Stories Archive: June, 2011

As feed-in tariffs gain traction as a policy mechanism of choice, we must keep in mind the bigger picture of the financial health of developing country electricity sectors.

Update [10/17/2011]: WRI has released the latest edition of Climate Science.

This piece is cross-posted from TheCityFix and originally appeared on TheCityFix Brasil. Read this post in Portuguese here.

Why is Asia such an important region for clean energy deployment? WRI experts respond.

Under a new WRI initiative, industrial companies in China can bundle energy efficiency projects to attract investors and reduce costs.

A new economic valuation shows what Jamaica’s economy stands to lose if its coral reefs decline further.

Current use valuation programs can encourage landowners to resist development pressures and leave forest as forest.

Last year, in an effort to make our climate data more accessible, WRI launched a pilot that paired estimates of U.S. state greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from our Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) with the Google Public Data Explorer, a tool that visualizes large data sets with interactive charts and maps.

Despite their benefits to national economies, reefs around the world are at risk, including in the United States.

A summary of key elements, and unanswered questions, in Indonesia’s recent moratorium on new forest permits.

China’s overseas presence has brought a new way of doing business to the world.

The landscape of development finance is changing rapidly. Traditionally, international financial flows moved from developed countries to developing countries. In the last decade, however, major emerging economies such as China and Brazil have fueled a growing trend of South-South development flows by increasingly channeling their overseas investments to other developing countries.

More progress on substantive issues is needed to keep the climate talks headed in the right direction.

This post originally appeared on The Asia Water Project website, and is reposted with permission.