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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
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6 Conversations We Need to Have on the Energy Transition

  • renewable energy
  • Climate
  • Clean Energy
  • Energy Access
  • international climate policy
Wind turbines on top of a mountain overlooking the sea in Costa Rica.
  • renewable energy
  • Climate
  • Clean Energy
  • Energy Access
  • international climate policy
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3 Ways the Circular Economy Can Aid Climate Action

  • Business
  • corporate sustainability
  • adaptation
  • Clean Energy
Rooftop solar panels
  • Business
  • corporate sustainability
  • adaptation
  • Clean Energy

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
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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
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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

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

Unpacking the US CLEAN Future Act

  • Buildings
  • coronavirus
  • net-zero emissions
  • climate policy
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • energy efficiency
  • environmental justice
  • renewable energy
  • transportation
The United States Capitol Building at night.
  • Buildings
  • coronavirus
  • net-zero emissions
  • climate policy
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • energy efficiency
  • environmental justice
  • renewable energy
  • transportation
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Missing Links Between Electricity Access and Development Priorities in Africa

  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • sustainable development goals
  • electric grid
  • development
  • agriculture
  • health
  • low carbon development
Nurses care for newborns at a maternity hospital in Sierra Leone. Photo by Dominic Chavez/World Bank.
  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • sustainable development goals
  • electric grid
  • development
  • agriculture
  • health
  • low carbon development
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STATEMENT: WRI Welcomes U.S. Funding for Green Climate Fund

  • Finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate finance
  • Energy Access
  • Green Climate Fund
  • renewable energy
  • Finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate finance
  • Energy Access
  • Green Climate Fund
  • renewable energy
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As Clouds Head for the Poles, Time to Prepare for Food and Water Shocks

  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • agriculture
  • Energy Access
  • industry
  • water risk
  • extreme weather
Lake Michigan sunrise
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • agriculture
  • Energy Access
  • industry
  • water risk
  • extreme weather
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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

ADVISORY: Press Call on President Obama's Trip to India

  • Energy
  • climate change
  • Energy Access
  • U.S. policy
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • Energy Access
  • U.S. policy
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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
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