How To Create Good Jobs at Fair Wages - And Help the Climate
July 7, 2016
Transitioning away from fossil fuels to renewable energy is a way to both mitigate climate change and create jobs. We are collecting ...
Read MoreFrom Empty Homes to Green Space & Flood Prevention in Detroit
July 6, 2016
In Detroit, abandoned homes are being turned into "bioretention" rain gardens. These gardens soak up storm runoff, which reduces the flow ...
Read MoreCar sharing Creates Connections while Fostering Disaster Recovery
June 29, 2016
The 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan swept away 60,000 cars in the city of Ishinomaki. Residents had a difficult time replacing their ...
Read MoreWorld Energy Featured in Governing Magazine
June 28, 2016
A World Energy simulation has been covered by Governing Magazine. Thanks to Steve Kaagan, one of our very active World Climate ...
Read MoreWorking With Others to Achieve Climate Co-Benefits: 5 Things to Remember
June 23, 2016
Any effort that mitigates climate change while providing other benefits, like bike paths that reduce emissions from cars and encourage ...
Read MoreThe UN Poverty-Environment Initiative brings poverty & environment to the forefront of policymaking
June 22, 2016
The United Nations Poverty-Environment Initiative works in Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa, and Latin America to help governments and other ...
Read MoreAchieving Multiple Benefits Requires Multiple Perspectives
June 21, 2016
As we meet leaders who are multisolving in their communities, and as we work in Atlanta with a group of community leaders on a project ...
Read More4 weeks, 4 countries, 7 World Climate Simulations
June 20, 2016
In May, Climate Interactive launched a new effort to elevate climate awareness across Africa ahead of COP22 with the University Mohammed VI ...
Read MoreRwanda Solar Installation Increases Electricity and Jobs
June 15, 2016
Helping Rwanda move toward its goal of delivering electricity to half the population by 2017, a new 8.5MW solar farm has increased power ...
Read MoreWhat I Learnt From My First World Climate Simulation
June 10, 2016
In May, I took part in my first World Climate simulation exercise in Marrakech. We had a diverse group of participants from research ...
Read MoreThe Young African Leaders Initiative Wants You to Plant Trees
June 8, 2016
In honor of Earth Day 2016, the Young African Leaders Initiative is participating in the goal to plant 7.8 billion trees, one tree for ...
Read MoreWhy We Multisolve - Emphasizing Co-Benefits in Addressing Climate Change
June 6, 2016
Policies that work to mitigate climate change can also produce other co-benefits. For example, planting trees in urban areas sequesters ...
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