Our Work
WRI works to improve people’s lives, protect and restore nature and stabilize the climate.
As an independent research organization, we leverage our data, expertise and global reach to influence policy and catalyze change across systems like food, land and water; energy; and cities.
Our Reach
Our 2,000+ staff work on the ground in more than a dozen focus countries and with partners in over 50 nations.
While we support initiatives around the globe, many of our efforts are concentrated in countries with the most potential to unlock global transformation. These focus countries house many of the world’s most vulnerable people, contain vitally important natural landscapes and produce significant greenhouse gas emissions — or will in the coming years. We have country offices in Brazil, China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Rwanda and the United States, as well as regional offices in Africa and Europe.
Our Topics
WRI aims to transform the human systems that profoundly impact people, nature and the climate. This includes how we manage food, land and water; produce and use energy; and design and manage cities. To enable change at the pace and scale needed, we also work to shift the economic, finance and governance structures that shape people’s decisions and behaviors. Learn more about our focus areas:
