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New #SystemsChangeLab insights on the history of coal plant cancellations in China, India and Vietnam shows that there have been encouraging reductions in coal project pipelines around the world: 🔵 The top 10 countries with the most coal in development — which are all located in Asia — have decreased their coal project pipeline since 2015.  🔵Nine African countries had plans in 2015 to build their first ever coal plants, but none of these had been built by the end of 2023.  🔵No countries in Europe or the Americas increased their coal capacity by more than one gigawatt from 2015 to 2023. See what lessons can be learned to speed up the cancellation of remaining coal projects: https://bit.ly/3zMN5vK

To reach net zero by 2050 the world must build clean power faster; slow and inefficient permitting process impacts this. Sectoral targets in NDCs can help guide domestic policymaking and enable more effective implementation. Learn more from Bruce Douglas and watch the full webinar here:https://bit.ly/45sfq6C

South and Southeast Asia are some of the world's largest carbon emitters. Shifting Asia's energy systems to clean, renewable power is critical to slowing the pace of warming. However, many countries in South and Southeast Asia lack the right ingredients to attract clean energy investment. Overcoming these barriers will be key to unlocking more finance and catalyzing the region's clean energy transition, and multilateral development banks (#MDBs) can help. Learn more from WRI Finance Center: https://bit.ly/3W7fyVT

🏭 91% of people in urban areas breathe polluted air that does not meet WHO guidelines, leading to an estimated 1.8 million excess deaths in cities in 2019. Explore data on air pollution in cities and action to prevent it at #SystemsChangeLab: https://bit.ly/4bj0itp

To reduce global carbon emissions, should people harvest and use more wood or less? 🌳 World Resources Institute provides a useful basis for exploring the effects of wood consumption on climate change and what they mean for policy: https://bit.ly/4cp0MQ1

92-95% of school buses today run on diesel, with dangerous fumes linked to serious health impacts, especially for students from low-income families. Luckily, adoption of electric school buses—a safer, greener option—is continuing to expand across the US: https://bit.ly/3IGZBOy

What exactly are zero-emission zones?🚫💨 📋A WRI report shows only about a dozen cities around the world have officially implemented or announced formal proposals to pilot Zero-emission zones: https://bit.ly/3UoI5UK

What's new in climate? 🔥 🌍 WRI Climate brings you critical climate stories each month. This month we look at negotiators making limited progress on the new climate finance goal (#NCQG), how scorching heat is gripping much of the world and the EU ministers greenlighting a nature preservation law.

#Hydrogen has the potential to become a transformational decarbonization solution for the U.S. economy—particularly heavy industry. But that depends on whether it’s CLEAN and how it’s being used.    The US introduced the #45V tax credit to incentivize #CleanHydrogen production—a huge opportunity to set up a new industry independent of fossil fuels. What qualifies as #CleanHydrogen? What are the best, emissions-reducing use cases for hydrogen? Delve into the debate in our latest article to find out: https://bit.ly/45QhvcH

Watch now! Next Generation NDCs: Setting Sectoral Targets to Maximize Impact🌐 Last week, WRI Climate was joined by Bruce Douglas, René Z., Pandora Batra, Taryn Fransen and Jamal Srouji for a virtual high-level dialogue discussing the benefits of including setting sector-specific targets in countries’ next generation #NDCs and laying out specific examples for how to approach targets for key sectors like energy, transport, buildings, food, agriculture and land use. Watch the full #webinar recording here🔽 https://bit.ly/45sfq6C