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Washington, DC (November 28, 2023) — Ahead of COP28, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities joined partners to launch a new initiative linking climate action to sustainable development by addressing inequities in access to housing and other core services in urban areas.

Residents of Jakarta, Indonesia woke up on August 31, 2023 to a thick blanket of haze and news that their city was again ranked the most polluted in the world — one of many times during the last several months when air quality became so poor it threatened citizens’ health.

LANSING, MICHIGAN (November 28, 2023) – Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a package of climate bills into law that will boost clean energy adoption and reduce emissions in the state.   The new laws include a standard to transition the state to 100% clean electricity by 2040 and new requirements to increase energy storage and accessibility to rooftop solar. The state will also create a new office to support workers and communities impacted by the transition away from fossil fuels in the en...

Covers in-country origination of soy, corn, wheat and cotton

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Tens of thousands of people are heading to Dubai in early December for COP28, the annual international climate summit

DULT has deployed 200 cycles bicycle stands in 11 Metro stations and 9 BMTC TTMCs to enable first/last mile connectivity

One little phrase is set to spark fraught debate over the next two weeks in Dubai. Stuti Mishra reports on what it means for dialling down the world’s reliance on fossil fuels

MINNEAPOLIS, November 27, 2023--South America is one of the most critical regions for biodiversity and vital to feeding the world. To protect South America’s natural ecosystem, Cargill is announcing an accelerated commitment to eliminate deforestation and land conversion from its direct and indirect supply chain of key row crops in Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay by 2025. The commitment spans several important commodities in the global food system, including in-country origination of soy, ...

With this initiative, the city’s civic body said it plans to make Bengaluru one of the few cities in the world, and the third city in India, to have a global standard climate action plan

Taking to X, Poonawalla further said that Sen's comment was a blow against the armed forces as the crashing of the Tejas aircraft will risk the lives of the air force personnel