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Initiatives

Systems Change Lab

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Insights

The Great Reset: 7 Environment and Sustainability Stories to Watch in 2021

  • coronavirus
  • podcasts
  • Paris Agreement
  • Economics
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • transportation
  • U.S. policy
  • stories to watch
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  • coronavirus
  • podcasts
  • Paris Agreement
  • Economics
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • transportation
  • U.S. policy
  • stories to watch

Earth Day at 50: Five Ways to Honor the Legacy and Change the World

  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate
  • Economics
  • coronavirus
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
Black and white photo of a crowd and speaker outside the University of Michigan for the first Earth Day in 1970.
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate
  • Economics
  • coronavirus
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
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>
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Collective Action at the Crossroads: What to Watch in 2020

  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Economics
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  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Economics
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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
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.
Insights

Green Growth for the Commonwealth: Ready for Phase Three

  • Climate Resilience
  • Economics
  • Urban Mobility
  • Cities
  • transportation
Bicycle rickshaws in Mumbai, India
  • Climate Resilience
  • Economics
  • Urban Mobility
  • Cities
  • transportation
Initiatives

U.S. Climate

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Insights

Bad Air to Better Oceans: 6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2018

  • Equity & Governance
  • Finance
  • Ocean
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Economics
  • Aqueduct
  • stories to watch
  • Air Quality
  • climate change
  • restoration
  • international climate policy
  • fossil fuels
  • pollution
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy
  • water risk
  • Equity & Governance
  • Finance
  • Ocean
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Economics
  • Aqueduct
  • stories to watch
  • Air Quality
  • climate change
  • restoration
  • international climate policy
  • fossil fuels
  • pollution
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy
  • water risk