WRI's goal is to protect the global climate system from further harm due to emissions of greenhouse gases and help humanity and the natural world adapt to unavoidable climate change.
WRI's People and Ecosystems goal is to reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems and assure their capacity to provide humans with needed goods and services.
Dr. Jonathan Pershing's focus is on both U.S. and international climate change policy; he is active in work on emissions trading, energy technology and the evolving architecture of international climate agreements.