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Threats to Village Land in Tanzania: Implications for REDD+ Benefit- Sharing Arrangements

By Peter Veit, Darryl Vhugen (Landesa), Jonathan Miner (Landesa) on January 13, 2012

This piece originally appeared in Lessons About Land Tenure, Forest Governance and REDD+: Case Studies from Africa, Asia and Latin America.[^1] The full text of the article is available here.

RELEASE: WRI Announces Three New Board Members Representing Business, Academia, and Government

September 12, 2011
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

WRI elects Daniel Cruise, Jonathan Lash and Dr. Jaime Lerner

PRESS RELEASE: 6th Asia Clean Energy Forum Opens in Manila, Philippines

June 22, 2011
Location: Manila, Philippines

ADB President Calls for “Radical Steps” on Clean Energy

Between Populism and Price Increases: Who Will Pay for the Cost of Renewable Energy?

By Davida Wood, with Shantanu Dixit (Prayas, India), Chuenchom Sangarasri Greacen (Palang Thai, Thailand), Asclepias Indriyanto (Indonesian Institute for Energy Economics, Indonesia), Bharath Jairaj, Antonio La Vina (Ateneo School of Government, Philippines), and Fabby Tumiwa (Institute for Essential Services Reform, Indonesia) on June 21, 2011

As feed-in tariffs gain traction as a policy mechanism of choice, we must keep in mind the bigger picture of the financial health of developing country electricity sectors.

Will Clean Energy Lead to the Next Generation of Asian Tigers?

By Jennifer Morgan and Athena Ballesteros on June 20, 2011

Renewable energy has the potential to transform Asian society, but only if its leaders can take it to the next level.

WRI Experts on Asia's Clean Energy Future

By Maggie Barron on June 16, 2011

Why is Asia such an important region for clean energy deployment? WRI experts respond.

Indonesia’s Ambitious Forest Moratorium Moves Forward

By Beth Gingold and Fred Stolle on June 9, 2011

A summary of key elements, and unanswered questions, in Indonesia’s recent moratorium on new forest permits.

PRESS RELEASE: New Paper Lays Out Smart Policies for Renewable Energy Growth

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

Offers six principles of smart energy policy for developing countries

Grounding Green Power: Bottom-Up Perspectives on Smart Renewable Energy Policy in Developing Countries

Working Paper: May, 2011

This working paper identifies key components of smart renewable energy policy in developing countries, focusing on the power sector. It also provides recommendations for maximizing the effectiveness of international support for deployment of renewable energies, drawn from these on-the-ground experiences in developing countries.

Q&A: Avoiding the Resource Curse in Uganda

By Peter Veit and Florence Landsberg on April 8, 2011

The following Q&A and photo essay originally appeared on allAfrica.com, and are reposted with permission.

New Initiative Uses Environmental Lens to Promote Government Transparency in Key African Countries

April 5, 2011
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

A new initiative was recently launched to promote government transparency and increase people’s access to information in Ghana, Uganda and South Africa.

Rio+20: Principle 10

Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration, signed at the first Earth Summit in 1992, asserts that access to information, public participation and access to justice are critical for sustainable development.

In Deep Water: Weak Governance and the Gulf Oil Spill, a 30-Year Timeline

Lindsay Conlon and Alisa Zomer

February, 2011
This timeline provides a wide-ranging review of the decisions, policies, participants and events that formed the backdrop to the April 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. This timeline is intended to serve as a resource and reference tool for policymakers, academics and journalists interested in a larger accounting of the oil drilling governance and regulatory system, going back to 1978.

World Resources Institute Comments on the Forest Investment Program Results Framework

By Florence Daviet and Lauren Goers-Williams on January 26, 2011

The Forest Investment Program (FIP) is a targeted program within the framework of the Climate Investment Funds that supports developing countries’ efforts to reduce deforestation and forest degradation (REDD). The FIP Results Framework is a tool to monitor and evaluate the implementation of FIP funds. Following are WRI’s comments suggesting ways to improve the FIP Results Framework.

MEDIA STATEMENT: WRI Response to President Obama's State of the Union Address

January 26, 2011
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

President Obama delivered his annual State of the Union address setting new goals for America’s energy future.

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