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Climate
North America
Insights
March 25, 2021

INSIDER: Designing Low-carbon Product Standards for Cement and Steel in the United States

  • Climate
  • decarbonization
  • INSIDER
  • GHG
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gases
  • industry
  • low carbon
  • Climate
  • decarbonization
  • INSIDER
  • GHG
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gases
  • industry
  • low carbon
Climate
Insights
November 19, 2020

Climate Action Must Progress Far Faster to Achieve 1.5 C Goal

  • electric mobility
  • paris agreement
  • climate science
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Forests
  • industry
  • renewable energy
coal-fired power plant
  • electric mobility
  • paris agreement
  • climate science
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Forests
  • industry
  • renewable energy
Business
Insights
August 6, 2020

How to Build a Circular Economy

  • Economics
  • circular economy
  • explainer
  • waste
  • Corporate Climate Policy Leadership
  • business opportunity
  • climate change
  • emissions
  • food waste
  • greenhouse gases
  • natural resources
  • sustainable business
  • Climate
Two recycling facility workers next to bales of aluminum cans. Photo by Aaron Minnick | WRI.
  • Economics
  • circular economy
  • explainer
  • waste
  • Corporate Climate Policy Leadership
  • business opportunity
  • climate change
  • emissions
  • food waste
  • greenhouse gases
  • natural resources
  • sustainable business
  • Climate
Climate
Initiatives
August 15, 2019

New Climate Economy

Most of women covered by NHLP now have access to fresh vegetables for their meals and can even supply their surplus to be sold in the local market.
Governance
Insights
January 24, 2019

Land Matters: How Securing Community Land Rights Can Slow Climate Change and Accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals

  • Environmental Rights
  • sustainable development goals
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • natural resources
  • resource rights
  • Sustainable Development Goal 2
  • Sustainable Development Goal 5
  • Sustainable Development Goal 9
  • Sustainable Development Goal 13
  • Sustainable Development Goal 14
  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • Sustainable Development Goal 11
indigenous-people-forest
  • Environmental Rights
  • sustainable development goals
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • natural resources
  • resource rights
  • Sustainable Development Goal 2
  • Sustainable Development Goal 5
  • Sustainable Development Goal 9
  • Sustainable Development Goal 13
  • Sustainable Development Goal 14
  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • Sustainable Development Goal 11
Governance
Latin America
Insights
July 11, 2018

Mientras los grupos indígenas esperan durante décadas para los títulos de tierras, las empresas están adquiriendo sus territorios

  • Governance
  • Forests
  • The Struggle for Land
  • deforestation
  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • natural resources
  • palm oil
Shipibo-Konibo
  • Governance
  • Forests
  • The Struggle for Land
  • deforestation
  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • natural resources
  • palm oil
Governance
Latin America
Insights
July 11, 2018

As Indigenous Groups Wait Decades for Land Titles, Companies Are Acquiring Their Territories

  • Governance
  • Forests
  • The Struggle for Land
  • deforestation
  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • natural resources
  • palm oil
Shipibo-Konibo
  • Governance
  • Forests
  • The Struggle for Land
  • deforestation
  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • natural resources
  • palm oil
Forests
Insights
March 21, 2018

3 Reasons City Dwellers Should Care About Forests

  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • natural infrastructure
  • natural resources
  • Water Quality
Forest in Brazil
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • natural infrastructure
  • natural resources
  • Water Quality
Governance
Asia
Insights
April 24, 2017

The Man Who Stopped the Mine. Q&A with Prafulla Samantara, 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize Winner

  • environmental democracy
  • environmental justice
  • extractive industries
  • human rights
  • India
  • indigenous people
  • natural resources
Prafulla Samantara, 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize winner. Photo by Goldman Environmental Foundation
  • environmental democracy
  • environmental justice
  • extractive industries
  • human rights
  • India
  • indigenous people
  • natural resources
Governance
Insights
February 22, 2017

Congress and Trump Gut Disclosure Rules for Fossil Fuel Foreign Payments

  • Finance
  • the trump administration
  • extractive industries
  • fossil fuels
  • human rights
  • investment
  • natural resources
  • oil and gas
People in Nigerian village
  • Finance
  • the trump administration
  • extractive industries
  • fossil fuels
  • human rights
  • investment
  • natural resources
  • oil and gas
Asia
Insights
January 10, 2017

China’s Water Stress Is on the Rise

  • Water
  • Aqueduct
  • China
  • industry
  • Urban Development
  • water risk
  • water stress
China’s Yellow River
  • Water
  • Aqueduct
  • China
  • industry
  • Urban Development
  • water risk
  • water stress
Governance
Insights
July 25, 2016

As Clouds Head for the Poles, Time to Prepare for Food and Water Shocks

  • Water
  • Aqueduct
  • agriculture
  • Energy Access
  • industry
  • water
  • water stress
  • weather
Lake Michigan sunrise
  • Water
  • Aqueduct
  • agriculture
  • Energy Access
  • industry
  • water
  • water stress
  • weather
Food
News
April 20, 2016

RELEASE: WRI offers new approach to help move billions to more sustainable diets

  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • land use
  • creating a sustainable food future
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • food security
  • GHG emissions
  • natural resources
  • sustainable agriculture
  • water
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • land use
  • creating a sustainable food future
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • food security
  • GHG emissions
  • natural resources
  • sustainable agriculture
  • water
Governance
Insights
April 6, 2016

3 Reasons Why Community Land Rights Are Not Legally Secure in Many Countries

  • human rights
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • natural resources
Isangi people on the Congo river
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • natural resources
Energy
Asia
Insights
May 5, 2015

3 Steps to Build a Greener, Climate-Resilient India

  • Water
  • Cities
  • India
  • natural infrastructure
  • natural resources
  • renewable energy
  • sustainable cities
  • sustainable development
  • Urban Development
Hyderabad, India. Photo by Kara Newhouse, Flickr
  • Water
  • Cities
  • India
  • natural infrastructure
  • natural resources
  • renewable energy
  • sustainable cities
  • sustainable development
  • Urban Development
Food
Insights
April 28, 2015

“Revaluing” Ecosystems to Include Nature’s Value on Balance Sheets

  • Forests
  • Water
  • ecosystem valuation
  • ecosystem services
  • Business
  • green infrastructure
  • natural infrastructure
  • natural resources
While oceans support lucrative fisheries, these benefits are rarely accounted for in ledgers. Photo by Pedro Ramirez Jr./U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Forests
  • Water
  • ecosystem valuation
  • ecosystem services
  • Business
  • green infrastructure
  • natural infrastructure
  • natural resources
Water
North America
Insights
April 10, 2015

California Sleepwalks into Water Crisis

  • Aqueduct
  • drought
  • natural resources
  • us policy
  • water
  • water risk
  • water stress
California's drought has dragged on for four years. Photo by Yana Edwin Murphy/Flickr
  • Aqueduct
  • drought
  • natural resources
  • us policy
  • water
  • water risk
  • water stress

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