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Six years after the release of the landmark Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change, Lord Nicholas Stern revealed…

A Close Look at Fugitive Methane Emissions from Natural Gas

Natural gas is booming in the United States. Production has increased by 20 percent in the last five years, fueled largely by technological advances in shale gas extraction…

Lessons from Thailand: Mobilizing Investment in Energy Efficiency

Developing countries will need about $531 billion of additional investments in clean energy technologies every year in order to limit global temperature rise to 2° C…

New Data Reveals Rising Coal Use

New data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reveals a troubling trend: Coal-fired power generation—and its associated greenhouse gas emissions—were on the rise…

Accounting for Environmental Externalities Is Good for Business and the Planet

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

WRI to release new working paper, “Clearing the Air: Reducing Upstream Greenhouse Gas Emissions from U.S. Natural Gas Systems.”

The private sector is a crucial partner in advancing sustainable development, and bilateral aid agencies are grappling with ways to learn from and leverage the activities of companies and markets. As the worlds of business and of aid increasingly…

Agriculture is a major actor in spurring global climate change. The sector is already responsible for at least…

ADVISORY: WRI and IMF to Host Major Speech by Lord Stern

“Fostering Growth and Poverty Reduction in a World of Immense Risk”

11 Caribbean Countries Meet to Discuss Freedom of Information Laws in the Region