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    December 8, 2015

    RELEASE: 114 Companies Commit to Set Ambitious Science-Based Emissions Reduction Targets, Surpassing Goal

    • International Climate Action
    • Business
    • COP21
    • GHG emissions
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • climate science
    • International Climate Action
    • Business
    • COP21
    • GHG emissions
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • climate science
    Climate
    Insights
    December 2, 2015

    COP21 Glossary of Terms Guiding the Long-term Emissions-Reduction Goal

    • International Climate Action
    • climate science
    • COP21
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Solar panels in London, Ontario.
    • International Climate Action
    • climate science
    • COP21
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Insights
    November 18, 2015

    With Latest Climate Commitments, How Much Will the World Warm? It's Complicated.

    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Black Rock Solar educational field trip
    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    North America
    News
    October 24, 2015

    RELEASE: Bipartisan Lawmakers Call on Presidential Candidates to Address Coastal Flooding and Sea Level Rise

    • U.S. Climate
    • floods
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    • U.S. Climate
    • floods
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    October 8, 2015

    Coastal Community Leaders Aim for Strategy on Rising Seas, Extreme Weather

    • U.S. Climate
    • climate science
    • climate policy
    • Climate Resilience
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    North Charleston flooding from Hurricane Joaquin in 2015. Photo Credit: Ryan Johnson/Flickr
    • U.S. Climate
    • climate science
    • climate policy
    • Climate Resilience
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    Climate
    Insights
    September 25, 2015

    The Business Case for Science-Based Targets to Reduce Emissions

    • climate science
    • Business
    • GHG emissions
    69 companies, including Honda, Nestlé and Hewlett-Packard have committed to setting these science-based targets to cut their greenhouse emissions, and some have publicly announced them. Photo by UN/Flickr.
    • climate science
    • Business
    • GHG emissions
    Asia
    Insights
    September 16, 2015

    Positioning Indonesia's Climate Commitment on the Global Stage

    • Climate
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • climate science
    • UNFCCC
    In 2009, Indonesia made a bold move by voluntarily pledging to achieve a 26 percent reduction in emissions against the business-as-usual scenario in 2020. Photo by James Anderson/WRI.
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • climate science
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
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    May 20, 2015

    This is Leadership: Why Companies Are Setting Emissions Goals Based on Science

    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • greenhouse gases
    The Science-Based Targets initiative aims to enlist 100 companies to setting greenhouse gas reduction targets based on the latest climate science. Photo by Stephanie Meshke/Flickr
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • greenhouse gases
    Climate
    Insights
    December 10, 2014

    Quick Perspective on UN Secretary-General’s Vision for a Post-2015 Agenda

    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • development
    • human rights
    • climate science
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    Photo by UNDP via OXFAM/Flickr.
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • development
    • human rights
    • climate science
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    Climate
    Insights
    December 4, 2014

    5 Ways Countries Can Align their Emissions-Reduction Pledges with the Latest Climate Science

    • International Climate Action
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Emissions will need to drop roughly 14 percent below 2010 levels by 2030 and 40 to 70 percent below 2010 levels by 2050 to limit temperature rise to 2°C. Photo by BlackRockSolar/Flickr
    • International Climate Action
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Insights
    December 1, 2014

    Visualizing the Past, Present and Future of Carbon Emissions

    • Energy
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • climate science
    • UNFCCC
    Pollution from a factory in New Jersey, United States. Photo by John Isaac/UN
    • Energy
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • climate science
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Data
    December 1, 2014

    Interactive: Carbon Emissions Past, Present and Future

    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • climate science
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • climate science
    Climate
    Insights
    November 19, 2014

    The Emissions Gap Roadmap

    • climate science
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    A new report evaluates the "emissions gap" between current commitments to reduce emissions and those needed to limit global temperature rise to 2 degrees C. Photo by Josef Stuefer/Flickr
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    North America
    News
    November 17, 2014

    STATEMENT: WRI Reacts to Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience Report

    • Climate Resilience
    • climate science
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate science
    Climate
    News
    November 2, 2014

    STATEMENT: WRI Reacts to IPCC Synthesis Report

    • climate change
    • climate science
    • GHG emissions
    • climate change
    • climate science
    • GHG emissions
    Climate
    Insights
    October 30, 2014

    9 Significant Scientific Findings too Recent to Be Included in the New IPCC Report

    • climate science
    • climate change
    Average annual ice loss in the northeast portion of the Greenland Ice Sheet between 2006 and 2012 was more than 10 Gigatons. Photo credit: Nick Russill, Flickr
    • climate science
    • climate change
    Climate
    Insights
    October 30, 2014

    3 Infographics Explain Our Climate Past and Future

    • climate science
    • climate change
    If emissions continue unabated, the world will exceed its "carbon budget" in three decades. Photo credit: arbyreed, Flickr
    • climate science
    • climate change
    Climate
    Data
    August 5, 2014

    Infographic: Choose Your Future: 4 Possible Emissions Pathways

    • climate science
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Infographic intro
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Insights
    August 5, 2014

    Choose Your Future: 4 Possible Emissions Pathways

    • Energy
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    With higher amounts of warming, coffee farming could be virtually impossible in Southeastern Brazil in 2100. Photo Credit: Ben Kaminsky/Flickr
    • Energy
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 6, 2014

    National Climate Assessment Reveals How Climate Change Impacts Your Neighborhood

    • climate change
    • climate science
    • power plants
    • U.S. policy
    The National Climate Assessment reveals how regions throughout the nation are being impacted by climate change. Photo credit: Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen, US Air Force/New Jersey National Guard
    • climate change
    • climate science
    • power plants
    • U.S. policy

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