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During Climate Week, leaders from business, civil society and government will announce new advances in the fight against food waste.
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More than a quarter of global tree cover loss between 2001 and 2015 was associated with commodity-driven deforestation, not likely to be forested again, finds a new study published in Science.
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Today at the Global Climate Action Summit, 45 cities across six continents joined the Cities4Forests initiative, committing to conserve and restore their forests while making residents more aware of the vast benefits of trees.
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A statement from Dan Lashof, Director, WRI United States, following California's landmark legislation (SB 100) to source 100% of California’s electricity from renewable energy and other zero carbon sources by 2045.
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Today, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made a major speech where he warned that climate impacts are spiraling out of control and stressed the moral duty to act, as well as highlighted the economic opportunities from accelerating action toward a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy.
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Despite a week of intense work in Bangkok, the negotiations concluded with less progress on the Paris rulebook than had been hoped for. Much work remains in the months ahead to secure a successful outcome at the COP24 climate summit in Katowice, Poland this December.
Following is a statement from Yamide Dagnet, Senior Associate, World Resources Institute:
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Sustainable investing is the new black: essential, ubiquitous and a subject of forward-looking discussion. But this is no passing fashion. What was once a niche investment approach is becoming mainstream, and WRI is learning the nitty-gritty of it through its own endowment journey.
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Representatives from Climate Action Network (CAN), We Mean Business and World Resources Institute (WRI) will offer journalists a preview of the upcoming negotiating session taking place September 4th-9th at the United Nations Conference Center in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Statement from Dan Lashof, WRI United States Director, following a pledge from 17 U.S. governors to reduce GHG emissions by protecting and enhancing carbon sequestration across all natural and working lands.
