Insights: WRI's Blog

The United States might have left the Paris Agreement, but its leading businesses are sticking by climate action.

By planting the White House Kitchen Garden, Michelle Obama spurred a movement that's helping combat a warming planet.

Lots of people are talking about the Paris Agreement. But forget withdrawal—the world is standing fast by climate action.

Representatives from countries accounting for 90 percent of the world’s clean energy investment and 75 percent of its greenhouse gas emissions will gather in Beijing this week for the 8th Clean Energy Ministerial. Will they advance renewable energy and efficiency, or will the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement set the talks back?

When President Donald Trump announced his intention to pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement, he had plenty to say about international climate funding. Much of it was simply inaccurate.

The Paris Agreement is the best instrument for addressing threats to development posed by climate change, such as forest fires, extreme weather and more. The U.S. withdrawal from the agreement is reckless.

President Donald Trump's announcement that the U.S. will withdraw from the Paris Agreement puts the United States in an odd club of only three nations that have not signed the landmark climate change accord. It's a decision that could isolate the U.S. from the global community for years to come.

Besides the cost to human health, the pollution's environmental impacts make China's fourth-largest city less attractive to corporate investment.

China's national government set a goal for half of the country's new buildings to be green certified by 2020. Three pioneering cities show how local governments and developers can deliver.

As profits for food and beverage companies stall, studies find consumers prefer products with positive social impacts. Companies can capitalize on this trend—and save money—by reducing food loss and waste.