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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
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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>

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
Insights

4 Ways to Shift from Fossil Fuels to Clean Energy

  • Energy
  • Economics
  • carbon pricing
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • fossil fuels
Japan solar
  • Energy
  • Economics
  • carbon pricing
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • fossil fuels
Insights
Anand Mahindra, chairman of Mahindra Rise
  • Business
  • Economics
  • carbon pricing
  • Finance
  • fossil fuels

Why the Social Cost of Carbon Is Critical for America to Make Sound Policies

  • U.S. Climate
  • carbon pricing
  • U.S. policy
  • Economics
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
Power plant
  • U.S. Climate
  • carbon pricing
  • U.S. policy
  • Economics
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
Insights

India Can Save Up to $1.8 Trillion per Year with Smart Urban Growth

  • Cities
  • Economics
  • Urban Development
A crowded Delhi street. Source: EMBARQ Sustainable Urban Mobility by WRI/Flickr
  • Cities
  • Economics
  • Urban Development

A Climate Change Policy That Benefits The Poor

  • carbon pricing
  • climate policy
  • Economics
  • climate change
  • U.S. policy
Iatan Generating Station
  • carbon pricing
  • climate policy
  • Economics
  • climate change
  • U.S. policy
Insights

Taming Bigfoot to Safeguard the Global Commons

  • Food
  • Cities
  • Economics
  • Energy
  • Urban Development
Cloud Gate in Chicago
  • Food
  • Cities
  • Economics
  • Energy
  • Urban Development
Insights

Business Helped Make the Paris Agreement Possible

  • Business
  • Economics
  • carbon pricing
  • COP21
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • renewable energy
Paris at night during COP21. Photo credit: Deborah Zabarenko
  • Business
  • Economics
  • carbon pricing
  • COP21
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • renewable energy