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Buildings Sustainable Development Goal 15
Cities
Initiatives
June 14, 2021

Zero Carbon Building Accelerator

The Solar Settlement with the Sun Ship in the background: Freiburg, Germany
Climate
North America
Insights
March 12, 2021

Unpacking the US CLEAN Future Act

  • Buildings
  • coronavirus
  • net zero
  • climate policy
  • climate legislation
  • climate change
  • emissions
  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • energy efficiency
  • environmental justice
  • GHG emissions
  • renewable energy
  • transportation
The United States Capitol Building at night.
  • Buildings
  • coronavirus
  • net zero
  • climate policy
  • climate legislation
  • climate change
  • emissions
  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • energy efficiency
  • environmental justice
  • GHG emissions
  • renewable energy
  • transportation
Governance
North America
Insights
September 14, 2020

Local Climate Action in US Proves Resilient to COVID-19

  • Climate
  • Buildings
  • Climate Resilience
  • coronavirus
  • decarbonization
  • reducing methane emissions
  • emissions
  • Energy
  • hfcs
  • renewable energy
  • transportation
  • United States
A windmill with a cloudy sky in the background.
  • Climate
  • Buildings
  • Climate Resilience
  • coronavirus
  • decarbonization
  • reducing methane emissions
  • emissions
  • Energy
  • hfcs
  • renewable energy
  • transportation
  • United States
Europe
Europe
Insights
June 2, 2020

Europe Charts a Course for Sustainable Recovery from COVID-19

  • Buildings
  • Climate Resilience
  • coronavirus
  • land use
  • Europe
  • renewable energy
EU Parliament, Strasbourg, France
  • Buildings
  • Climate Resilience
  • coronavirus
  • land use
  • Europe
  • renewable energy
Energy
Insights
March 3, 2020

Will Mexico Rise to the Zero-carbon Buildings Challenge?

  • Cities
  • Buildings
  • sustainable cities
Mexico City skyline
  • Cities
  • Buildings
  • sustainable cities
Forests
Insights
January 10, 2020

10 Big Changes for Forests Over the Last Decade

  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • commodities
  • deforestation
  • biodiversity
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
  • indigenous people
  • REDD
  • restoration
  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • commodities
  • deforestation
  • biodiversity
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
  • indigenous people
  • REDD
  • restoration
Energy
Insights
November 4, 2019

Buildings Are an Ideal but Overlooked Climate Solution

  • Cities
  • Buildings
  • Climate
  • energy efficiency
  • greenhouse gases
Installing a green roof. Zero carbon buildings are viable, flexible and affordable right now. Photo by Ziggy Liloia/Flickr
  • Cities
  • Buildings
  • Climate
  • energy efficiency
  • greenhouse gases
Asia
Asia
Insights
October 24, 2019

Buildings Are a Hidden Source of Indian Cities’ Extreme Heat

  • Energy
  • Cities
  • Buildings
  • India
Tight-packed buildings in Chennai, India
  • Energy
  • Cities
  • Buildings
  • India
Climate
News
September 23, 2019

STATEMENT: UN Climate Summit: Major Economies Fall Short; More Action Needed

  • Buildings
  • climate change
  • energy efficiency
  • international climate policy
  • oceans
  • Buildings
  • climate change
  • energy efficiency
  • international climate policy
  • oceans
Energy
News
September 23, 2019

RELEASE: WRI Leads Zero Carbon Buildings for All Initiative Launched at UN Climate Action Summit

  • Cities
  • Buildings
  • Energy
  • Cities
  • Buildings
  • Energy
Climate
News
September 23, 2019

RELEASE: New global effort on climate change targets 3% increase in energy efficiency per year

  • Energy
  • Buildings
  • Climate
  • energy efficiency
  • Energy
  • Buildings
  • Climate
  • energy efficiency
Cities
Latin America Asia
News
September 19, 2019

RELEASE: New Report Finds National Governments Can Unlock Nearly $24 Trillion by Investing in Zero-Carbon Cities

  • Buildings
  • infrastructure
  • Urban Mobility
  • Cities
  • energy efficiency
  • low carbon development
  • Buildings
  • infrastructure
  • Urban Mobility
  • Cities
  • energy efficiency
  • low carbon development
Energy
Asia
Insights
September 17, 2019

China Is Investing $13 Trillion in Construction. Will It Pursue Zero Carbon Buildings?

  • Cities
  • Buildings
  • Climate
  • Energy
Guangzhou’s Pearl River Tower
  • Cities
  • Buildings
  • Climate
  • Energy
Europe
Insights
September 3, 2019

Buyer Beware: One Study Finds 62% of Wood Products Mislabeled

  • Forests
  • illegal logging
  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • deforestation
  • timber
Lumber waiting to be sold. (Flickr/CIFOR)
  • Forests
  • illegal logging
  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • deforestation
  • timber
Forests
Latin America
Insights
August 29, 2019

WRI Experts Offer Perspective on Tropical Deforestation in Science Journal

  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • deforestation
  • Forests
Deforestation, Luang Prabang, Laos
  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • deforestation
  • Forests
Latin America
Latin America
Insights
August 23, 2019

What Can Global Forest Watch Tell Us About the Fires in Brazil?

  • Climate
  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • wildfires
  • Brazil
  • climate change
  • global forest watch
GFW Satellite Fires image
  • Climate
  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • wildfires
  • Brazil
  • climate change
  • global forest watch
Forests
North America
Insights
August 19, 2019

Hundreds of US Communities Are Making Climate Action Plans, but Few Include Forests

  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • emissions inventories
  • Forests
Angeles National Forest
  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • emissions inventories
  • Forests

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