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3 Key Questions for the Energy Industry Around a Global Climate Agreement

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5 Numbers: What the Paris Climate Talks Have Already Delivered

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4 Questions About Corporate Emissions, Answered through New Interactive Tool

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114 Companies Commit to Set Science-Based Emissions Targets

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6 Ways to Make Small Businesses More Resilient to Climate Change

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Business and Climate Action: The Times They Are A-Changin'

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Hundreds of business leaders are gathering at COP 21 in Paris. Photo by Yann Caradec/Flickr
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Science-based Emissions Targets: The Key to Sending a Strong Corporate Signal Before COP 21

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Nearly 90 companies have committed to set a science-based emissions-reduction target. Photo by Mike Steinhoff/Flickr
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Who Is Speaking on Climate Policy for Your Company?

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Large companies can be involved in hundreds of trade associations around the world. Photo by Corey Seeman/Flickr
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Dispelling 4 Myths about Climate Change and Investment Risk

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Physical risks like drought are only some of the climate-related risks investors face. Photo by Don DeBold/Flickr
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Supporting the New Climate Agreement: A Checklist for Business

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The recent Business & Climate Summit took place in Paris, France. Photo by Max Mayorov/Flickr
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This is Leadership: Why Companies Are Setting Emissions Goals Based on Science

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The Science-Based Targets initiative aims to enlist 100 companies to setting greenhouse gas reduction targets based on the latest climate science. Photo by Stephanie Meshke/Flickr
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3 Activities that Can Help Investors Become More “Climate Friendly”

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Solar panels at the Nellis Air Force Base in the United States. Photo by U.S. Air Force/Wikimedia Commons
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How Do You Measure the Emissions Locked in Fossil Fuel Reserves?

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If emissions continue unabated, the world is on track to exhaust its "carbon budget" within three decades. Photo by Mingjia Zhou/Flickr
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6 Stories to Watch in 2015: Global Climate Deal, Sustainable Development Goals, Rising Water Risks and More

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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
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Intelligent Imagining: Scenarios to Manage Water as the Climate Changes

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A watershed in the Central American Dryland Corridor, a protected area meant to foster biodiversity and sustainable development, in Trifinio, Guatemala. Photo Credit: Paul Reig/WRI
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A New Climate Economy: Shifting Corporate America onto a Low-Carbon Path

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From left to right: Amy Harder, Chad Holliday, Ken Gayer, and Andrew Steer. Photo credit: Bill Dugan, WRI
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Al Gore: A New Kind of Tipping Point for Climate Action

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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
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3 Reasons Small Businesses Must Play a Large Role in Climate Change Resilience

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Farmers in Cambodia are threatened by the impacts of climate change. Photo credit: Asladhrra, Flickr
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Analyzing Outcomes from the UN Climate Summit

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More than 125 heads of state and government officials gathered for the UN Climate Summit 2014 in New York City. Photo credit: Holger Dalkmann, WRI
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2 Questions for World Business Leaders at the UN Climate Summit

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The UN Secretary General's Climate Summit will bring CEOs and heads of government to New York City on September 23, 2014. (Photo credit: Chris Ford, Flickr)
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