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Understanding China’s New Climate Pledges
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China’s new climate pledges represent one of the most significant signs of progress in tackling climate change since the 2015 Paris Agreement. The pledges, including a promise to become carbon neutral before 2060, could significantly slow global warming and inspire other countries to make similarly bold commitments. Ranping Song unpacks the surprise new commitments and explains how China can turn them into action. Read More
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Electric bus in Hangzhou, China. Photo by Shankar S./Flickr
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Rural Women Must Be at the Heart of COVID-19 Response and Recovery
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COVID-19 is disrupting agricultural value chains and food systems in the developing world, where evidence shows that rural women will disproportionately bear the burden of COVID-19 hardships. WRI experts draw on prior research to identify five ways that COVID-19 response and recovery efforts can take into account the gender dimensions of risk, resources, vulnerability, and coping capabilities. Read More
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PODCAST: What is a Sustainable Ocean Economy?
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Prime Minister Erna Solberg of Norway and President Tommy Remengesau Jr of Palau are among the voices on the first “Big Ideas into Action” podcast hosted by WRI’s Nicholas Walton. The podcast reveals how the ocean can help the global economy recover from COVID-19 and the benefits of investing in wind energy, decarbonizing shipping, and more. Plus, get to know WRI better with the first “People of WRI” segment and a story that starts on the beaches of Hong Kong. Read more
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Building Climate-Resilient and Equitable Cities During COVID-19
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A new WRI commentary by Urban Development Director Rogier van den Berg and co-authors at the Resilient Cities Network, the City of Rotterdam, and UN Habitat outlines six solutions that can help cities simultaneously recover from the pandemic and build a climate-resilient, inclusive future. The commentary highlights experiments and success stories around the world, drawing on the work of the Global Commission on Adaptation’s Resilient Cities Action Track. Read more
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The Global Fight for Environmental Justice and Pollution: Voices from the Ground
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A Time for Transformation: State-of-the-Art Partnerships and their Pathways to Accelerate the SDGs
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