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Coronavirus Recovery

<h2>WRI Statement in Response to COVID-19</h2><p>Statement from Dr. Andrew Steer, CEO and President of World Resources Institute, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>

Resilience After Recession: 4 Ways to Reboot the U.S. Economy

  • coronavirus
  • Economics
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
  • U.S. policy
Hill Air Force Base in Utah
  • coronavirus
  • Economics
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
  • U.S. policy

US Coronavirus Response: 3 Principles for Sustainable Economic Stimulus

  • Energy
  • Economics
  • coronavirus
  • health
  • renewable energy
MTA New York City Transit
  • Energy
  • Economics
  • coronavirus
  • health
  • renewable energy
Videos

Securing a Sustainable Water Future in an Ever-Drier World

  • Freshwater
  • Sustainable Development Goal 6
  • Economics
  • Freshwater
  • Sustainable Development Goal 6
  • Economics
Insights

Collective Action at the Crossroads: What to Watch in 2020

  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Economics
renewable energy
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Economics
Insights

What Makes a Partnership Transformational?

  • sustainable development goals
  • Business
  • Economics
Buses
  • sustainable development goals
  • Business
  • Economics
Insights

Low-Carbon Cities Are a $24 Trillion Opportunity

  • Cities
  • Economics
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
Riding the bus in Seattle. Increasing the share of passengers taking mass transit is worth more than $10 trillion. Flickr/Brian Glanz.
  • Cities
  • Economics
  • climate change
  • low carbon development

A Carbon Price Is Critical, but It’s Not a Silver Bullet

  • Climate
  • carbon pricing
  • Economics
  • climate change
  • renewable energy
Wind turbines in southern California
  • Climate
  • carbon pricing
  • Economics
  • climate change
  • renewable energy

4 Things to Know About the Global Adaptation Challenge

  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Resilience
  • Climate
  • Economics
  • Sustainable Development Goal 1
  • Sustainable Development Goal 13
  • climate change
Cyclone Idai response in Mozambique
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Resilience
  • Climate
  • Economics
  • Sustainable Development Goal 1
  • Sustainable Development Goal 13
  • climate change
Technical Perspectives

INSIDER: Green Infrastructure Can Save Water Suppliers Money. Now You Can Estimate How Much.

  • Freshwater
  • Economics
  • Sustainable Development Goal 9
  • Water Security
  • natural infrastructure
  • water pollution
Riverside trees in Atlanta's 4th Ward Park. Flickr/DeepRoot
  • Freshwater
  • Economics
  • Sustainable Development Goal 9
  • Water Security
  • natural infrastructure
  • water pollution
Insights

Regional Integration Could Be Key to China’s Climate Action

  • Climate
  • climate policy
  • Economics
  • low carbon development
Chongqing, a city in China’s Yangtze River Delta
  • Climate
  • climate policy
  • Economics
  • low carbon development
Insights

Planes, Trains and (Big) Automobiles: How Heavy Transport Can Reduce Emissions and Save Money

  • Business
  • Economics
  • circular economy
  • Urban Mobility
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • renewable energy
  • transportation
A fuel-efficient airplane takes off during NASA's Green Flight competition.
  • Business
  • Economics
  • circular economy
  • Urban Mobility
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • renewable energy
  • transportation
Insights

Why Sustainable Forestry Is a Good Investment

  • Forests
  • Economics
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • restoration
  • climate change
Senegal villagers
  • Forests
  • Economics
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • restoration
  • climate change
Outcomes

WRI Helps Set Paris Agreement in Motion

  • Finance
  • Economics
  • Top Outcome: 2018
Negotiators at COP24 in Katowice, Poland adopted a robust Paris Rulebook to set the agreement in motion. Photo by UNclimatechange/Flickr
  • Finance
  • Economics
  • Top Outcome: 2018
Insights

Indonesia Charts a New, Low Carbon Development Path. Will Other Countries Follow Suit?

  • Economics
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
Farmers in Yogyakarta
  • Economics
  • climate change
  • low carbon development