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Low-Carbon Development in Emerging Economies

Working with nations to achieve the twin goals of robust economic growth and a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.

Keys to Success at the Bonn Climate Talks

By Jennifer Morgan on June 2, 2011

More progress on substantive issues is needed to keep the climate talks headed in the right direction.

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

Have Countries Delivered on Fast-Start Climate Finance?

By Clifford Polycarp on May 20, 2011

As the reporting deadline for 2010 looms, developed countries will need to prove that they are honestly meeting their modest $30 billion commitment.

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.

Climate Finance from Cancun to Durban: Informal Meeting of Climate Finance Negotiators

By Clifford Polycarp on April 27, 2011

On 2-3 February 2011, the World Resources Institute and Climate Analytics hosted an informal meeting of climate finance negotiators in New York City.

Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power: The Transformation of China's Energy System

April 4, 2011

In this testimony, Senior Advisor Deborah Seligsohn discusses China’s energy systems, future energy plans, and the business opportunities these create for other countries.

CCS Demonstration in Developing Countries: Priorities for a Financing Mechanism for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage

Francisco Almendra, Logan West (Tsinghua University), Li Zheng (Tsinghua University), and Sarah Forbes

Working Paper: April, 2011

This working paper explores some of the key issues emerging around the effective financing of carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) demonstration projects in developing countries. It presents a series of options and recommendations to international policymakers and agencies working to support CCS development in a non-OECD context.

Transparency of Climate Finance: Results from Cancun and Next Steps

By Kirsten Stasio and Remi Moncel on April 3, 2011

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The UNFCCC Cancun Agreements of December 2010 marked an important step forward for transparency of country actions to respond to climate change. In addition to creating a new standard for the way countries report on their national climate commitments and actions, the agreements mandated advances in the reporting and review of countries’ climate finance contributions.

Seven Elements Developed Countries Should Include in their "Fast-Start" Climate Finance Reports

By Kirsten Stasio on April 3, 2011

Developed countries have collectively pledged USD 30 billion from 2010-2012 to support developing countries’ climate efforts. This pledge, known as “fast-start finance,” was initially made in Copenhagen in 2009, and reiterated in the 2010 Cancun Agreements.

Breathing New Life into Climate Talks in Bangkok

By Jennifer Morgan on March 31, 2011

Negotiators are now figuring out the details that will turn the Cancun Agreements into something that makes a difference on the ground.

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.

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

The Road to the Green Climate Fund

By Athena Ballesteros on February 14, 2011

This post originally appeared on the World Bank blog Development in a Changing Climate

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.

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