WRI Insights

Cape Town, South Africa is poised to shut off water taps for homes and businesses in the next few months. Is the next "Day Zero" coming to a city near you?

Fifteen of the world's leading transport and technology companies—including, Lyft, Uber, Didi and more—have aligned themselves with the Shared Mobility Principles. They share a vision for urban mobility that puts people first.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink sent a message to CEOs: we think companies that contribute to society are better investments. That's true—and if Fink wants to accelerate the shift, his firm will implement sustainability screens, drop dirty investments and make climate risk disclosure the norm.

Home to more than a billion people, these countries are charting a dynamic path towards low-carbon wealth. To stay the course, they'll need to confront three issues: inclusive development, rapidly-expanding cities and economy-wide measures for reducing carbon emissions.

Indonesia's indigenous communities claim more than 40 million hectares of land, but they only manage a tiny fraction. Granting control back to communities could improve environmental outcomes, as it has in Gajah Bertalut, a community in Riau.

The Paris Agreement was the result of unexpected collaboration between the United States and China. President Trump has backed his nation out of the deal, but the surge in subnational action in the U.S. creates an opportunity for joint research, knowledge transfer and continued low-carbon development.

From crop fields in the Iberian Peninsula to city streets in the southern United States, all communities will feel the effects of a warmer world. Here's a visual look at what the future holds for five regions.

WRI Business Director Kevin Moss thinks that marketing that encourages people to buy less can help shift consumers and producers away from the ceaseless cycle of over-consumption.

With the launch of the 2018 Talanoa Dialogue in January, countries are now embarking on the first global assessment of efforts to achieve the Paris Agreement on climate change. These "global stocktakes" are a core part of the Agreement's five-year cycles to ramp up ambition and action.

Vietnam's businesses and government could chart an unprecedented shift toward towards clean energy for Southeast Asia — if they can first address some key barriers.