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WRI DIGEST
What COP28 Means for Fossil Fuels and Beyond
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The 2023 UN climate summit (COP28), which wrapped on December 13, saw progress across several key issues: the operationalization of the Loss and Damage Fund, a rapid response to the first-ever Global Stocktake, as well as a historic agreement to move the world away from fossil fuels. “Despite immense pressure from oil and gas interests, high ambition countries courageously stood their ground and sealed the fate of fossil fuels,” said WRI President & CEO Ani Dasgupta. “Now a critical test is whether far more finance is mobilized for developing countries to help make the energy transition possible.” Read more. Read more
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Heavy rains in August 2023 flooded the streets in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Responding to the increasingly severe impacts of climate change — including dealing with climate-related “losses and damages”— was a key agenda item at COP28. Photo by amdadphoto/Shutterstock
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9 Things to Know About National Climate Plans (NDCs)
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Whatever you call them — national climate plans, nationally determined contributions or NDCs — these commitments are the pillars that support global climate action and the international Paris Agreement on climate change. WRI experts tracked progress across all NDCs and what they mean for global emissions, adaptation and finance. The findings? Progress is incremental when it needs to be radical. Read more
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5 Reasons EPA’s New Methane Rule Is a Big Deal for US Climate Action — and the World
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Methane, a potent greenhouse gas that traps about 80 times as much heat as carbon dioxide, is having a moment. At the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, national oil companies
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set methane-reduction targets for the first time, Canada unveiled draft methane regulations, and the U.S. emerged as a global leader in curbing the “super pollutant.” The country’s new emissions standards
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aim to slash methane at both new and existing oil and natural gas sites, cutting an estimated 58 million tons of methane emissions from 2024-2038. WRI experts lay out the climate, health and other benefits of the new U.S. rule. Read more
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For US Communities Dependent on Fossil Fuels, the Shift to Clean Energy Is Both a Challenge and an Opportunity
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Across the United States, 64 million people live in neighborhoods that have historically relied on jobs and revenue from the oil, gas and coal industries. These communities are at risk of being left behind by the clean energy transition, but new WRI analysis finds that that is just one of many burdens they’re experiencing. Nearly half of America’s “energy communities” are also classified as disadvantaged, whether from a legacy of pollution, high poverty and unemployment rates, poor health, etc. The countrywide shift to a net-zero economy is an opportunity to finally address the cumulative burdens many U.S. communities face. Read more
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Clean Air Catalyst
Southeast Asia Has Some of the Most Polluted Air in the World. El Niño is Making it Worse.
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Southeast Asia is home to 37 of the 40 most polluted cities in the world; virtually the entire population (99.9%) lives in areas where air pollution exceeds the World Health Organization’s safe air standards. The El Niño weather pattern is worsening things this year, bringing drier conditions that exacerbate air pollutants like PM 2.5. WRI experts explain why these cities are so polluted, and what governments, citizens and others can do to solve the problem. Read more
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VITAL VISUALIZATIONS
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In addition to being vulnerable to the economic impacts of the transition away from fossil fuels, several energy communities experience a combination of environmental, socioeconomic and health-related disadvantages, such as a lack of access to reliable transportation and higher rates of illness.
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