Blog Posts: transportation

Despite some limitations, the CLEAN Future Act is a starting point for turning President Biden’s plan for tackling the climate crisis into specific policies.

The ocean is traditionally viewed as a victim of climate change, rather than a source of solutions. A new report from WRI aims to help governments explore ways to include oceans-based climate solutions into NDCs.

Signals in 2021 will show whether we’re heading toward a cleaner, fairer, stronger world after the COVID-19 pandemic — or moving in the opposite direction

In the United States, the ballot box decides many innovative efforts toward sustainable energy. This year, citizens across the country used their votes to support renewable energy, efficient housing, sustainable transportation and climate action finance, all of which will help ensure a clean energy transition.

Through the right policies and investments, local governments can expand their electric vehicle fleets, grow their economies and encourage consumers to purchase emissions-free cars.

California's decision to require that all new passenger cars and trucks sold in the state to be emissions free by 2035 takes the fight against climate change to the next level.

75 years ago, the United Nations was founded on the belief that countries must work together to address global issues. As the world faces climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, some national governments are living up to this belief more than others — but crucial actors may be able to turn the tide.

Through sector-by-sector evaluation of key trends and drivers, a new report from America's Pledge finds that, despite the unprecedented public health and economic crisis, bottom-up climate action is proving resilient.

The COVID-19 crisis has shown that effective public transport is vital to keeping cities running. Over the long term, public transport is one investment that can create jobs quickly while reducing carbon emissions, making roads safer and improving people’s access to their work and other opportunities.

The COVID-19 pandemic lays bare two facets of our new reality: we are more interconnected than ever, and cities are at the front lines of this crisis and will be at the front lines of any similarly globalized crisis in the future. Cities are already in adaptation mode.