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    Insights
    July 7, 2016

    Cutting Your Corporate Carbon Footprint? Why You Should Use Science-Based Targets

    • Climate
    • Business
    • GHG emissions
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • climate science
    Renewable energy can help companies reach carbon-cutting goals. Photo Credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92688599@N00/2302264331/">Wavy1</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">cc</a>
    • Climate
    • Business
    • GHG emissions
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • climate science
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    June 1, 2016

    Former Energy CEO David Crane Envisions a Future without Fossils

    • Energy
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • fossil fuels
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    Coal-fired power plant in Ohio
    • Energy
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • fossil fuels
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    Europe North America
    Insights
    April 5, 2016

    The Roads to Decoupling: 21 Countries Are Reducing Carbon Emissions While Growing GDP

    • Economics
    • Business
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    Wind turbines
    • Economics
    • Business
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    March 29, 2016

    Microsoft and Local Utility Partner to Green Virginia’s Grid

    • Energy
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • electric grid
    • renewable energy
    Potomac River power plant
    • Energy
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • electric grid
    • renewable energy
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    August 21, 2015

    Corporations Can Drive Down Renewable Energy’s Cost

    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • electric grid
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    The electricity system will have to be decarbonized, probably more quickly than many in the sector are comfortable with. Working with large buyers that want to move quickly could lead to decarbonizing in an orderly way that drives down the cost for everyone. Photo by Windwärts Energie/Flickr
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • electric grid
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    August 6, 2015

    Clean Power Plan Can Help States, Economy and Planet

    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • GHG emissions
    • climate policy
    • Business
    • energy efficiency
    • renewable energy
    • COP21
    NASA image courtesy of the DSCOVR EPIC team
    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • GHG emissions
    • climate policy
    • Business
    • energy efficiency
    • renewable energy
    • COP21
    Business
    North America
    Insights
    July 30, 2015

    Unilever CEO Paul Polman Discusses Sustainable Business Strategy

    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    Unilever CEO Paul Polman. Photo by Sebastian Derungs/World Economic Forum
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    Business
    North America
    Insights
    May 15, 2015

    Responding to Resource Scarcity: Supply Chain Perspectives

    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    Renewable materials offer clear benefits over their conventional counterparts, so why aren't more businesses using them? Photo by Sam Beebe/Flickr
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    April 15, 2015

    An Opportunity for Cooperative Clean Energy Solutions for Utilities and Companies

    • electric grid
    • Business
    • renewable energy
    A solar array in California. Photo by Steve Jurvetson/Flickr.
    • electric grid
    • Business
    • renewable energy
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    January 9, 2015

    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
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    October 16, 2014

    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
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    October 13, 2014

    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
    Climate
    Asia Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    September 5, 2014

    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
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    July 11, 2014

    Tackling U.S. Corporations’ 3 Challenges to Buying Renewable Energy

    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • renewable energy
    Sixty percent of the largest U.S. companies have set climate and energy goals to increase their use of renewable energy. Photo credit: Thomas Rousing, Flickr
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • renewable energy
    Equity & Governance
    Africa Latin America North America
    Insights
    March 21, 2014

    5 Overlooked Deforestation Hotspots

    • Forests
    • Business
    • deforestation
    • global forest watch
    • commodities
    Marahoué National Park in the Ivory Coast has lost 93% of its forest cover between 2002 and 2008. Photo credit: jbdodane, Flickr 2013
    • Forests
    • Business
    • deforestation
    • global forest watch
    • commodities
    Climate
    Africa Asia Europe North America
    Insights
    July 29, 2013

    Shifting Global Investments To Clean Energy

    • Energy
    • Business
    • fossil fuels
    • low carbon development
    • Energy
    • Business
    • fossil fuels
    • low carbon development
    Asia North America
    Insights
    June 20, 2013

    Why Is China Investing So Much in U.S. Solar and Wind?

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Business
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Business
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 2, 2013

    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
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    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
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa North America
    Insights
    January 18, 2013

    6 Top Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2013

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    • fossil fuels
    • U.S. policy
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    • fossil fuels
    • U.S. policy

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