In today’s turbulent world, WRI is working around the globe to turn big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity and human well-being.
Indonesia is one of only a few tropical nations actually decreasing their deforestation rates. As a result, the country will earn its first payment as part of the UN's REDD+, a program where developed nations pay developing ones to reduce emissions by protecting forests.
The United States still doesn't give any money to the world's biggest climate fund. But things are looking up, with big contributions to the Global Environment Facility, the Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund, and the multilateral development banks.
With the U.S. Congress largely silent on the subject of ambitious climate legislation—at least since the 2009 push for a federal cap-and-trade program—the idea of a Green New Deal has stirred attention to climate change like never before.
A new analysis of food waste in restaurants on behalf of Champions 12.3 found that for every dollar spent on curbing food loss and waste, restaurants got $7 in return over a three-year period, and 76 percent of the sites recouped their investment within the first year.
