Green banks are an essential tool for the green energy transition. Though well-established in countries such as Germany, India, Australia, and the UK, green banks have gone mostly missing in action in the United States until recently. This white paper explains a vital new source of financing that has rapidly grown in the US over the last decade.

Community opposition to wind power can drive up costs for developers and stymie policymakers’ efforts to reduce greenhouse gases. In developing countries, how often do communities oppose wind power, why does the opposition happen, and to what extent will it become a barrier to clean energy expansion?

Climate Solutions Lab Postdoctoral Fellow Alexander S. Gard-Murray and co-author Watson Institute National Defense Fellow Lt Col Theodore J. Shanks created a map of U.S. military dependence on Russian fossil fuels.

Jan Stockbruegger recently wrote, "22 Countries Agreed To Establish Green Shipping Routes. That’s Big News," which explains why a new initiative may not only help build clean maritime industries, but also build support for more ambitious climate policies in shipping.

Jeff Colgan and co-author Alexander Gard-Murray recently published a Climate Solutions White Paper focusing on how the summary findings directed at policymakers and technical audiences might be improved, and how a new publicfacing "Summary for American Families" could help the NCA communicate its results more broadly.

Jonas Nahm, Assistant Professor of Energy, Resources, and Environment at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, recently wrote this white paper for the Climate Solutions Lab on clean tech manufacturing.