smokestacks in the background of a neighborhood with rowhouses in Baltimore, MD
    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
    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
    Climate
    North America
    Update
    June 6, 2024

    Community Mangrove Management and the Transformation of Coastal Communities

    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • nature-based solutions
    • Economics
    • Gender
    • restoration
    Two women presenting in a workshop.
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • nature-based solutions
    • Economics
    • Gender
    • restoration

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