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ADVISORY: Press Teleconference to Announce United Nations Environment Programme’s Emissions Gap Report

  • Climate
  • climate change
  • UNFCCC
  • greenhouse gases
  • GHG emissions
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • UNFCCC
  • greenhouse gases
  • GHG emissions

STATEMENT: New Task Force Established to Strengthen U.S. State and Local Resilience to Climate Impacts

  • Climate
  • climate change
  • climate impacts
  • U.S. policy
  • Climate Resilience
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • climate impacts
  • U.S. policy
  • Climate Resilience

U.S. Signals the End of Public Money for Coal-Fired Power

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • climate change
  • multilateral development banks
U.S. public financing for overseas coal-fired power is likely coming to an end. Photo credit: Mike_tn, Flickr
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • climate change
  • multilateral development banks
Insights

One-Quarter of World’s Agriculture Grows in Highly Water-Stressed Areas

  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • food security
  • water risk
New WRI analysis shows that 57 percent of the world's cotton is grown in water-stressed areas. Photo credit: Stephen Morton, Flickr
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • food security
  • water risk
Data

Dataset: Agricultural Exposure to Water Stress

  • Freshwater
  • water risk
  • commodities
  • agriculture
  • food security
  • Aqueduct
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
  • commodities
  • agriculture
  • food security
  • Aqueduct
Data

Portion of Agricultural Production Under High or Extremely High Stress

  • Freshwater
  • water risk
  • agriculture
  • commodities
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
  • agriculture
  • commodities
Data

Agricultural Exposure to Water Stress

  • Freshwater
  • water risk
  • agriculture
  • commodities
  • mapping
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
  • agriculture
  • commodities
  • mapping
Insights

Living within Earth's “Planetary Boundaries”

  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
"The Human Quest" pairs stunning photography with hard-hitting science. Photo credit: Mattias Klum, The Human Quest
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • low carbon development

RELEASE: New Guidance Will Help Financial Institutions Measure Emissions from Lending and Investment Portfolios

  • Business
  • GHG Protocol
  • GHG emissions
  • Finance
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • Business
  • GHG Protocol
  • GHG emissions
  • Finance
  • greenhouse gas accounting
Insights

WRI Launches Upgraded Climate Data Explorer

  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • Climate
  • data
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • greenhouse gases
CAIT 2.0 provides GHG emissions data for 186 countries and 50 U.S. states. Photo credit: John Pinder, Flickr
  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • Climate
  • data
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • greenhouse gases

ADVISORY: Press Teleconference on Warsaw Climate Talks (COP19)

  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Illegal logging in Russian Far East, near Dalnerechensk in Primorsky. Photo credit: Environmental Investigation Agency
  • Forests
  • illegal logging
Insights

2 Ways to Ensure the Adaptation Fund’s New Safeguard Policy Protects People and Planet

  • International Climate Action
  • Finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • climate finance
Kenyan farmers must adapt to altered conditions brought on by climate change. Photo credit: P. Casier, CGIAR
  • International Climate Action
  • Finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • climate finance
Data

China's Approved Synthetic Natural Gas Plant Capacity vs. Seasonal Variability

  • Energy
  • Freshwater
  • fossil fuels
  • water risk
  • Energy
  • Freshwater
  • fossil fuels
  • water risk
Data

China's Approved Synthetic Natural Gas Plant Capacity vs. Baseline Water Stress

  • Energy
  • Freshwater
  • fossil fuels
  • water risk
  • Energy
  • Freshwater
  • fossil fuels
  • water risk

The Green Climate Fund: From Inception to Launch

  • Finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund
  • Finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund
Insights

China’s Response to Air Pollution Poses Threat to Water

  • Energy
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Aqueduct
  • fossil fuels
  • water risk
China's persistent smog prompted the State Council to announce an Air Pollution Control Action Plan. Photo credit: sheilaz413, Flickr
  • Energy
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Aqueduct
  • fossil fuels
  • water risk

Recent Progress Shows China’s Leadership on Carbon Capture and Storage

  • Energy
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • climate change
  • fossil fuels
  • U.S. policy
A coal plant in Beijing, China. Photo credit: Bret Arnett, Flickr
  • Energy
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • climate change
  • fossil fuels
  • U.S. policy
Insights

New Protocol Will Take a Bite Out of Global Food Loss and Waste

  • Food
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • food security
According to WRI research, one out of four food calories produced ultimately not consumed. Photo credit: Koshy Koshy, Flickr
  • Food
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • food security