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Forests, Climate Change and the Challenge of REDD

By Manish Bapna on March 9, 2010

To combat global warming, forests must be part of the solution. How can we make good forest stewardship a reality?

The World Bank Eskom Support Program

By Smita Nakhooda on March 8, 2010

South Africa’s plans for a new coal power plant bring up difficult decisions for the World Bank.

Update from WRI's Civil Society Climate Finance Strategy Meeting

By Emily Chessin on February 26, 2010

On 23-25 February 2010, the World Resources Institute International Financial Flows and Environment project hosted a civil society climate finance strategy session at the Airlie Conference Center in Warrenton, Virginia.

Environmental Stories to Watch in 2010

By Maggie Barron on January 8, 2010

WRI President Jonathan Lash previews the key environmental issues to watch in 2010.

What is the Future of the World Bank Group’s Environmental and Social Safeguards?

By Kirk Herbertson on January 8, 2010

Here is a summary of a civil society consultation WRI had with the World Bank Group’s (WBG) Independent Evaluation Group (IEG), on the IEG’s review of the effectiveness of the WBG environmental and social safeguards.

Following the Money in an International Climate Agreement

By Athena Ballesteros on November 2, 2009

Athena Ballesteros explains how international climate finance could make or break a deal in Copenhagen.

Review of IFC Performance Standards and Sustainability Policy Overview of Key Issues

By Kirk Herbertson on November 1, 2009

From September to November 2009, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is conducting an initial scoping of issues to improve in its updated sustainability policies.

WRI and RDI Launch New Initiative to Communicate Property Rights Lessons in Africa

October 9, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C. and SEATTLE

The World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Rural Development Institute (RDI) are launching a new initiative that will improve the livelihoods of farmers by creating a system of Web-based multimedia tools to illustrate and communicate complex property rights issues in Africa. The initiative is funded with a grant to WRI from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

MEDIA ADVISORY: WRI Experts Available for Interviews on World Bank and International Monetary Fund Meeting

September 30, 2009
Location: ISTANBUL, TURKEY

WHAT:

Experts from the World Resources Institute (WRI) will participate in four panel discussions during the World Bank Group (WBG) and International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) annual meeting in Istanbul, Turkey.

The panel discussions are part of the Civil Society Policy Forum, which will bring together bank staff, civil society representatives, government officials and academics to discuss important topics, such as integrating human rights into WBG operations; financing climate change adaptation in developing countries; financing forest conservation to combat global warming; and transforming transportation in cities. WRI experts appearing on these panels will be available for interviews.

Caterpillar President, Experts in Clean Tech & Energy Markets Named Directors at WRI

September 25, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

The World Resources Institute (WRI) has elected three new members to its board of directors:  Kathleen A. McGinty, a specialist in clean technologies and operating partner at Element LLC, Douglas R. Oberhelm, group president of sustainable development at Caterpillar, and Dr. Susan Tierney, an expert in energy policy and economics and a consultant at the Analysis Group, Inc.

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