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Not Just CO2: China’s Efforts on Lesser Known Greenhouse Gases Critical to Stabilizing the Climate

  • Climate
  • Air Quality
  • GHG emissions
  • Sustainable Development Goal 8
  • agriculture
  • climate change
Rice farmer in Chengdu. Rice cultivation can release methane. Flickr/UN Photo.
  • Climate
  • Air Quality
  • GHG emissions
  • Sustainable Development Goal 8
  • agriculture
  • climate change
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Here’s What Could Go Wrong with the Circular Economy—and How to Keep it on Track

  • circular economy
  • Sustainable Development Goal 12
  • Sustainable Development Goal 8
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
Mattress recycling.
  • circular economy
  • Sustainable Development Goal 12
  • Sustainable Development Goal 8
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy

With New Business Roundtable Statement, Are 200 CEOs Stuck in Yesterday’s Corporate Sustainability?

  • Sustainable Development Goal 8
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Climate
Skscrapers
  • Sustainable Development Goal 8
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Climate
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The World Is Burning. Here Are 5 Things Companies Should Do About It.

  • Sustainable Development Goal 8
  • Paris Agreement
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gas accounting
Wildfire in California.
  • Sustainable Development Goal 8
  • Paris Agreement
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gas accounting
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Top 5 Corporate Sustainability Stories of 2015

  • Business
  • COP21
  • GHG emissions
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
U.S. President Barack Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry and other heads of state at COP21. Credit: White House
  • Business
  • COP21
  • GHG emissions
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
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Sustainability at WRI: Our Annual Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Sustainability Report

  • Energy
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG emissions
  • corporate sustainability
Where in the world is WRI traveling? To better understand our business travel emissions and develop metrics for tracking changes, we instituted performance indicators, including emissions per staff and top destinations. Photo Credit: WRI
  • Energy
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG emissions
  • corporate sustainability

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

Shifting Global Investments To Clean Energy

  • Energy
  • Business
  • fossil fuels
  • low carbon development
  • Energy
  • Business
  • fossil fuels
  • low carbon development
Initiatives
This website serves as an information portal about eutrophication—the over-enrichment of water by nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus—a leading threat to water quality around the world. Explore our interactive map and learn more.

Can Nutrient Trading Shrink the Gulf of Mexico's Dead Zone?

  • water pollution
  • hypoxia
  • Freshwater
Dead fish resulting from toxins or oxygen depletion in Lake Binder, Iowa. Photo credit: Dr. Jennifer L. Graham, U.S. Geological Survey
  • water pollution
  • hypoxia
  • Freshwater
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4 Lessons on Environmental Sustainability that Every Corporation Should Learn

  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
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Finding the Money: How Businesses Can Fund Environmental Sustainability Projects

  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
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4 Barriers to Overcome in Achieving Corporate Environmental Sustainability

  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
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Big Business and Sustainability: The Missing Links

  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • Freshwater
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • Freshwater
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