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Rights to Resources Interactive Map

  • mapping
  • land rights
  • natural resources
  • mapping
  • land rights
  • natural resources
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Leaders in the transport, development, and for the first time, business sectors will convene for Transforming Transportation this week in Washington, DC. Photo credit: Andreas, Flickr
  • Health & Road Safety
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Stories to Watch 2014

  • stories to watch
  • stories to watch
  • Forests
  • mapping
  • land rights

RELEASE: New Analysis Shows Minnesota Can Reduce Emissions 31 percent by 2020

  • Energy
  • GHG emissions
  • U.S. policy
  • pollution
  • power plants
  • regulation
  • Energy
  • GHG emissions
  • U.S. policy
  • pollution
  • power plants
  • regulation
News

ADVISORY: Transforming Transportation 2014: Better Cities, Better Business

  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety

5 Ways Minnesota Can Reduce its Power Plant Emissions

  • fossil fuels
  • U.S. policy
  • pollution
  • power plants
  • renewable energy
Between 2005 and 2011, Minnesota coal-fired generation decreased 14 percent while natural gas generation nearly doubled and renewable generation more-than-tripled. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
  • fossil fuels
  • U.S. policy
  • pollution
  • power plants
  • renewable energy

Minnesota Carbon Dioxide Reduction Opportunities for Power Sector Compliance Under the Clean Air Act

  • U.S. policy
  • pollution
  • power plants
  • fossil fuels
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. policy
  • pollution
  • power plants
  • fossil fuels
  • renewable energy

A New Strategy to Improve Water Quality—One Targeted Watershed at a Time

  • water pollution
  • hypoxia
  • Freshwater
  • Water Quality
More than 15,000 streams, rivers, and lakes are too polluted with nutrient runoff to support wildlife, be enjoyed recreationally, or serve as a drinking water source. Photo credit: USDA
  • water pollution
  • hypoxia
  • Freshwater
  • Water Quality
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Forest Fires, Water Security, and China’s Sustainability Challenges: WRI’s 11 Most Popular Blog Posts of 2013

  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Business
  • Finance
New analysis reveals that 37 countries face extremely high levels of water stress, including Qatar (shown here). Photo credit: Neil Palmer/ CIAT
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Business
  • Finance
Initiatives

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5 Things We Learned in 2013 that Could Move the Needle on Sustainability

  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Equity & Governance
  • Business
  • Finance
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • water risk
New research shows that the world loses 50 soccer fields' of forest every minute of every day. Photo credit: Daniel Murdiyarso, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Equity & Governance
  • Business
  • Finance
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • water risk

5 Big Energy Stories of 2013

  • Equity & Governance
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
President Barack Obama at the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center (Photo Credit: Wikipedia)
  • Equity & Governance
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
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A Business Case for Building Climate Resilience

  • Climate Resilience
  • climate finance
  • Finance
Daniel Dowling of PriceWaterhouseCoopers was part of a week-long climate finance event in Songdo, South-Korea.
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate finance
  • Finance
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WRI’s Top Outcomes of 2013

  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Business
  • Finance
  • climate change
  • food security
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
  • water risk
WRI measures its success through positive, on-the-ground change. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Business
  • Finance
  • climate change
  • food security
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
  • water risk
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Warsaw Climate Meeting Makes Progress on Forests, REDD+

  • Forests
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • deforestation
  • GHG emissions
According to recent estimates, roughly 15 percent of all global greenhouse gas emissions originate from deforestation and land use change. Photo credit: Nick Hogarth for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
  • Forests
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • deforestation
  • GHG emissions