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    October 24, 2015

    RELEASE: Bipartisan Lawmakers Call on Presidential Candidates to Address Coastal Flooding and Sea Level Rise

    • U.S. Climate
    • floods
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    • U.S. Climate
    • floods
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    October 22, 2015

    How Is Sea Level Rise Affecting Your Region?

    • U.S. Climate
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Shoreline counties are home to more than 123 million Americans, and account for nearly half the U.S. GDP. Image by WRI
    • U.S. Climate
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    October 8, 2015

    Coastal Community Leaders Aim for Strategy on Rising Seas, Extreme Weather

    • U.S. Climate
    • climate science
    • climate policy
    • Climate Resilience
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    North Charleston flooding from Hurricane Joaquin in 2015. Photo Credit: Ryan Johnson/Flickr
    • U.S. Climate
    • climate science
    • climate policy
    • Climate Resilience
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    Climate
    Insights
    September 25, 2015

    The Business Case for Science-Based Targets to Reduce Emissions

    • climate science
    • Business
    • GHG emissions
    69 companies, including Honda, Nestlé and Hewlett-Packard have committed to setting these science-based targets to cut their greenhouse emissions, and some have publicly announced them. Photo by UN/Flickr.
    • climate science
    • Business
    • GHG emissions
    Asia
    Insights
    September 16, 2015

    Positioning Indonesia's Climate Commitment on the Global Stage

    • Climate
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • climate science
    • UNFCCC
    In 2009, Indonesia made a bold move by voluntarily pledging to achieve a 26 percent reduction in emissions against the business-as-usual scenario in 2020. Photo by James Anderson/WRI.
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • climate science
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Insights
    May 20, 2015

    This is Leadership: Why Companies Are Setting Emissions Goals Based on Science

    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • greenhouse gases
    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
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • greenhouse gases
    Climate
    Insights
    May 11, 2015

    Where Is Climate Adaptation Finance Headed?

    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • extreme weather
    Aftermath of 2013's Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda in the Philippines. Photo by Ben White/ CAFOD, December 2013
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • extreme weather
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    February 27, 2015

    3 Counterintuitive Connections Between Climate Change and Extreme Weather

    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • U.S. policy
    Boston received more than 98 inches of snow this season. Photo by Michael Hall/Flickr.
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    Insights
    February 10, 2015

    What Does the “Pathway to Paris” Mean for Adaptation?

    • International Climate Action
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • COP20
    • extreme weather
    A growing number of studies show that communities around the world are already experiencing the effects of climate change in the form of extreme heat, unpredictable weather and sea level rise. (Punjab region, Pakistan) Photo by Tariq Saeed/IRIN.
    • International Climate Action
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • COP20
    • extreme weather
    Climate
    Insights
    January 16, 2015

    2014 Record-Breaking Heat is Bad for Business

    • Business
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    2014 was not just the hottest year on record globally, but the world also experienced record-high seasonal temperatures in the summer and fall, and the second-warmest spring. (Santiago, Chile) Photo by Michel/Flickr.
    • Business
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    Climate
    Insights
    December 10, 2014

    Quick Perspective on UN Secretary-General’s Vision for a Post-2015 Agenda

    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • development
    • human rights
    • climate science
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    Photo by UNDP via OXFAM/Flickr.
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • development
    • human rights
    • climate science
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    Climate
    Insights
    December 4, 2014

    5 Ways Countries Can Align their Emissions-Reduction Pledges with the Latest Climate Science

    • International Climate Action
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Emissions will need to drop roughly 14 percent below 2010 levels by 2030 and 40 to 70 percent below 2010 levels by 2050 to limit temperature rise to 2°C. Photo by BlackRockSolar/Flickr
    • International Climate Action
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Insights
    December 1, 2014

    Visualizing the Past, Present and Future of Carbon Emissions

    • Energy
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • climate science
    • UNFCCC
    Pollution from a factory in New Jersey, United States. Photo by John Isaac/UN
    • Energy
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • climate science
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Data
    December 1, 2014

    Interactive: Carbon Emissions Past, Present and Future

    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • climate science
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • climate science
    Climate
    Insights
    November 19, 2014

    The Emissions Gap Roadmap

    • climate science
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    A new report evaluates the "emissions gap" between current commitments to reduce emissions and those needed to limit global temperature rise to 2 degrees C. Photo by Josef Stuefer/Flickr
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    North America
    News
    November 17, 2014

    STATEMENT: WRI Reacts to Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience Report

    • Climate Resilience
    • climate science
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate science
    Climate
    News
    November 2, 2014

    STATEMENT: WRI Reacts to IPCC Synthesis Report

    • climate change
    • climate science
    • GHG emissions
    • climate change
    • climate science
    • GHG emissions
    Climate
    Insights
    October 30, 2014

    9 Significant Scientific Findings too Recent to Be Included in the New IPCC Report

    • climate science
    • climate change
    Average annual ice loss in the northeast portion of the Greenland Ice Sheet between 2006 and 2012 was more than 10 Gigatons. Photo credit: Nick Russill, Flickr
    • climate science
    • climate change
    Climate
    Insights
    October 30, 2014

    3 Infographics Explain Our Climate Past and Future

    • climate science
    • climate change
    If emissions continue unabated, the world will exceed its "carbon budget" in three decades. Photo credit: arbyreed, Flickr
    • climate science
    • climate change

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