Stories to Watch 2023 At this pivotal moment, WRI President & CEO Ani Dasgupta will share insights into our predictions for the big stories coming up in 2023, including what actions governments, businesses, institutions and people must take to get the world on the right path. The 20th annual Stories to Watch centers on one... Continue Reading →
Forests around the world play a major role in curbing or contributing to climate change. Standing, healthy forests sequester more atmospheric carbon than they emit and act as a carbon sink; degraded and deforested areas release stored carbon and are a carbon source. Forests are a net carbon sink globally, but there’s huge variation locally. Our analysis... Continue Reading →
Indigenous Forests Are Some of the Amazon’s Last Carbon Sinks
Training on Climate Data Tools with Climate Watch: Country Profiles
Climate Watch is a free online platform designed to empower policymakers, advocates, researchers, media and other stakeholders with the open climate data, visualizations and resources they need to gather insights on national and global progress on climate change. . Video Source Site Link
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced people to change the way they live and, in the process, cracked open the door to a rare reset opportunity. Behavioral scientists refer to this phenomenon as the “fresh start effect,” where disruptive events act as temporal landmarks, separating past behaviors (and selves) from new, often aspirational ones. As we... Continue Reading →
Is Behavioral Science the Secret Ingredient for Effective Climate Action?
The planet has already warmed by 1.1 degrees C (2 degrees F) due to human-induced climate change, and millions of people are today facing the real-life consequences of higher temperatures, rising seas, fiercer storms and unpredictable rainfall. Rapidly reducing emissions is essential to limit temperature rise and secure a safer future for us all, as... Continue Reading →
What Is “Loss and Damage” from Climate Change? 6 Key Questions, Answered
The allure of electric vehicles (EVs) has never been stronger. EVs have zero tailpipe emissions, offer lower operating costs than conventional gasoline-powered vehicles and now come in a range of sleek models. With the tailwind of private sector initiatives such as the international EV100 program and the Corporate Electric Vehicle Alliance behind them, electric vehicles... Continue Reading →
3 Reasons Why Smart Charging Is Key for Electric Vehicle Fleets
This report examines how climate change is impacting agriculture and threatening national and global food systems, particularly in climate hotspots, and how these trends are projected to intensify over the coming decades. The report defines and details transformative adaptation for agriculture and why such longer-term, systemic approaches are needed to protect the lives and livelihoods... Continue Reading →
Food Systems at Risk: Transformative Adaptation for Long-Term Food Security
Role of public-private partnerships in progressing net zero commitments brought to forefront SEOUL (June 1, 2021) — 67 world leaders and heads of international organizations united for climate action at the 2021 P4G Seoul Summit on May 30 and 31, calling for concrete action to meet ambitious climate commitments. More than 200 high level officials including... Continue Reading →
RELEASE: 67 World Leaders Call for Investing in Climate Solutions for Developing Countries at 2021 P4G Seoul Summit
For the past few years, and especially over the past few months, the bar for corporate sustainability leadership has been raised. While an increasing number of companies are setting targets to reduce their emissions and to protect the global commons (air, water, land, biodiversity and ocean), it is increasingly recognized that these voluntary commitments are not enough. Without ambitious... Continue Reading →
How US Companies Can Become Effective Climate Policy Advocates
When life around the globe returns to normal, our world cannot return to business-as-usual. Our global community has been shocked by the largest global crisis in a generation. COVID-19 has shown us the necessity of thinking ahead, but the next crises are already on their way. Climate change, species loss, pandemics and massive natural disasters... Continue Reading →
Earth Day (.org) News & Stories… (also) Faces of Restoration
January 21, 2021 - New globally consistent methods for mapping forest carbon sources and sinks around the world show that forests absorb a net 7.6 billion metric tonnes of carbon dioxide each year. The data confirms that globally forests are an overall carbon sink, though there is variation within forests. The new maps, released today... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 