Insights: WRI's Blog

Scientific advances in wood identification are improving chances of catching illegal loggers endangering the world’s most threatened rainforests.

More Americans now work in solar, wind and energy efficiency than in coal, natural gas and oil. Where these jobs are located may surprise you.

The Sustainable Development Goals are good for business.

Agriculture and forestry offer great opportunities to help create the lower-carbon economy envisioned in the Paris Agreement, but these two sectors were largely overlooked in a new decarbonization roadmap published in the journal Science. That needs to change to reap the benefits of forest and landscape restoration.

Our climate is warming, with uncertain impacts. These methodologies help us prepare for what we can't predict.

We’ve now entered a new world order when it comes to the acceptance — or rather, the denial — of scientific fact.

Civil society groups can enhance environmental and economic outcomes by connecting communities with expertise and formal decision-making processes.

Climate change is complex. But understanding uncertainty can help us prepare for the unknown.

The Trump administration's sweeping executive order, signed this week, aims to roll back the Clean Power Plan, a move that will set the United States back and allow other countries to take the lead in cleaner energy that creates jobs and improves people's lives. WRI's Sam Adams explains.

President Donald Trump's latest executive order aims to roll back many of the core elements of U.S. climate strategy, a move that threatens America's health and the country's economic prosperity. Here are details of the order's major provisions and their potential impact.