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Navigating the "Vast Sea of Unknowns" of Water Risk

By Andrew Steer on March 22, 2013
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This piece was co-written with Dr. Larry Brilliant, president of the Skoll Global Threats Fund.

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In the Face of Growing Risks, Every Day Is a World Water Day

By Betsy Otto on March 22, 2013
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Today marks the 20th anniversary of the first World Water Day, an international celebration designed to draw attention to the importance of freshwater resources. However, for a…

New Blog Series Will Answer Your Questions on Climate Finance

By Shilpa Patel and Sarah Parsons on March 21, 2013
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Now is a critically important time for the world to focus on climate finance. Developing nations—those least responsible for causing global warming but…

Factoring Sustainability into Financial Decision-Making

By Alex Perera and Samantha Putt del Pino on March 21, 2013
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This is Part Three of a five-part blog series, Aligning Profit and Environmental Sustainability. Each installment explores solutions to…

Finding the Money: How Businesses Can Fund Environmental Sustainability Projects

By Samantha Putt del Pino and Alex Perera on March 14, 2013
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This post also appears on Greenbiz.com

What’s the Difference Between Water Use and Water Consumption?

By Paul Reig on March 12, 2013
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In January, Brian Richter, director of freshwater strategies at The Nature Conservancy, spelled out four water resolutions through a thought-…

4 Barriers to Overcome in Achieving Corporate Environmental Sustainability

By Alex Perera and Samantha Putt del Pino on March 7, 2013
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This post also appears on Greenbiz.com.

This is Part One of a five-part blog series,…

The New Language of Sustainability: Risk and Resilience

By Andrew Steer and Kirsty Jenkinson on March 6, 2013
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On February 20, WRI President Andrew Steer participated in event with GreenBiz CEO Joel Makower at the annual GreenBiz summit in New York City. This post…

Water Risk to Business Is No Small Drip

By Andrew Steer on February 8, 2013
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At the World Economic Forum in Davos two weeks ago, I was struck by how often the issue of water risk was raised by business executives. As the global economic turmoil is receding, many CEOs and global leaders are turning to other threats—and…

How Can We Pay for Green Growth? New Report Provides Answers

By Shilpa Patel on February 1, 2013
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In a little more than one generation—by the time your grade-schoolers will be seeing their own kids off to school—our planet will be home to 9 billion people. This will create…

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