Initiatives
WRI has more than 200 active projects, coalitions and initiatives. We work with a diverse range of stakeholders to develop pathways toward equitable, low-carbon, and resilient economies that are tailored to local contexts.
We partner with governments, businesses, civil society groups and others to change the way the world produces and uses food and energy and designs its cities. Our 100+ projects span from advising mayors on how to reduce traffic fatalities to working with restaurant chains to cut food waste to powering rural healthcare facilities with clean energy. We mobilize global and regional initiatives that spur international climate action, advance sustainable ocean management, halt tropical deforestation, restore degraded landscapes and more.
In all cases, we support our projects with evidence-based theories of change, continuously monitor and evaluate progress, and adjust as needed. We define our success by achieving measurable and positive impacts on people, nature and the climate.
Explore Our Projects
Bloomberg Cities Idea Exchange
Visit ProjectAccelerating the spread of successful road safety solutions among cities around the world.
Part of Cities
Green-Gray Infrastructure Accelerator
Visit ProjectOffering technical assistance to 11 cities in sub-Saharan Africa to increase nature-based solutions and green-gray infrastructure to build climate resilience, fill infrastructure gaps, and deliver green jobs and public health benefits.
Part of Cities
Standing Together for Grassroots Environmental Defenders (STAND)
Visit ProjectThe STAND initiative offers capacity-building programs and small grant opportunities to grassroots environmental defenders in Brazil, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guatemala, Indonesia, Kenya, Liberia, Mexico and the Philippines.
Part of Equity & Governance
Access to Climate Finance for Transport
Visit ProjectConnecting research and practice to finance low-carbon transport in low- and middle-income countries.
Part of Cities
Electrifying Kenya’s Two- and Three-Wheelers
Visit ProjectAccelerating the transition towards electric mobility while creating green jobs and industrial growth.
Part of Cities
Setting a New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance
Visit ProjectPromoting ambition and transparency in the creation of a new international climate finance goal
Part of Finance
Urban Heat and Passive Cooling
Visit ProjectProviding policymakers and urban planners with the data, tools and insights to cool down cities
Part of Cities
Heat and Health in Brazilian Cities
Visit ProjectA multi-sector research and community engagement collaboration addressing the health impacts of extreme heat in Belo Horizonte and Campinas.
Part of Cities
Coalition for High Ambition Multilevel Partnerships (CHAMP) for Climate Action
Visit ProjectHelping countries deliver more ambitious climate action by supporting enhanced collaboration with subnational governments through multilevel partnerships
Part of Cities
U.S. People-Centered Transitions
Visit ProjectAddressing environmental justice, equity and just transition issues in the United States.
Part of Climate
Ocean Action 2030
Visit ProjectOcean Action 2030 supports countries in building a sustainable ocean economy through the development and implementation of Sustainable Ocean Plans.
Part of Ocean
Countering Nature Crime: A Convergent Response to Crimes that Harm Nature and People
Visit ProjectA partnership that mobilizes action by communities, civil society organizations, governments, and key industries to combat nature crime – including illegal harvest and trade of fish, timber and wildlife, as well as illegal deforestation to produce commodities – and associated violations of laws a
Part of Forests