Poor people in highly vulnerable countries did little to disrupt the climate but are suffering the most. If the world doesn’t limit global warming to 1.5 degrees C above pre-industrial levels, low-income countries will face devastating – and wildly disproportionate – consequences. Yamide Dagnet, Jemima Marie Mendoza and Molly Bergen name five outcomes for COP26, the UN climate conference at the end of the year, that could save lives around the globe. Read more.

WRI’s Christina DeConcini and Jillian Neuberger write that it’s well past time to transition the entire U.S. school bus fleet to electric vehicles. High on their list of reasons: replacing polluting diesel school buses with clean electric ones will help address racial and economic equities while creating good paying manufacturing jobs. Read more.

Young adults in the U.S. and U.K. say they want to eat sustainably but WRI analysis finds that people between the ages of 18 and 24 buy more meat than people of any other age. Stacy Blondin and Daniel Vennard explore the evidence and share what works to get people to  develop climate-friendly eating habits. Read more.