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*In this issue:*

* Climate Action Has a Messaging Problem ( #blurb1 )
* 6 Ways to Achieve Mitigation and Adaptation Together ( #blurb2 )
* A Promising Solution to Power Africa ( #blurb3 )
* Post Treaty Talks, What's Next for Plastics? ( #blurb4 )

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Climate Action Has a Messaging Problem ( [link removed] )
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Climate solutions don’t just cut emissions. Around the world, they’re improving people's lives in real and immediate ways — creating new jobs, cleaning the air, boosting food supplies, growing economies and so much more.

So why have we failed to amass political support for climate action at the scale needed to halt the crisis?

Messaging is part of the problem. We need to stop framing climate solutions solely as a means to reduce emissions and safeguard the future, and start talking about the countless ways they’re making people’s lives better today. *WRI President and CEO Ani Dasgupta explains.*

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6 Strategies that Achieve Both Climate Mitigation and Adaptation ( [link removed] ) ( [link removed] )
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Climate actions are often siloed into efforts that reduce emissions (mitigation) and those that protect people from climate risks (adaptation), with resources spread thin between the two. But it doesn’t have to be this way: Many strategies can cut emissions and build resilience simultaneously.

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A Promising Solution to Power Africa ( [link removed] ) ( [link removed] )
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Core to this week’s Africa Climate Summit ( [link removed] ) is a question: How to meet growing energy needs and build thriving economies, without ramping up planet-warming emissions? An emerging solution, known as “Productive Use of Renewable Energy,” offers one answer.

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Sea turtle swimming around plastic ( [link removed] )

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Plastics Treaty Talks Stalled Again. Now What? ( [link removed] ) ( [link removed] )
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Talks on the Global Plastics Treaty ended last month in gridlock, leaving its future uncertain. Continuing the negotiations will be crucial to solving plastic pollution — but progress doesn’t need to wait. There's plenty that countries can do today to tackle this growing problem.

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*Introducing WRI’s COP30 Resource Hub ( [link removed] )*

The 30th UN climate summit (COP30) will take place this November in Belém, Brazil. It’s a major moment for leaders to demonstrate progress on past pledges and put forward new plans that benefit people, nature and the climate. Explore our resource hub for a primer on the key issues.

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Vital Visualizations
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Electricity access in sub-Saharan Africa ( [link removed] )

Electricity access in sub-Saharan Africa continues to lag behind other regions. But expanding power infrastructure is only the first step to solving this problem — there must also be demand to match the supply.

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Available now: The New Global Possible ( [link removed] )
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Rebuilding optimism in the age of the climate crisis ( [link removed] )

Released this week, Ani Dasgupta's new book ( [link removed] ) highlights real climate solutions that are already transforming lives around the world — and explores how we can scale them to meet the urgency of today’s challenges. Proceeds from book sales will directly support WRI’s mission.

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