WRI experts are often called to testify before U.S. Congress on issues such as energy, climate change and the international Paris Agreement. Their submitted written testimonies can be found below.
Global climate change is the greatest environmental challenge we face. We have at most a few decades to make the necessary investments to prevent the most serious impacts of climate change. Future generations will judge us based on the investments we are considering now.
Because of climate change, the United States' foreign aid and security assistance agenda will face new and difficult problems, and the U.S. will need to re-engage with the international community in a constructive way
The science is real – and it is seen as real in all countries, both developed and developing. This provides us, globally, with a common understanding of urgency and scale.
Addressing global climate change is a paramount challenge of the 21st century. The United States is facing a defining moment: we must rapidly enact national legislation to slow, stop and reverse the growth of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions over the shortest
The United States Climate Action Partnership started from the premise, as Mr. Holliday has noted, that we know enough now to know that we need to act on climate change, and
Biofuels promotion is part of a larger government effort to address the complex issues of climate change and energy security: the environmental, economic, and security implications of our reliance on fossil fuels.
This is a critical time to discuss greenhouse gas mitigation technologies: science is telling us that action is urgently needed if we are to forestall the worst of climate change-related damages.
