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Creating Sustainable Communities through Systems Thinking and Integrative Design
Architect and long-time RMI donor Helen J. Kessler finds hope in the future generation of environmental designers and activists.
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Hadia Sheerazi: Championing Equitable, Inclusive, Just, and Sustainable Outcomes for the Energy Transition
This RMI manager is helping the highest-emitting industrial sectors cut their climate pollution in equitable and inclusive ways.
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Driving Women-Made Climate Solutions
As we celebrate Women’s History Month, meet some of the RMI women working to change our world for the better.
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Where Black Communities Fit into America’s Energy Transition
When you think of the worst effects of climate change — floods, hurricanes, unbearable heat — it’s easy to think that all that misery would have an equal impact. But the damaging effects of a…
Africa
Sharing the Power: Nigerian Community Takes Charge of Their Energy Development
Chief Alhaja Akamo, the Onigbaje (head of commerce) of Mokoloki town, owns a shop selling biscuits, chips, soap, hard liquor, beer, and most importantly, ice, cold water, and soda drinks, much appreciated in the sweltering,…
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Stuck on a Climate Change Term? Help Is Here.
A glossary for a variety of terms you may encounter when reading about energy and climate change.
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COP28: What Worked, What Didn’t, and What Next?
The UN climate conference delivered more progress than many anticipated — on cutting methane, funding loss and damage, and tripling renewable energy — but it also neglected major priorities. RMI experts share their take.
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The Top 12 Climate Developments of 2023
The past year saw historic developments in climate, energy, and more to help move us toward a clean and secure future.
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It’s the IRA’s First Birthday. Here Are Five Areas Where Progress Is Piling Up.
The Inflation Reduction Act promised an unprecedented wave of clean energy investment. One year in, here’s where we’re seeing progress.
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Spreading Smoke, Rising Risks
We talk with RMIers about how wildfires and air pollution have touched their lives and drive their work.