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Paris Agreement Rulebook: Tracking Country Progress

Expert BlogJake Schmidt
One of the key elements of the decisions in Poland were rules around the "Transparency and Accountability" provisions to implement the Paris Agreement— how we will track progress and hold countries accountable to deliver their national and international climate commitments…

Paris Agreement Rulebook: Tracking Financial Flows

Expert BlogHan Chen
The key tasks for the next few years are to (1) ramp up climate finance through the Green Climate Fund and other channels, (2) shift resources out of high-carbon projects into low-carbon activities across the economy, and (3) to make…

Cheapest AND Cleanest: Renewables Are Winning

Expert BlogNathanael Greene
As 2018 closes, it’s now safe to say that clean renewable energy is at an inflection point. Cost is no longer the biggest challenge to greater adoption of wind and solar; it is now the rules of the power markets…

Communities & Climate: A New Way to Measure Vulnerability

Expert BlogMarissa Ramirez
What decisions need to be collectively made to withstand climate change while centering climate justice and equity? How can solutions be developed that underscore climate vulnerability and chart a new path on which all people can be included?

Where’s the (Better) Beef? Not at Wendy’s.

Expert BlogDavid Wallinga, MD
In the wake of big news from McDonald's, is Wendy's hoping to convince consumers it's acting meaningfully on antibiotic overuse without actually doing so?

California Pilot to Wean 1,600 Homes from Fossil Fuels

Expert BlogMerrian Borgeson
Homes across one of the most polluted and disadvantaged regions in California will be outfitted with state of the art, electric powered heating systems and appliances free of cost under a pilot program approved today by the state Public Utilities…

The Year in Energy Savings, 2018

Expert BlogLauren Urbanek
Remarkable progress has been made to decrease the energy intensity of our appliances, equipment, and buildings, and we aren't stopping in 2019.

NRDC India: 10 Years of Partnership

Expert BlogAnjali Jaiswal
NRDC is dedicated to our partners and to achieving prosperous and sustainable growth for all in India. We look forward to doing even more in the decade to come.

Learning to Love the Lamprey

Latest NewsUnited StatesJason Bittel
In their native habitat in the Pacific Northwest, these imperiled fish are important ecosystem engineers and food web heroes—despite their bloodsucking lifestyle.