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A river flows through Masai Mara Nature Reserve in Kenya
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  • Freshwater
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Support for Climate Policy is Alive and Well in Corporate America

  • coronavirus
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • climate policy
  • climate change
  • Climate
  • Business
The outside of the New York Stock Exchange
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  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • climate policy
  • climate change
  • Climate
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STATEMENT: Business Roundtable Calls for a “Comprehensive” Approach to Address Climate Change

  • carbon pricing
  • Paris Agreement
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • climate change
  • carbon pricing
  • Paris Agreement
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • climate change

How the Chamber of Commerce's Scorecard Elevates Climate Deniers

  • climate change
  • U.S. policy
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
U.S. Chamber of Commerce panel
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  • U.S. policy
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3 Ways Business Must Use Political Influence to Champion Climate Ambition

  • Business
  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
Climate leaders lobby for climate action. Flickr/Phil Roeder
  • Business
  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy

RELEASE: Cargill, WRI Partner to Monitor and Manage Deforestation and Water Risk Across Supply Chains

  • Freshwater
  • forest monitoring
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
  • water risk
  • Freshwater
  • forest monitoring
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
  • water risk
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Many Industries Can Find Water-Energy Connections Somewhere in Their Value Chains

  • Energy
  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Gender
  • fossil fuels
  • renewable energy
  • water risk
  • Energy
  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Gender
  • fossil fuels
  • renewable energy
  • water risk

6 Stories to Watch in 2015: Global Climate Deal, Sustainable Development Goals, Rising Water Risks and More

  • Finance
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
  • UNFCCC
  • United Nations
  • U.S. policy
  • water risk
  • stories to watch
Andrew Steer presented 2015's Stories to Watch before a packed house at the Press Club in Washington, D.C. Photo by Bill Dugan/WRI
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
  • UNFCCC
  • United Nations
  • U.S. policy
  • water risk
  • stories to watch

A New Climate Economy: Shifting Corporate America onto a Low-Carbon Path

  • Energy
  • Economics
  • Business
  • climate change
  • U.S. policy
From left to right: Amy Harder, Chad Holliday, Ken Gayer, and Andrew Steer. Photo credit: Bill Dugan, WRI
  • Energy
  • Economics
  • Business
  • climate change
  • U.S. policy

Al Gore: A New Kind of Tipping Point for Climate Action

  • Energy
  • Business
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • renewable energy
WRI President and CEO Dr. Andrew Steer with former Vice President Al Gore. The World Resources Institute hosts a reception and dinner, followed by a conversation with former Vice-President Al Gore at the Swedish Embassy (The House of Sweden) in Washington, DC on Wednesday, October 8, 2014.  Photo credit: James R. Brantley
  • Energy
  • Business
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • renewable energy
Insights

Finding Solutions for South Africa’s Coal-Fired Energy and Water Problems

  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • fossil fuels
  • Water Quality
  • water risk
A communal water tap in Soweto, South Africa. Photo credit: E. Muench, Wikimedia Commons
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  • fossil fuels
  • Water Quality
  • water risk

A Tale of 3 Countries: Water Risks to Global Shale Development

  • Energy
  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • fossil fuels
  • water risk
Shale gas drilling site in Pennsylvania. Photo Credit: Nicholas Tonelli/Flickr
  • Energy
  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • fossil fuels
  • water risk

RELEASE: New Analysis Finds 38% of World’s Shale Resources Face Water Stress

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  • Business
  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • water risk
  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • water risk

ADVISORY: Press Call: How Water Risk Affects Global Shale Development

  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • water risk
  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • water risk

Courage to Lead: WRI Celebrates Sustainability Champions

  • Cities
  • Business
  • climate change
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
From left to right: Andrew Steer, Pamela Flaherty, Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Jim Harmon.
  • Cities
  • Business
  • climate change
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy

Nearly Half of U.S. Fracking Sites Overlap with Water-Stressed Regions

  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • fossil fuels
  • water risk
  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • fossil fuels
  • water risk
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset