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    News
    June 22, 2021

    RELEASE: WRI, UNEP, GEF and Partners Launch Zero Carbon Building Accelerator

    • Buildings
    • energy efficiency
    • Cities
    • Buildings
    • energy efficiency
    • Cities
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    News
    September 30, 2020

    ADVISORY: Embargoed WRI Press Call: Mining Threatens Indigenous Communities Across the Amazon

    • Equity & Governance
    • deforestation
    • environmental justice
    • pollution
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    • deforestation
    • environmental justice
    • pollution
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Freshwater
    News
    April 23, 2020

    RELEASE: New Data Shows Millions of People, Trillions in Property at Risk from Flooding — But Infrastructure Investments Now Can Significantly Lower Flood Risk

    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • Climate Resilience
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • Climate Resilience
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Climate
    News
    September 23, 2019

    STATEMENT: UN Climate Summit: Major Economies Fall Short; More Action Needed

    • Buildings
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • international climate policy
    • Ocean
    • Buildings
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • international climate policy
    • Ocean
    Energy
    News
    September 23, 2019

    RELEASE: WRI Leads Zero Carbon Buildings for All Initiative Launched at UN Climate Action Summit

    • Cities
    • Buildings
    • Energy
    • Cities
    • Buildings
    • Energy
    Climate
    News
    September 23, 2019

    RELEASE: New global effort on climate change targets 3% increase in energy efficiency per year

    • Energy
    • Buildings
    • Climate
    • energy efficiency
    • Energy
    • Buildings
    • Climate
    • energy efficiency
    Cities
    Asia
    News
    September 19, 2019

    RELEASE: New Report Finds National Governments Can Unlock Nearly $24 Trillion by Investing in Zero-Carbon Cities

    • Buildings
    • infrastructure
    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    • energy efficiency
    • low carbon development
    • Buildings
    • infrastructure
    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    • energy efficiency
    • low carbon development
    Energy
    News
    June 26, 2018

    RELEASE: WRI Receives $2 Million Grant from GEF to Accelerate Building Efficiency

    • Buildings
    • energy efficiency
    • Buildings
    • energy efficiency
    News
    September 29, 2017

    ADVISORY: WRI Honors Darren Walker and Feike Sijbesma at "Courage to Lead" Dinner

    • conservation
    • land use
    • Climate Resilience
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • environmental justice
    • food security
    • health
    • human rights
    • poverty
    • sustainable development goals
    • conservation
    • land use
    • Climate Resilience
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • environmental justice
    • food security
    • health
    • human rights
    • poverty
    • sustainable development goals
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    News
    August 30, 2017

    RELEASE: Is the Water Safe To Drink? Without Better Access to Pollution Information, Asia’s Poorest People Don’t Know

    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • pollution
    • Freshwater
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • pollution
    • Freshwater
    Energy
    News
    April 4, 2017

    RELEASE: 5 New Subnational Governments Join Global Partnership on Energy Efficiency in Buildings

    • Cities
    • Buildings
    • energy efficiency
    • Cities
    • Buildings
    • energy efficiency
    Energy
    Asia
    News
    September 1, 2016

    RELEASE: WRI Welcomes Jennifer Layke as Global Director for its Energy Program

    • Buildings
    • Energy Access
    • energy efficiency
    • renewable energy
    • Buildings
    • Energy Access
    • energy efficiency
    • renewable energy
    Cities
    News
    June 6, 2016

    RELEASE: 12 Cities and States Selected to Accelerate Building Efficiency Across the Globe

    • Buildings
    • energy efficiency
    • Buildings
    • energy efficiency
    Climate
    North America
    News
    October 24, 2015

    RELEASE: Bipartisan Lawmakers Call on Presidential Candidates to Address Coastal Flooding and Sea Level Rise

    • U.S. Climate
    • floods
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    • U.S. Climate
    • floods
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    News
    June 18, 2015

    STATEMENT: Pope Francis Encyclical Brings “Moral Clarity” on Climate Action

    • climate change
    • environmental justice
    • climate change
    • environmental justice
    Equity & Governance
    News
    May 13, 2015

    ADVISORY: Launch of New Online Index to Measure Environmental Democracy

    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    Freshwater
    News
    September 22, 2014

    RELEASE: New Aqueduct Initiative Will Assess Flood Risk, Help Prevent Flood Damage to World’s Cities

    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • Freshwater

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