John Podesta addresses the fifth session of the U.N. Environment Assembly to address the interconnected planetary threats to our climate, biodiversity, economy, and human security.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission should begin using its authority to mandate climate-related disclosures in order to address climate-related risks to investors, the economy, and the public.
By Alexandra Thornton and Andy Green
REPORT
The United States and India can collaborate to rapidly catalyze foreign institutional investment in India’s green transition, which would significantly influence the global effort to combat climate change.
By Kanika Chawla, Alan Yu, and Rita Cliffton
REPORT
The United States and India have an opportunity to partner to catalyze foreign institutional investment in India’s green transition—a critical contribution to drive progress in the global effort to combat climate change.
By Kanika Chawla, Alan Yu, and Rita Cliffton
FACT SHEET
Federal transportation policy should focus on reducing per capita driving and supporting more dense development, including with expanded public transit and passenger rail.
By Kevin DeGood
COLUMN
The Biden administration must strengthen the implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act within 100 days of taking office in order to ensure that federal infrastructure investments result in an equitable and just clean energy future.
By Christy Goldfuss, Elise Gout, and Sally Hardin
COLUMN
California’s environmental justice mapping tool offers clear lessons for identifying and targeting benefits to disadvantaged communities.
By Aimee Barnes, Angela Luh, and Matthew Gobin
REPORT
Anti-immigrant rhetoric stemming from discredited pseudoscience has evolved into an extreme right-wing greenwashing effort that the modern conservation movement is right to reject.
By Jenny Rowland-Shea and Sahir Doshi
ISSUE BRIEF
In its efforts to protect 30 percent of U.S. lands and ocean by 2030, the federal government has an obligation to acknowledge tribal sovereignty and support Indigenous-led conservation.
By Sahir Doshi
ISSUE BRIEF
States have led on progressive climate action, and President-elect Joe Biden’s nominees will bring their lessons to the nation’s capital.
By Sam Ricketts, Christy Goldfuss, and Aimee Barnes
ISSUE BRIEF
The Biden administration can take 20 actions in its first 100 days to leverage the power of the ocean in the fight against climate change.
By Jean Flemma, Miriam Goldstein, and Anne Merwin
COLUMN
The climate crisis may have serious implications for agricultural finance.
By Zoe Willingham
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The magnitude of risks facing the U.S. economy mean that the federal budget process can no longer ignore climate concerns.
By Jacob Leibenluft
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Hurricanes Eta and Iota caused widespread damage to several already fragile Central American countries, leaving them incapable of safely and adequately accepting the return of their own nationals living abroad.
By Silva Mathema and Tom Jawetz
ISSUE BRIEF
A modernized Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) would be a useful tool to effectively address climate resilience and environmental racism in low-income communities of color.
By Michela Zonta and Zoe Willingham
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