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The Paris Agreement and China’s Climate Leadership

Expert BlogBarbara Finamore
In the midst of its weeklong National Day holiday – also known as Golden Week – China has another reason to celebrate today. Seventy-two countries, accounting for nearly 57% of global GHG emissions, have now formally joined the Paris climate…

Bipartisan Bill Offers Solutions for Flood-Prone Properties

Expert BlogRob Moore
Bipartisan legislation introduced last week by Representatives Ed Royce (R-CA) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), the Repeatedly Flooded Communities Preparation Act (H.R. 6196), would take a much needed step toward confronting the problem of continually subsidizing the rebuilding of flood-prone properties…

What It Took to Create the Atlantic’s First Marine National Monument

NRDC in ActionConnecticut, Massachusetts, United StatesMelissa Denchak
After years of work by NRDC and its partners, about 5,000 square miles of ocean—with massive canyons, majestic underwater mountains, and more than 1,000 species—have received permanent protection.

Green Finance Approaches and Criteria: The G20 and China

Expert BlogBarbara Finamore, Yan Wang
At the close of the 2016 G20 Summit in Hangzhou last month, the G20’s Green Finance Study Group (GFSG), a group of countries and relevant international institutions chaired by China and the UK with support from the United Nations Environment…

World Leaders Vote to Close Domestic Ivory Markets

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JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — In an effort to curb the slaughter of African elephants, parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) today recommended that countries with domestic ivory markets that contribute to elephant poaching or the…

Green Impact Report: Galloper Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

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UK Green Investment Bank plc (“GIB”) has assessed the Green Impact of Galloper Offshore Wind Farm (the “Project”) based on project data provided by its independent advisers, and the results of that assessment are summarised in this report. The report…

The Sustainable Infrastructure Imperative

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Key messages from this report, which is the third of three reports by the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, are outlined below. Starting on page 53, the report highlights the important role of green investment banks and green…