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United Kingdom Adopts Ambitious Climate Change Target

By Jennifer Morgan on May 17, 2011

Today, the government of the United Kingdom took a significant step to shift to a low-carbon economy, providing clear signals to investors that the UK wants to host large-scale clean energy projects moving forward.

WRI Responds to National Research Council's Final Report on America's Climate Choices

May 13, 2011
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

In its final report on America’s Climate Choices, the National Research Council asserts that there is a “pressing need for substantial action” to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate change.

MEDIA ADVISORY: Ocean Inspiration and WRI Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau

May 12, 2011
Location: NEW YORK, N.Y.

May 18 event at Sea Grill is a tribute to Captain Cousteau and our fragile ocean world

Listen: Author Paul Gilding Discusses "The Great Disruption" at WRI

By Lauren Zelin on May 2, 2011

How the climate crisis will transform the global economy.

Business and Climate

WRI seeks to engage the private sector to help solve climate and energy challenges by sharing strategies and solutions with corporate partners and helping businesses capture the competitive advantages offered by a zero-carbon future.

Next Practice Collaborative: Business in a Zero-Carbon Economy

Harnessing innovation and opportunity to develop the business case, tools and metrics that advance corporate climate leadership for a zero-carbon, climate-resilient economy.

PRESS RELEASE: WRI and InnoCentive Issue Challenge Seeking Communication Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation

April 14, 2011
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

The World Resources Institute (WRI), a global environmental think tank, and InnoCentive, the world leader in Challenge Driven Innovation, announced a new Challenge and $10,000 prize for solutions to help local communities communicate what they need to adapt to changing climate conditions.

Ghana and Vietnam Scenarios Foreshadow How Decisions on Climate Adaptation Are Made

By Philip Angell on March 17, 2011

Scenario exercises look at the how and why of decision-making for climate change.

PRESS RELEASE: New initiative announced to help ICT industry measure carbon footprint

March 9, 2011
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C. & LONDON

New global guidance will provide common approaches for calculating carbon emissions of ICT products and services

Designing the International Climate Regime

WRI aims to highlight the best proposals for the institutional design of an international climate change regime. This project is a joint endeavor of the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), with the support of the Government of Ireland.

How Does China’s 12th Five-Year Plan Address Energy and the Environment?

By Deborah Seligsohn and Angel Hsu on March 7, 2011

This piece originally appeared on ChinaFAQs.org

Towards a Climate Safe Common Future

By Gro Harlem Brundtland, Special Envoy on Climate Change for the UN Secretary-General on February 28, 2011

The two defining challenges of this century are climate change and poverty. Our challenge is to find a way to deal with both, at the same time.

This piece originally appeared on the World Resources Report website.

PRESS STATEMENT: WRI Responds to Inspector General's Report on NOAA Scientists

February 24, 2011
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

The Office of Inspector General released a report today clearing scientists at the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of wrongdoing with regard to the stolen emails from the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit (CRU) in November 2009.

A Wake Up Call to Save Coral Reefs

By The Hon. Al Gore on February 24, 2011

Reefs at Risk Revisited reveals a new reality about coral reefs and the increasing stresses they are under.

This piece originally appeared as the foreword to Reefs at Risk Revisited.

PRESS RELEASE: 75% of World’s Coral Reefs Currently Under Threat, New Analysis Finds

February 24, 2011
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C. & LONDON

“Reefs at Risk Revisited” report presents comprehensive analysis of threats to coral reefs

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