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    May 21, 2014

    Three Reasons Investors Are Beginning to Take Sustainability Seriously

    • Food
    • Forests
    • Business
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • commodities
    Palm oil plantation workers in Sumatra, Indonesia. Wilmar, a leading Asian agribusiness group, which trades more than 45 percent of the global palm oil supply, is committed to a deforestation-free supply chain. Photo Credit: CIFOR/Flickr
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Business
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • commodities
    Climate
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    May 12, 2014

    3 Tales of Hope for a Low-Carbon Future

    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Business
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • deforestation
    • low carbon development
    • commodities
    At last week's "Ascent" meeting in Abu Dhabi, clubs of countries and companies committed to double the share of renewable energy and the pace of energy efficiency gains. Photo credit: CoCreatr, Flickr
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Business
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • deforestation
    • low carbon development
    • commodities
    Climate
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    April 17, 2014

    Corporate Lobbying on Climate Change: Silence is not Neutrality

    • Energy
    • climate change
    • climate science
    • Business
    Corporate shareholders and stakeholders want to understand how companies support strong policy action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to a changing climate. Photo credit: Petter Duvander/Flickr
    • Energy
    • climate change
    • climate science
    • Business
    Climate
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    December 23, 2013

    5 Things We Learned in 2013 that Could Move the Needle on Sustainability

    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
    • Finance
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • deforestation
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • water risk
    New research shows that the world loses 50 soccer fields' of forest every minute of every day. Photo credit: Daniel Murdiyarso, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
    • Energy
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    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
    • Finance
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • deforestation
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • water risk
    Climate
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    December 23, 2013

    WRI’s Top Outcomes of 2013

    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • food security
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • water risk
    WRI measures its success through positive, on-the-ground change. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
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    • climate change
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    • transportation
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    Climate
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    November 26, 2013

    3 Ways Multinational Corporations Can Help Vulnerable Communities Adapt to Climate Change

    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Business
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    Poor communities in developing nations are especially vulnerable to heat waves, sea level rise, and other climate change impacts. Photo credit: P. Casier, CGIAR
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Business
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    Climate
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    November 20, 2013

    Business and Government Must Come Together for Strong Climate Action

    • International Climate Action
    • Business
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • U.S. policy
    Installing solar panels in San Jose, California. Photo credit: Photon Energy, Flickr
    • International Climate Action
    • Business
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    Data
    November 13, 2013

    3 Actions Companies Can Take Today to Engage in Climate Policy

    • Finance
    • climate change
    • Business
    • international climate policy
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • Business
    • international climate policy
    Climate
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    October 29, 2013

    Living within Earth's “Planetary Boundaries”

    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    "The Human Quest" pairs stunning photography with hard-hitting science. Photo credit: Mattias Klum, The Human Quest
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    Asia
    Insights
    September 24, 2013

    New Greenhouse Gas Accounting Tool Will Help China’s Cities Pursue Low-Carbon Development

    • Business
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • GHG Protocol
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • greenhouse gases
    Nanjing Road, Shanghai. Photo credit: Austronesian Expeditions, Flickr
    • Business
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • GHG Protocol
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • greenhouse gases
    Business
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    September 12, 2013

    3 Beginning Steps to Designing a National Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program

    • Business
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • low carbon development
    A thermal power station in Takoradi, Ghana. Photo credit: Jonathan Ernst, World Bank
    • Business
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • low carbon development
    Climate
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    June 5, 2013

    Global Signs of Leadership on Clean Energy

    • Energy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. policy
    • Energy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. policy
    Business
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    April 25, 2013

    New Guidance Makes Corporate Value Chain Accounting Easier

    • Business
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG Protocol
    • Business
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG Protocol
    Business
    Insights
    March 6, 2013

    The New Language of Sustainability: Risk and Resilience

    • Aqueduct
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
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    • Freshwater
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    January 30, 2013

    RELEASE: New Mapping Tool Provides Unprecedented Ability to Assess Water Risk

    • climate change
    • mapping
    • Business
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    • climate change
    • mapping
    • Business
    • Freshwater
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    Climate
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    January 23, 2013

    Why 2013 Could Be a Game-Changer on Climate

    • Energy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    • Economics
    • Energy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    • Economics

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