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RELEASE: WRI and Fortune 500 Companies Launch Next Practice Collaborative

July 28, 2011
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

Partnership Aims to Develop Innovative Solutions for Sustainable, Low-Carbon Business

RELEASE: Holger Dalkmann Takes the Wheel of WRI’s Sustainable Transport Program

July 18, 2011
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

Dalkmann will oversee the EMBARQ program’s global network of offices in five countries.

PRESS RELEASE: New Report Highlights Weaknesses in Government’s Cost-Benefit Analysis of Climate Change

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

“Social Cost of Carbon” report shows how current models do not accurately measure real harm from climate change

More than Meets the Eye: The Social Cost of Carbon in U.S. Climate Policy, in Plain English

Ruth Greenspan Bell and Dianne Callan (Environmental Law Institute)

July, 2011

This policy brief explains the various steps in calculating the social cost of carbon, the weaknesses and strengths of those calculations, and how they are used to inform climate policy. The aim is to help policymakers, regulators, civil society, and others judge for themselves the reliability of using the resulting numbers in making policy decisions.

PRESS RELEASE: New Report Presents Transportation Strategies to Reduce U.S. Oil Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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

A new report, “[The Role of Driving in Reducing GHG Emissions and Oil Consumption: Recommendations for Federal Transportation Policy](http://www.wri.org/publication/role-of-driving-in-reducing-g...

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

PRESS STATEMENT: Bonn Climate Talks Wrap Up: More Progress Needed

June 17, 2011
Location: BONN, GERMANY

As climate negotiations wrapped up in Bonn, Germany, following is a statement from Jennifer Morgan, Director, Climate and Energy, the World Resources Institute:

Property Tax Incentives for Forest Conservation in the U.S. South

By John Talberth and Logan Yonavjak on June 15, 2011

Current use valuation programs can encourage landowners to resist development pressures and leave forest as forest.

U.S. Federal Agencies and Climate Change

Working with EPA and other federal agencies to help design, inform and clarify U.S. government activities to reduce greenhouse gases.

U.S. Climate & Energy Legislation

WRI works to inform Congress about the opportunities and impacts of legislative proposals that affect U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and to help shape federal policies that will lead the U.S. on a path of low-carbon growth.

Current Use Valuation Programs: Property Tax Incentives for Preserving Local Benefits of Forests

June, 2011

This paper explores current use valuation programs as one tool for conserving and fostering sustainable management of southern U.S. forests under private ownership. The brief identifies key constraints on existing programs and suggests measures that could be implemented to enhance program effectiveness.

WRI Warns of Threats to Coral Reefs at Capitol Hill Ocean Week

By Katie Reytar on June 13, 2011

Despite their benefits to national economies, reefs around the world are at risk, including in the United States.

Conservation-Related Ballot Measures in the United States (1998–2010)

May 19, 2011

Source: DuMoulin, Andrew. 2011. Winning Open Space Ballot Measures. The Trust for Public Land LandVote® Database. The Trust for Public Land.

Public Ballot Measures Unlock Billions of Dollars for Conservation Nationwide

By Logan Yonavjak on May 19, 2011

A new WRI report explores what makes public ballot measures successful and how they can help conserve forests in the U.S. South.

Conservation-Related Ballot Measures in the Southern United States (1988–2010)

May 19, 2011

From 1988 through 2010, 354 measures were proposed across the 13 states of the U.S. South.

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