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    Insights
    January 5, 2018

    Billion-Dollar Disasters to Disappearing Ice: 2017 Was a Year of Record-Breaking Climate Events

    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • greenhouse gases
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    Hurricane Maria
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • greenhouse gases
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    Climate
    Insights
    April 26, 2017

    Climate Science, Explained in 10 Graphics

    • climate science
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • climate impacts
    • UNFCCC
    World's biggest emitters
    • climate science
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • climate impacts
    • UNFCCC
    Videos
    April 3, 2017

    Careers at WRI

    • Forests
    • Food
    • Freshwater
    • Ocean
    • Business
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • Food
    • Freshwater
    • Ocean
    • Business
    • Equity & Governance
    Climate
    Insights
    March 31, 2017

    How Do We Tackle Climate Change Uncertainty?

    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    Thames Estuary Project defensive water barriers
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    Climate
    Insights
    December 15, 2016

    3 Ways the Federal Government Can Support Local Climate Resilience to Protect Communities and the Economy

    • International Climate Action
    • U.S. Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • fires
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Flooding in Florida.
    • International Climate Action
    • U.S. Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • fires
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
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    October 31, 2016

    New White House Report Offers Climate Resilience Blueprint for Next Administration

    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Miami flood
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    North America
    News
    October 17, 2016

    ADVISORY: How the U.S. Military is Responding to Sea Level Rise

    • Climate
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    Climate
    News
    September 22, 2016

    RELEASE: New Public-Private Partnership Launched to Help Communities Bridge Gap Between Climate Data and Resiliency Planning

    • mapping
    • Climate Resilience
    • data
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • mapping
    • Climate Resilience
    • data
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    Climate
    Insights
    September 22, 2016

    PREP-aring for a Changing Climate by Harnessing the Data Revolution

    • Climate Resilience
    • data
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    Flooding in Bangkok
    • Climate Resilience
    • data
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    Climate
    Insights
    April 8, 2016

    Help for Coal Country from a Carbon Fee?

    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • U.S. policy
    Pocahontas coal plant in Eastgulf, West Virginia.
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    Insights
    March 9, 2016

    Climate Change: The Critical Topic Presidential Debates Are Leaving Out

    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • U.S. policy
    Flooding in Key West, Fla.
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    February 24, 2016

    New Studies Underscore Threats of Sea Level Rise. Will National Leaders Act?

    • U.S. Climate
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    South Beach flooding
    • U.S. Climate
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    Insights
    December 4, 2015

    Through Compact of Mayors, 360 Cities Will Cut Their Emissions 17% by 2030

    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • COP21
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • climate impacts
    Rio de Janeiro
    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • COP21
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • climate impacts
    Climate
    Insights
    November 24, 2015

    COP 21: An Opportunity to Put Cities Squarely on the Climate Agenda

    • Cities
    • COP21
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • climate impacts
    • UNFCCC
    Paris traffic
    • Cities
    • COP21
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • climate impacts
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Insights
    November 24, 2015

    With New Climate Plans, Adaptation Is No Longer an Overlooked Issue

    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • climate impacts
    • UNFCCC
    Climate-smart agriculture
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • climate impacts
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    November 11, 2015

    Secretary Kerry Warns: Virginia Sea Level Rise Indicative of Bigger Risks Facing Nation

    • U.S. Climate
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Secretary of State John Kerry laid out the connection between climate change and national security.
    • U.S. Climate
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    Insights
    October 28, 2015

    US Local Elected Officials to Government Leaders: Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Are Not Partisan Issues

    • floods
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Flooding in Hoboken, New Jersey. Photo by David Pfeffer/Flickr
    • floods
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    October 20, 2015

    Protect Wildlife, Save Oceans and Reduce Civic Unrest—With Data

    • Ocean
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • data
    • environmental democracy
    • low carbon development
    Global Fishing Watch uses satellite data to track fishing vessels around the world in near-real time. Image by Global Fishing Watch
    • Ocean
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • data
    • environmental democracy
    • low carbon development
    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
    March 3, 2015

    Reducing HFCs in the US Would Benefit Consumers and the Climate

    • Energy
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • GHG emissions
    • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
    HFCs, potent greenhouse gases, are commonly used as refrigerants. Photo by Frank van den Bergh/iStock.
    • Energy
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • GHG emissions
    • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy

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