The Biden administration said it will set a new emissions-reduction target before the Leaders' Climate Summit in April 2021. A 50% reduction by 2030 is both achievable and attainable, and would provide major economic and social benefits for America.
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by , and - CAW partnered with green finance experts Encourage Capital and WRI to pioneer the first-ever certified green bond to acquire forests for watershed protection. This bond offers important lessons to invest in forests for water quality
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by , and - While Texas experiences the harshest winter storm in decades, some pundits are blaming wind turbines for blackouts. In reality, the blackouts in Texas are a resilience and planning problem, and more resilient energy systems are part of the solution.
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by - President Biden signed an executive order that gives federal agencies 90 days to devise a plan for a zero-emission federal fleet in the United States. These four recommendations can help guide the federal fleet transition plan toward best outcomes.
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by , and - Climate impacts can cause financial losses from property damage, disrupted supply chains and more. According to WRI research, businesses may lack the resources they need to properly assess the full gamut of physical climate risks.
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by , , , and - Colombia's new Nationally Determined Contribution to the Paris climate agreement is one of the most ambitious in Latin America. These three lessons from Colombia’s NDC could help other developing countries update their climate action plans.
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by - Despite making up more than half of the world’s 3 billion rural people, merely 14%of agricultural landowners globally are women. Five inspiring communities offer lessons on how women can realize their rights to community land.
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by and - New analysis available of WRI's Global Forest review shows that just seven agricultural commodities — cattle, oil palm, soy, cocoa, rubber, coffee and plantation wood fiber — accounted for 26% of global tree cover loss from 2001 to 2015. The results underscore the outsized role a handful of commodities play in global deforestation.
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by - 2021 will bring trillions in stimulus spending as well as several high-profile events focused on food and land use. It's a prime time to invest in a fairer, more sustainable, more resilient food system.
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by , , , , , and - Dry forests, farms and other areas with sparse tree cover can go uncounted by satellite technology. Local stakeholders can harness the power of Collect Earth to see where billions of trees are growing in landscapes around the world — and where land is under restoration.