Climate Watch: Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) Data
This data is now available on Climate Watch as part of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) dataset.
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Climate Watch (CAIT): Country Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data
The CAIT country greenhouse gas emissions dataset is now available for download and visualization on Climate Watch.
A new $2 trillion proposal is designed to create millions of good-paying jobs in the United States while responding to the pandemic and climate crisis. Here's a look at the key climate provisions of President Biden’s proposed infrastructure package.
This morning The White House released the details of the “American Jobs Plan” ahead of President Biden’s speech at 4:20pm ET today. The proposal includes hundreds of billions of dollars in investments to fight climate change and major funding for clean energy projects. Following is a statement from Dan Lashof, Director of World Resources Institute, United States.
Today, the Senate introduced the Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Tax Credit Amendments Act. This legislation would enable carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) and direct air capture (DAC) projects to access necessary federal incentives for reducing CO2 emissions. Following is a statement from Christina DeConcini, Director of Government Affairs, World Resources Institute.
On March 18th at 9:30 am EDT, journalists are invited to a virtual event launching the Clean Air Catalyst with keynote speakers Senator Robert Menendez, Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Karl Fickenscher, Acting Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Development, Democracy and Innovation (DDI).
This episode of WRI’s “Big Ideas Into Action” podcast examines energy resilience in Texas and Tamil Nadu, India.
On March 8 at 11:00am ET, journalists are invited to join a media briefing hosted by World Resources Institute, Environmental Defense Fund, National Resources Defense Council and the Union of Concerned Scientists, which will profile in-depth modeling and analysis that shows how a 50% reduction target is attainable.
Today, thousands of US cities, states, tribal nations, businesses, schools and faith, health and cultural institutions have come together to form America Is All In. This new coalition joins two initiatives, America’s Pledge and We Are Still In, to advocate and empower a whole-of-society mobilization to develop a roadmap to cut emissions in half by 2030, reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, scale climate action across the country, and promote leadership of non-federal actors on the world stage.
Today, Lever for Change announced that Turning Point, a project in which WRI is a collaborator, and four other finalist teams will advance to the next stage of the 2030 Climate Challenge, a $10 million award launched last year to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. by 2030. The Challenge, sponsored by an anonymous donor, will fund proven, data-driven solutions tackling greenhouse gas emissions in the buildings, industry, and/or transportation sectors in communities across the country.