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    Responsible Corporate Advocacy Urban Development
    Freshwater
    Initiatives
    November 19, 2018

    Corporate Water Stewardship

    Wastewater filteration plant.
    Cities
    Insights
    November 15, 2018

    Cities Can Save $17 Trillion by Preventing Urban Sprawl

    • Economics
    • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • Urban Development
    New York City
    • Economics
    • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • Urban Development
    Equity & Governance
    News
    October 16, 2018

    RELEASE: Global Leaders Call for Urgent Acceleration of Climate Adaptation Solutions

    • adaptation finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Water Security
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • climate impacts
    • renewable energy
    • Urban Development
    • adaptation finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Water Security
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • climate impacts
    • renewable energy
    • Urban Development
    Climate
    News
    September 12, 2018

    RELEASE: 45 Cities Pledge to Conserve and Restore Forests, Citing Public Health, Water and Climate Benefits

    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • green bonds
    • Climate
    • natural infrastructure
    • Urban Development
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • green bonds
    • Climate
    • natural infrastructure
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    Initiatives
    September 12, 2018

    Cities4Forests

    Pond and trees in front of city skyline.
    Business
    Insights
    August 28, 2018

    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
    Business
    Insights
    May 24, 2018

    Barriers to a Circular Economy: 5 Reasons the World Wastes So Much Stuff (and Why It's Not Just the Consumer's Fault)

    • circular economy
    • waste
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Plastic pollution piles up on a beach on Clipperton Atoll in the Pacific.
    • circular economy
    • waste
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    April 24, 2018

    A Key Week for the Future of the Global Environment Facility as Countries Re-up Its Funding

    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • U.S. policy
    Researchers at NREL Energy Storage Test Facility
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • U.S. policy
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    March 30, 2018

    Smallholder Farmers Are Key to Making the Palm Oil Industry Sustainable

    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • commodities
    Indonesian palm oil
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • commodities
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    February 28, 2018

    As More Companies Go “Deforestation-Free,” What Does It Mean for Heavily Forested Nations?

    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Oil palm plantation in Gabon
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Cities
    News
    February 11, 2018

    RELEASE: WRI Ross Prize for Cities Now Open for Applications that Recognize Visionary Urban Change

    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Urban Development
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Urban Development
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    February 1, 2018

    Vietnam: An Up-and-Coming Clean Energy Leader?

    • renewable energy
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Energy
    Offshore wind farm in Vietnam
    • renewable energy
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Energy
    Cities
    Insights
    January 11, 2018

    We Know How to Save Millions from Dying on the World’s Roads

    • health
    • road safety
    • Urban Development
    • Health & Road Safety
    Mexico City
    • health
    • road safety
    • Urban Development
    • Health & Road Safety
    Business
    Insights
    December 14, 2017

    3 Things Companies Can Do in 2018 to Push Global Climate Action

    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    Rooftop solar panels
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    Cities
    Insights
    October 2, 2017

    Moving Beyond “Take, Make, Waste”: Developing Cities Show the Possibilities of the Circular Economy

    • circular economy
    • Urban Development
    Sidewalk shoe-repair stands
    • circular economy
    • Urban Development
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    September 29, 2017

    5 Emerging Trends for Corporate Buyers of Renewable Energy

    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    The 2017 REBA Summit brought together over 400 energy buyers, suppliers and experts to accelerate renewable energy purchasing.
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    News
    September 29, 2017

    ADVISORY: WRI Honors Darren Walker and Feike Sijbesma at "Courage to Lead" Dinner

    • conservation
    • land use
    • Climate Resilience
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • environmental justice
    • food security
    • health
    • human rights
    • poverty
    • sustainable development goals
    • conservation
    • land use
    • Climate Resilience
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • environmental justice
    • food security
    • health
    • human rights
    • poverty
    • sustainable development goals

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