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    Climate corporate sustainability rivers
    Climate
    Technical Perspectives
    November 15, 2023

    When Non-state Actors Are Transparent About their Climate Actions, the Benefits Go Both Ways

    • Tracking Climate Action
    • corporate sustainability
    • climate policy
    People on bicycles on a sunny street with palm trees and city buildings in the background.
    • Tracking Climate Action
    • corporate sustainability
    • climate policy
    Climate
    Insights
    November 3, 2022

    3 Ways the Circular Economy Can Aid Climate Action

    • Business
    • corporate sustainability
    • adaptation
    • Clean Energy
    Rooftop solar panels
    • Business
    • corporate sustainability
    • adaptation
    • Clean Energy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    June 16, 2022

    The SEC’s New Climate Rule is Plain Common Sense

    • climate policy
    • corporate sustainability
    • Business
    • GHG emissions
    • Paying for Paris
    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters building in Washington, DC.
    • climate policy
    • corporate sustainability
    • Business
    • GHG emissions
    • Paying for Paris
    Climate
    Insights
    May 20, 2022

    The Bar for Corporate Climate Leadership Has Risen

    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • corporate sustainability
    • science based targets
    • Business
    London skyline
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • corporate sustainability
    • science based targets
    • Business
    Climate
    Insights
    November 2, 2021

    3 Ways to Ensure Corporate Net-zero Targets Are Credible

    • net-zero emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • corporate sustainability
    Wind turbines in Rubió, Spain
    • net-zero emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • corporate sustainability
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    August 20, 2021

    6 Ways Large Energy Buyers  Can Transform the US Electrical Grid 

    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. Climate
    • electric grid
    • Business
    • corporate sustainability
    • COP26
    Dillon Wind Power Project
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. Climate
    • electric grid
    • Business
    • corporate sustainability
    • COP26
    Cities
    Initiatives
    September 12, 2018

    Cities4Forests

    Pond and trees in front of city skyline.
    Climate
    Insights
    May 1, 2017

    Setting the Rules of the Game at Bonn Climate Change Talks

    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    Dawn in Bonn, Germany
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    November 28, 2016

    Using Open Government for Climate Action

    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • environmental democracy
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • international climate policy
    • public participation
    • UNFCCC
    Meeting on climate change in Burkina Faso
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • environmental democracy
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • international climate policy
    • public participation
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    May 20, 2016

    Lessons on Implementing Community-Based Climate Adaptation Plans in the Lower Mekong Basin

    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • rivers
    Boats in a river
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • rivers
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    December 22, 2015

    After Paris, Making Good on Climate Commitments Requires Good Governance

    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • public participation
    • UNFCCC
    Eiffel Tower
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • public participation
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Research
    April 28, 2015

    Tracking Adaptation Finance

    Climate
    Insights
    April 22, 2015

    Let's Make It Earth and Prosperity Day

    • Finance
    • Economics
    • climate change
    • poverty
    • corporate sustainability
    You can’t tackle poverty and spur economic growth without protecting the environment, and you can’t protect the environment without finding ways to make the economy grow while improving people’s lives. Photo by Global Water Partnership/Flickr.
    • Finance
    • Economics
    • climate change
    • poverty
    • corporate sustainability
    Climate
    Insights
    March 5, 2015

    World’s 15 Countries with the Most People Exposed to River Floods

    • Freshwater
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • climate change
    • mapping
    • rivers
    • water risk
    Citizens flee floods in Sri Lanka. Photo by trokilinochchi/Wikimedia Commons.
    • Freshwater
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • climate change
    • mapping
    • rivers
    • water risk
    Climate
    Insights
    September 16, 2014

    By the Numbers: The New Climate Economy

    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • energy efficiency
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    A new report shows that economic growth and action on climate change can now be achieved together. Photo credit: Walmart, Flickr
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • energy efficiency
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    Insights
    August 4, 2014

    Sustainability at WRI: Our Annual Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Sustainability Report

    • Energy
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG emissions
    • corporate sustainability
    Where in the world is WRI traveling? To better understand our business travel emissions and develop metrics for tracking changes, we instituted performance indicators, including emissions per staff and top destinations. Photo Credit: WRI
    • Energy
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG emissions
    • corporate sustainability
    Climate
    Insights
    January 14, 2014

    Multinationals Need to Take Notice and Take Action on Water Risk Data

    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Aqueduct
    • climate change
    • rivers
    • water risk
    Brazil has 12% of the world's freshwater resources, but its industries, farms, and communities are concentrated along the coasts, unable to access much of the country's plentiful resources. Photo credit: Flickr/John Wiseman
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Aqueduct
    • climate change
    • rivers
    • water risk

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