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MEDIA ADVISORY: WRI Experts Available for Interviews on World Bank and International Monetary Fund Meeting

September 30, 2009
Location: ISTANBUL, TURKEY

WHAT:

Experts from the World Resources Institute (WRI) will participate in four panel discussions during the World Bank Group (WBG) and International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) annual meeting in Istanbul, Turkey.

The panel discussions are part of the Civil Society Policy Forum, which will bring together bank staff, civil society representatives, government officials and academics to discuss important topics, such as integrating human rights into WBG operations; financing climate change adaptation in developing countries; financing forest conservation to combat global warming; and transforming transportation in cities. WRI experts appearing on these panels will be available for interviews.

Statement by WRI’s Jonathan Lash on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act

September 30, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

Closing the Bankers' Loophole in Emissions Reporting

By Shally Venugopal on September 28, 2009

Financial institutions are learning to protect investors–and themselves–from investments exposed to risk from climate change.

Caterpillar President, Experts in Clean Tech & Energy Markets Named Directors at WRI

September 25, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

The World Resources Institute (WRI) has elected three new members to its board of directors:  Kathleen A. McGinty, a specialist in clean technologies and operating partner at Element LLC, Douglas R. Oberhelm, group president of sustainable development at Caterpillar, and Dr. Susan Tierney, an expert in energy policy and economics and a consultant at the Analysis Group, Inc.

The Next Big Climate Questions for Corporations

By Samantha Putt del Pino and Eliot Metzger on September 25, 2009

The strength of tomorrow’s low-carbon economy depends on the innovation of business today.

Statement by WRI's Jennifer Morgan on Major UN Climate Meeting in New York

September 22, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

The United Nations met today in a special session to discuss climate change in New York. Jennifer Morgan, climate and energy program director of the World Resources Institute (WRI), today issued the following statement.

Indicators Needed to Illustrate Benefits from Ecosystems

September 21, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

Existing data and indicators inadequately measure the important benefits people derive from the services nature provides, according to a working paper released today by the World Resources Institute (WRI).

WRI Announces 2009 Courage to Lead Dinner

By Rich Barnett on September 21, 2009

Join us for an inspiring evening with leaders who are tackling today’s toughest environmental challenges.

Online Resource Puts Ecosystem Services Experts at Fingertips

September 15, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

The World Resources Institute (WRI) and other leading international environmental organizations today launched the Ecosystem Services Experts Directory, a public online directory that allows journalists, business leaders, and governments to locate and contact specialists in ecosystem services.

MEDIA ADVISORY; Climate Briefing and Opportunity to Meet WRI’s New Climate Director and China Country Director

September 11, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

WHAT:

Please join the World Resources Institute (WRI) for a journalist-only climate change policy briefing next Friday that will arm you with fresh analysis and insight for this fall’s crowded climate agenda. WRI president Jonathan Lash will give an overview of domestic and international prospects for progress, and how they intersect. WRI’s new Climate and Energy Program Director, Jennifer Morgan, and our new China Country Director Zou Ji (bios attached) will provide unique insight into the UN climate negotiations and Chinese progress and thinking on climate action. This will be followed by a domestic policy panel. WRI analysts will deconstruct the American Clean Energy and Security Act (emission reductions, allowances, offsets, benefits to states etc) and our states policy team will dissect what federal climate legislators can learn from successful state climate actions

The briefing will be followed by a question and answer session and a happy hour for reporters to follow up individually with our climate experts.

Progress on Amazonian Deforestation and Land Reform

By Kaleigh Robinson on September 8, 2009

President Lula’s targeted vetoes to controversial but landmark legislation mark significant progress towards protecting the Amazon forest.

Moving Forward on Climate Adaptation in South Africa

By Eric Chu and Preeti Verma on September 4, 2009

To be successful, adaptation efforts must dovetail with human development needs such as poverty reduction and employment.

Protecting Forests and Community Rights in the DRC

By Pierre Methot and Scott Thompson on September 3, 2009

The Democratic Republic of Congo cancelled logging operation titles in 12 million hectares of tropical forest this year in an effort to promote sustainable, socially responsible forest management.

Fox’s 24, L.A. Clippers, Others Use Accounting Tool to Cut Climate Emissions

September 1, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

The low-carbon diet is a growing trend in the sports and entertainment industries, where Fox TV’s 24 and pro basketball’s Los Angeles Clippers are using the Greenhouse Gas Protocol to cut their climate calories.