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Stories to Watch

Woman on stoop overlooking flooded street, with blue designed overlay.
Insights

3 Ways China Can Improve Climate-resilient Infrastructure Investment

  • infrastructure
  • Climate Resilience
  • adaptation finance
  • Economics
High speed train and natural wetland in China.
  • infrastructure
  • Climate Resilience
  • adaptation finance
  • Economics
Initiatives

Systems Change Lab

Person in crowd holding sign that reads "SYSTEM CHANGE NOT CLIMATE CHANGE" with Earth image on cardboard sign.

How Climate Action Can Reboot Economies in Rural America

  • U.S. Climate
  • Economics
  • infrastructure
  • renewable energy
  • COP26
  • carbon removal
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
Red tractor tills fields in rural America with windmills in backdrop.
  • U.S. Climate
  • Economics
  • infrastructure
  • renewable energy
  • COP26
  • carbon removal
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands

Does Biden’s American Jobs Plan Stack Up on Climate and Jobs?

  • infrastructure
  • climate policy
  • Economics
Wayne National Forest Solar Panel Construction
  • infrastructure
  • climate policy
  • Economics
Insights

Make the Market Work for People and Planet

  • carbon pricing
  • science based targets
  • Economics
  • Business
  • Finance
Skyrise office buildings in Montréal, Canada
  • carbon pricing
  • science based targets
  • Economics
  • Business
  • Finance
Insights

Nature Is An Economic Winner for COVID-19 Recovery

  • coronavirus
  • infrastructure
  • Economics
  • Equity & Governance
canada-wetlands
  • coronavirus
  • infrastructure
  • Economics
  • Equity & Governance
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After COVID-19, 5 Ways India Can Pursue a Sustainable and Resilient Recovery

  • coronavirus
  • infrastructure
  • Climate Resilience
  • Economics
  • renewable energy
  • low carbon development
Person riding motorcycle in India during coronavirus pandemic
  • coronavirus
  • infrastructure
  • Climate Resilience
  • Economics
  • renewable energy
  • low carbon development
Initiatives

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>
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

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
Initiatives

New Climate Economy

Most of women covered by NHLP now have access to fresh vegetables for their meals and can even supply their surplus to be sold in the local market.