World Resources Institute | Making Big Ideas Happen

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Deep-Seabed Mining to Power Renewables? Rapidly transitioning to a clean energy system is essential. Using deep-seabed mining to get there doesn’t have to be. read more The COVID-19 pandemic is a human tragedy, with effects that will ripple throughout economies and communities for years. WRI offers expert analysis to build back better after the coronavirus crisis.View Our COVID-19 Resources SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTERSGet our latest commentary, upcoming events, publications, maps, and data. Sign up for the weekly WRI Digest.Sign Up Collaboration on Nature-Based Solutions is Key to Resilient City Infrastructure by Lisa Beyer and James Anderson - June 29, 2020Worldwide, cities are struggling to plan and finance climate-appropriate infrastructure. Inter-department collaboration and nature-based solutions could be the key to addressing both issues simultaneously. How US Cities and Counties Are Getting Renewable Energyby Tatsatom Gonçalves and Yuning Liu - June 24, 2020The Local Government Renewables Action Tracker reveals the impact that U.S. cities and counties can have on national clean energy trends, climate change and GHG emissions. WRI Statement Condemning Racism and Supporting Black LivesWe must do our part to overcome systemic and institutional racism, including within the environmental movement.Read More Join WRI for the latest Greening Governance webinar exploring air pollution challenges and strategies for creating a multipollutant approach to airshed governance. Speakers from India, Mexico, the UK, and the US will discuss how the COVID-19 crisis has revealed overlooked air pollution challenges and how to ensure the recovery doesn’t reinforce existing health inequalities in the future. Germany's stimulus plan invests big in electric vehicles, public transit and low-carbon energy. Will other countries follow suit? This working paper discusses investments made by impact investors in clean energy access in Kenya, which has been the hub of renewable energy access investment in Africa. The WRI webinar, co-hosted with GEF, AGRA and PIK, will look back over the last eight years of Naoko Ishii’s leadership as GEF CEO and Chairperson. With incoming CEO Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, it will also look forward towards the next chapter in the GEF’s journey to deliver transformational change and protect our common home. Worldwide, cities are struggling to plan and finance climate-appropriate infrastructure. Inter-department collaboration and nature-based solutions could be the key to addressing both issues simultaneously. In this webinar, speakers will showcase concrete opportunities for policymakers, the public sector and civil society to use climate action to support rapid and inclusive recovery from COVID-19, framed around the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement on climate change. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTERSGet our latest commentary, upcoming events, publications, maps, and data. Sign up for the weekly WRI Digest.Sign Up

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