Stories: Climate, Energy & Transport

The forest products sector holds an enormous stake in the coming economy defined by resource constraints, climate change policies, and shifting consumer values.

A new study by WRI and other researchers finds that much of the world’s deforestation is isolated in a handful of “hotspots,” not spread out over many nations and many locations.

Africa: Atlas of Our Changing Environment, a new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report, uses more than 300 satellite images to tell the story of Africa’s environmental transformation.

< p>When it comes to urban transportation, ingenuity is the key to cleaner, greener, and smarter cities.

Learn more about three long-term, sustainable policy solutions that would help ease the pain of high gas prices.

WRI’s Debbie Boger responds to Bjorn Lomborg’s faulty global warming conclusions.

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is both hailed as a “silver bullet” for the coal industry, and reviled as a pipe dream. The reality is that the U.S. needs CCS, and a comprehensive policy framework for rapid development and deployment.

Today a majority of the Senate sent a message to Americans and the rest of the world that they believe the time is now to confront climate change.

Continuing the positive trend in corporate greenhouse gas accounting, over 40 Indian companies launched the India GHG Inventory Program this week. The program is the latest national-level program for corporations to measure and manage their GHG emissions based on internationally recognized standards.