Insights: WRI's Blog

A new WRI report finds that China can peak its emissions as early as 2026 and realize enormous economic benefits over the long term by strengthening its climate and energy policies. Doing so could save nearly 1.9 million lives and generate nearly $1 trillion in net economic and social benefits in 2050.

Many grassroots organizations, including those focused on climate change, stepped in to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Their actions in addressing COVID-19 illustrate the need for local leadership in longer term crises like climate change.

14 countries committed to 100% sustainable ocean management in their national waters. Achieving this ambitious goal will require transformations in five critical areas.

As the world faces both a climate crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, governments must invest in a climate-resilient recovery to protect people from future disasters and stimulate the economy.

To enhance green stimulus and help deliver the jobs and income economies need for coronavirus recovery, governments should learn from the Great Recession.

Research from WRI reveals the most impactful steps that President-elect Biden and the new Congress can take to harness the carbon-removing power of trees and forests in the United States. Taking these steps can turn bipartisan rhetoric supporting tree restoration into tangible action.

This year's New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF) assessment shows that the world failed to halve deforestation by this year, and is severely off track to end deforestation by 2030. Efforts must be made to speed up progress in order to reach the 2030 goal.

New research shows that climate action is happening far too slowly for the world to meet its emissions-reduction targets – and in some cases, we’re moving in the entirely wrong direction.

In the United States, the ballot box decides many innovative efforts toward sustainable energy. This year, citizens across the country used their votes to support renewable energy, efficient housing, sustainable transportation and climate action finance, all of which will help ensure a clean energy transition.

As cities re-open from the COVID-19 pandemic, urban planners and designers are considering how to make urban and transport infrastructure more resilient. A recent study from WRI China found that dockless bike-share systems can be an excellent and sustainable last-mile urban mobility solution.