Stories by Manish Bapna

2012: A Breakthrough for Renewable Energy?

In his annual State of the Union address, President Obama declared: “I will not walk away from clean energy.”

What are the top environmental and development issues that will shape 2012?

This piece was written with Vinod Thomas, Director General, Independent Evaluation, Asian Development Bank. It originally appeared in

Shale Gas: Friend or Foe?

A Special Letter from WRI Interim President Manish Bapna

Weird Weather and the New Climate Reality

This post was written with Vinod Thomas, director general of the Asian Development Bank and former senior vice president, Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank. It was originally posted by the

Making Effective Decisions in a Changing Climate

This piece originally appeared on the Bangkok Post website.

A Vision for the UN Panel For Global Sustainability

On October 20, I spoke at an Interactive Dialogue of the UN General Assembly about the imminent report of the High Level Panel for Global Sustainability. The Panel,…

If you believe the doomsday merchants, the scariest thing about this Halloween is the fact that the world…

This post is based on the foreword to World Resources: Decision Making in a Changing Climate, co-signe

Vice President Joe Biden had it right in his recent visit to China.