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    Air Quality conservation Insights
    Cities
    Insights
    April 25, 2024

    Zero-emission Zones Are Helping Some Cities Fight Pollution

    • electric mobility
    • net-zero emissions
    • Air Quality
    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    A sign signals a Zero Emission Zone in Oxford, England.
    • electric mobility
    • net-zero emissions
    • Air Quality
    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    Cities
    Insights
    November 28, 2023

    Southeast Asian Cities Have Some of the Most Polluted Air in the World. El Niño Is Making it Worse

    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    • pollution
    • Energy
    • fossil fuels
    People in Jakarta wait for a train while wearing face masks to reduce air pollution exposure
    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    • pollution
    • Energy
    • fossil fuels
    Climate
    Insights
    November 14, 2023

    Tracking Climate Action: How the World Can Still Limit Warming to 1.5 Degrees C

    • GHG emissions
    • net-zero emissions
    • transportation
    • carbon removal
    • Food
    • conservation
    • climate finance
    • International Climate Action
    • National Climate Action
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    • deforestation
    People walking on a boardwalk with trees and wind turbines in front of them.
    • GHG emissions
    • net-zero emissions
    • transportation
    • carbon removal
    • Food
    • conservation
    • climate finance
    • International Climate Action
    • National Climate Action
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    • deforestation
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    October 12, 2023

    Ways the US Can Electrify Its Public Fleets, from City Buses to Garbage Trucks

    • electric mobility
    • Clean Energy
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • Air Quality
    A blue and yellow city bus with the words "clean energy bus" on the side driving in downtown New York.
    • electric mobility
    • Clean Energy
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • Air Quality
    Food
    Insights
    July 20, 2023

    How to Manage the Global Land Squeeze? Produce, Protect, Reduce, Restore

    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • nature-based solutions
    • conservation
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    An aerial view of a section of rain forest cleared for agriculture.
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • nature-based solutions
    • conservation
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Ocean
    Insights
    January 31, 2023

    5 Ocean Moments to Watch in 2023

    • Ocean
    • conservation
    • biodiversity
    A couple snorkels in crystal clear water
    • Ocean
    • conservation
    • biodiversity
    Climate
    Insights
    October 26, 2022

    Closing the Emissions Gap: A Climate Action Roadmap for Limiting Warming to 1.5 Degrees C

    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • net-zero emissions
    • transportation
    • carbon removal
    • Food
    • conservation
    • climate finance
    • International Climate Action
    • National Climate Action
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Wind turbines on coastline.
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • net-zero emissions
    • transportation
    • carbon removal
    • Food
    • conservation
    • climate finance
    • International Climate Action
    • National Climate Action
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    July 12, 2022

    How China Can Cut its Road Transportation Emissions by 95%

    • transportation
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Electric Mobility
    • public transit
    • Air Quality
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Beijing highway
    • transportation
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Electric Mobility
    • public transit
    • Air Quality
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Cities
    Insights
    February 3, 2022

    3 Ways to Reimagine Public Transport for People and the Climate

    • public transit
    • Climate
    • Climate Equity
    • Air Quality
    Belo Horizonte - MOVE
    • public transit
    • Climate
    • Climate Equity
    • Air Quality
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    January 13, 2022

    5 Ways US States Can Get More Electric School Buses on the Road

    • electric mobility
    • net-zero emissions
    • Climate
    • Air Quality
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Schools
    Electric school buses in the US
    • electric mobility
    • net-zero emissions
    • Climate
    • Air Quality
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Schools
    Forests
    Insights
    September 22, 2021

    Cities Are Surprising Leaders in Forest Conservation

    • Cities
    • deforestation
    • conservation
    • restoration
    A large forest reaching the edge of Campinas, a city in Brazil.
    • Cities
    • deforestation
    • conservation
    • restoration
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    July 7, 2020

    LA’s Time To Lead A Fair, Strong And Clean COVID-19 Recovery

    • Air Quality
    • coronavirus
    • Economics
    Los Angeles Traffic
    • Air Quality
    • coronavirus
    • Economics
    Cities
    Insights
    June 18, 2020

    In the Distance: Clean Air Post-COVID-19

    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    mexico-city-skyline
    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    June 18, 2020

    Connecting the People Growing a Trillion Trees the Right Way

    • deforestation
    • conservation
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • conservation
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Cities
    Insights
    May 28, 2020

    Insights from Big Data on How COVID-19 Is Changing Society

    • Air Quality
    • Cities
    • transportation
    Bike riders in New York City's Prospect park
    • Air Quality
    • Cities
    • transportation
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    April 30, 2020

    How Korea is Winning the Fight Against COVID-19 While Ramping Up Climate Ambition

    • Economics
    • Air Quality
    • coronavirus
    • National Climate Action
    • fossil fuels
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    Korean city at night
    • Economics
    • Air Quality
    • coronavirus
    • National Climate Action
    • fossil fuels
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    Ocean
    Insights
    April 24, 2020

    The Ocean Genome Helps Fight Disease: Here's How We Save It

    • conservation
    • coronavirus
    • biodiversity
    • Equity & Governance
    • international climate policy
    • Ocean
    • protected areas
    Algae, corals and fish in an ocean gully.
    • conservation
    • coronavirus
    • biodiversity
    • Equity & Governance
    • international climate policy
    • Ocean
    • protected areas
    Cities
    Insights
    February 25, 2020

    The Most Successful Air Pollution Treaty You’ve Never Heard Of

    • Equity & Governance
    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    Scooter-riders with face masks in Hanoi, Vietnam
    • Equity & Governance
    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    December 3, 2019

    Delhi’s Deadly Smog: Policy Paralysis Around a Preventable Problem

    • Air Quality
    • agriculture
    • fires
    Some of Delhi's dangerous air pollution comes from crop burning in neighboring states. Photo by Neil Palmer/CIAT.
    • Air Quality
    • agriculture
    • fires
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    November 20, 2019

    To Clean Delhi’s Air, Reform Its Transport System

    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    • health
    • transportation
    New Delhi's air quality, already poor, tends to plummet as Diwali ends and winter begins. Photo by Sumita Roy Dutta/Wikimedia Commons.
    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    • health
    • transportation

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