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Not Just CO2: China’s Efforts on Lesser Known Greenhouse Gases Critical to Stabilizing the Climate

  • Climate
  • Air Quality
  • GHG emissions
  • Sustainable Development Goal 8
  • agriculture
  • climate change
Rice farmer in Chengdu. Rice cultivation can release methane. Flickr/UN Photo.
  • Climate
  • Air Quality
  • GHG emissions
  • Sustainable Development Goal 8
  • agriculture
  • climate change
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Here’s What Could Go Wrong with the Circular Economy—and How to Keep it on Track

  • circular economy
  • Sustainable Development Goal 12
  • Sustainable Development Goal 8
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
Mattress recycling.
  • circular economy
  • Sustainable Development Goal 12
  • Sustainable Development Goal 8
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy

With New Business Roundtable Statement, Are 200 CEOs Stuck in Yesterday’s Corporate Sustainability?

  • Sustainable Development Goal 8
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Climate
Skscrapers
  • Sustainable Development Goal 8
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Climate
Outcomes

Governments, Companies and NGOs Adopt Shared Mobility Principles

  • Top Outcome: 2018
  • Health & Road Safety
Shared bikes in Beijing. Photo by Kentaro IEMOTO/Flickr
  • Top Outcome: 2018
  • Health & Road Safety
Outcomes
A street in Bangalore, India. Photo by Ryan ruffin_ready/Flickr
  • Top Outcome: 2018

Cities in Africa, Asia and Latin America Create Safer, More Sustainable Streets

  • Top Outcome: 2018
  • Health & Road Safety
Rua Completa Joel Carlos Borges. Photo by Pedro Mascaro/WRI Brasil
  • Top Outcome: 2018
  • Health & Road Safety
Outcomes

WRI Helps Set Paris Agreement in Motion

  • Finance
  • Economics
  • Top Outcome: 2018
Negotiators at COP24 in Katowice, Poland adopted a robust Paris Rulebook to set the agreement in motion. Photo by UNclimatechange/Flickr
  • Finance
  • Economics
  • Top Outcome: 2018
Outcomes

Forest Resilience Bond Helps Reduce Wildfire Risk in California

  • Freshwater
  • Top Outcome: 2018
US Forest Service, partners and local community members visit a restoration site in the North Yuba River Watershed in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. Photo by Leah Schleifer/WRI
  • Freshwater
  • Top Outcome: 2018
Outcomes
Members of a community group in Riau, Indonesia, traveling by boat use WRI’s Forest Watcher app to monitor deforestation. Photo by Jikalihari/WRI
  • Top Outcome: 2018
Outcomes
A Tesco grocery store in South West England. Photo by Roger A Smith/Geograph
  • Top Outcome: 2018
Bogotá, the capital city of Colombia. Photo by Pedro Szekely/Wikimedia Commons
  • Energy
  • Top Outcome: 2018
Outcomes

Indonesia and Democratic Republic of the Congo Accelerate Social and Community Forest Management

  • Top Outcome: 2018
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
A man in Ilanga Village, DRC, holds a map showing commercial concessions on community lands. Photo by Molly Bergen/WCS, WWF, WRI
  • Top Outcome: 2018
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
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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
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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

How the US Can Lower Methane Emissions from Natural Gas and Save Money

  • GHG emissions
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • U.S. policy
  • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
  • fossil fuels
A natural gas refinery plant. Photo by WildEarth Guardians/Flickr.
  • GHG emissions
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • U.S. policy
  • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
  • fossil fuels

The Clean Vehicle Revolution: Driving Fuel Savings and Emissions Reductions in the United States

  • Energy
  • Cities
  • Economics
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • U.S. policy
  • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
  • transportation
Electric vehicle charging station in Guangdong Province, China. Photo by Remko Tanis/Flickr
  • Energy
  • Cities
  • Economics
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • U.S. policy
  • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
  • transportation

How the US Can Save Billions by Reducing Electricity Use

  • Energy
  • GHG emissions
  • energy efficiency
  • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
  • renewable energy
Homes and commercial buildings account for 74 percent of electricity demand in the United States, making them a critical part of any plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Photo Credit: Justin Brown, Flickr
  • Energy
  • GHG emissions
  • energy efficiency
  • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
  • renewable energy

How the US Can Produce Cleaner Energy While Capturing Economic Benefits

  • Energy
  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • U.S. policy
  • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
  • renewable energy
New solar photovoltaic projects are also being chosen over new coal and gas generation in a few areas of the country because of lower costs or larger net benefits. Photo credit: Dana Smillie, World Bank
  • Energy
  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • U.S. policy
  • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
  • renewable energy
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset