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CAIT’s Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data Now Available in Google Public Data Explorer

By Kevin Lustig on June 15, 2011

Last year, in an effort to make our climate data more accessible, WRI launched a pilot that paired estimates of U.S. state greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from our Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) with the Google Public Data Explorer, a tool that visualizes large data sets with interactive charts and maps.

WRI Climate Data Now Available In Google Public Data Explorer

By Jack Warner and Thomas Damassa on July 13, 2010

WRI is working with Google to make our data related to climate change more approachable and interactive than ever.

Developed Country GHG Reduction Pledges Fall Short, New Analysis Reveals

October 6, 2009
Location: BANGKOK, THAILAND

Commitments made by developed countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, when added together, fall short of stabilizing global temperatures at a level that averts dangerous climate change.

WRI Joins North America’s Largest Greenhouse Gas Reporting Partnership

May 14, 2008
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

The Climate Registry, which uses accounting methodologies created by the World Resources Institute, will name WRI one of its founding reporters next month.

China's Carbon Intensity Target

By Tim Herzog on April 27, 2007

Last week, China released a draft of its First National Climate Change Assessment.

Emissions Growth in the United States and the European Union

By Tim Herzog on February 23, 2007

With the renewed focus on global warming policy in the United States, there have been several assertions made about the growth of US emissions, particularly with respect to the European Union (EU).

The State of U.S. Emissions, Part I

By Tim Herzog on January 17, 2007

By Tim Herzog

Greenhouse Gases and Where They Come From

By Tim Herzog on October 30, 2006

As the 2006 UN Conference of the Parties to the Climate Convention (COP-12) approaches, an overview of greenhouse gas sources is helpful.

How U.S. State GHG Emissions Compare Internationally

October 2, 2006

When it comes to climate change, states make a difference – even when compared internationally.

The Climate of a Post-Kyoto World

By Jonathan Pershing on March 28, 2005

Contributions to Global Warming: 1990-1999Contributions to Global Warming: 1990-1999While signatory nations and environmentalists hail the recent ratification of the