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UPDATE 4/11/13: After this blog post was published, the OECD released updated figures for 2010 and 2011. The data still shows a decrease in commitments for adaptation, mitigation,…

As the world continues to feel the effects of drought, sea level rise, and more volatile weather, it’s clear that adaptation efforts have never been more…

5 Lessons for Sustaining Global Forests

As the old adage suggests, it is important to see the forests for more than just the trees. While an estimated 500 million people…

Climate Change Must Factor in Smart Policy

This piece originally appeared on TheHill.com.

America is blessed with abundant energy sources,…

Finding the Money: How Businesses Can Fund Environmental Sustainability Projects

This post also appears on Greenbiz.com

In January, Brian Richter, director of freshwater strategies at The Nature Conservancy, spelled out four water resolutions through a thought-…

Research shows that developing countries will need about $531 billion of additional investments in clean energy technologies each year in order to limit global temperature…

4 Barriers to Overcome in Achieving Corporate Environmental Sustainability

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

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…