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Insights publishes articles on issues at the intersection of environment and international development. Through analysis, commentary and data-driven storytelling, WRI's leading experts highlight solutions for a sustainable future.

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Climate

4 Big Outcomes the Leaders Summit on Climate Can Deliver

World's major economies are falling short in preventing the worst effects of climate change. Will countries step up with stronger emissions-reduction plans and climate finance commitments at the Leaders Summit on Climate? It will be important to watch for four key outcomes.

Climate

This Interactive Chart Shows Changes in the World's Top 10 Emitters
Insights December 10, 2020
Climate

Climate Action Must Progress Far Faster to Achieve 1.5 C Goal
Insights November 19, 2020
Climate

6 Ways to Remove Carbon Pollution from the Sky
Insights June 9, 2020
Forests

We Lost a Football Pitch of Primary Rainforest Every 6 Seconds in 2019
Insights June 2, 2020

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Forests

Nature is An Economic Winner for COVID-19 Recovery
Insights July 6, 2020

Climate

Lessons from the Great Recession for COVID-19 Green Recovery
Insights November 24, 2020
Energy

3 Reasons to Invest in Renewable Energy Now
Insights May 5, 2020
Governance

Designing the COVID-19 Recovery for a Safer and More Resilient World
Insights May 14, 2020

U.S. Climate

5 Graphics that Explain Clean Energy Jobs in Rural America
Insights April 19, 2021
Governance

4 Ways Indigenous and Community Lands Can Reduce Emissions
Insights March 25, 2021
Climate

Unpacking the US CLEAN Future Act
Insights March 12, 2021
Climate

Direct Air Capture: Resource Considerations and Costs for Carbon Removal
Insights January 6, 2021

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Climate

Electrifying the School Bus Fleet: How to Put Children First in the Zero-emission Transition
Insights April 21, 2021
Food

Youth Say They Want Climate-friendly Diets. Let’s Help Them Step Up
Insights April 20, 2021
U.S. Climate

5 Graphics that Explain Clean Energy Jobs in Rural America
Insights April 19, 2021
Energy Access

Built to Last: Making Renewable Energy Systems Climate Resilient
Insights April 19, 2021

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Forests

Brazil’s Faces of Restoration
Data April 16, 2021
Food

How Do We End Food Loss and Waste?
Data April 16, 2021
Climate

'Count it, Change it, Scale it' with Andrew Steer
Data April 15, 2021

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