Stories Archive: November, 2010

An update on the role of climate finance in the international climate negotiations.

An overview of China’s evolving domestic climate policy.

Manish Bapna believes that the path to solving global climate change runs straight through China, which is why the World Resources Institute is putting so much effort into working closely with the country and its leaders.

An update from the International Anti-Corruption Conference.

Many – but not all – of the qualities that we value when we call for legally binding targets are within negotiators’ reach.

What will it take to put the pieces together in the international climate negotiations?

This article is cross-posted from CNN.com.

The next round of international climate meetings begin Monday in Cancun, Mexico, and they will likely determine the future for global action on climate change—including whether the United Nations will remain at the core of an international regime.

An update on the role of forests and REDD+ in the international climate negotiations.

WRI Climate Director Jennifer Morgan reviews the “crunch issues” that negotiators will have to address in Cancun.

This piece originally appeared in Solutions (Volume 1: Issue 6) and is reposted with permission.

An update on UNFCCC efforts to promote technology transfer between countries.

Three options for formalizing Copenhagen Accord pledges in Cancún.

As a result of rapid development over the last 40 years, the vast majority of land in the southern U.S. has been in some way impacted by humans.

This piece originally appeared as the Foreword to Guidelines for Community Engagement in Carbon Dioxide Capture, Transport, and Storage Projects.

Expanding agriculture onto already degraded lands could relieve pressure on the world’s remaining forests.

Enabling tropical countries to boost their economies and feed global populations whi

Research shows that environmental regulations end up costing far less than both industry and the EPA predict.

Kirsty Jenkinson talks about how New Ventures, WRI’s center for environmental entrepreneurship, helps environmentally-focused small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in emerging markets compete in a global economy.

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Tests detect potentially illegal wood in paper. Here are some tips to manage risk.

With the Cancun climate meetings approaching, Jennifer Morgan, WRI’s director of climate and energy, contributed an editorial on the BBC World Service radio program One Planet.

WRI submitted comments to the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Trust Fund Committees suggesting ways to improve the CIFs Results Frameworks.

Can climate financing create transformational change?

The Clean Air Act would spur energy efficiency upgrades, boosting competitiveness for many U.S. manufacturers.

Given the built-in limitations on EPA authority contained in the Clean Air Act, fears of agency “overreach” are misplaced.

The UN High Level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing (AGF) released a new report today to mobilize $100 billion in international cli

With the price of timber declining, hundreds of thousands of private woodland owners across the South are struggling with balance sheets in the red.

Common data and clear definitions will enable the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil and REDD+ policy-makers to achieve a shared goal: sustainable oil palm expansion on degraded land in Indonesia.

What should President Obama and Prime Minister Singh focus on when they talk about energy and climate change? Our top three.

A vision for corporate disclosure and community engagement.

Last week at the UN Convention on Biodiversity, the World Bank launched a new program that aims to put a value on a country’s ecosystems in the same way a country measures its national income and product accounts, or GNP and GDP.