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INSIDER: The Case for Establishing Five-Year Cycles in the Paris Climate Agreement

  • COP21
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • COP21
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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Getting It Right: A New Global Model to Tackle Poverty and Climate Change

  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Finance
  • climate policy
  • poverty
  • sustainable development goals
  • COP21
Photo Credit: U.S. Mission to the United Nations at Rome
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Finance
  • climate policy
  • poverty
  • sustainable development goals
  • COP21
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INSIDER: A Unique Proposal for a Successful Outcome in Paris

  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC

Carlos Nobre: 2015 is Crucial for the Future

  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • COP21
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  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • COP21
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INSIDER: 5 Steps to Help Countries Prepare Strong INDCs

  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • climate change
  • NDC
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Let's Make It Earth and Prosperity Day

  • Finance
  • Economics
  • climate change
  • poverty
  • corporate sustainability
You can’t tackle poverty and spur economic growth without protecting the environment, and you can’t protect the environment without finding ways to make the economy grow while improving people’s lives. Photo by Global Water Partnership/Flickr.
  • Finance
  • Economics
  • climate change
  • poverty
  • corporate sustainability
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Tracking New Climate Action Plans in the Lead-Up to COP 21 in Paris

  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • NDC
  • mapping
  • COP21
Switzerland plans to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 50 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. (Geneva, Switzerland) Photo by TrinDiego/Flickr.
  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • NDC
  • mapping
  • COP21
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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
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5 Do’s and Don’ts for the Green Climate Fund

  • Energy
  • Climate
  • Green Climate Fund
  • COP21
Scientists say we only have a short window of time to limit global temperature rise to 2 degrees C and prevent some of the most disastrous impacts of climate change. Photo credit: NASA/Flickr
  • Energy
  • Climate
  • Green Climate Fund
  • COP21
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4 Actions Companies Can Take to Source Legal Wood

  • forest products
  • Forests
  • illegal logging
  • corporate sustainability
  • Business
Some countries have harvest or export bans on certain species or certain forms of harvested timber. It is important for companies to consider which timber species they are using and where they are purchasing from. Photo credit: Tim Gage, Flickr 2007
  • forest products
  • Forests
  • illegal logging
  • corporate sustainability
  • Business
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Demystifying the Role of Ecosystem Services in Impact Assessments

  • natural infrastructure
  • multilateral development banks
  • natural resources
  • corporate sustainability
  • natural infrastructure
  • multilateral development banks
  • natural resources
  • corporate sustainability
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Nitrogen Trifluoride Now Required in GHG Protocol Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories

  • Business
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG Protocol
  • corporate sustainability
  • Business
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG Protocol
  • corporate sustainability
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Step-by-Step Guidance on Corporate Water Disclosure

  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • corporate sustainability
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • corporate sustainability
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
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New Integrated Reporting Framework Aims to Tackle Profit and Planet

  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • corporate sustainability
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • corporate sustainability
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Accounting for Environmental Externalities Is Good for Business and the Planet

  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • corporate sustainability
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • corporate sustainability