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Top 10 Outcomes 2007

By Rich Barnett on November 20, 2007

Each year, we evaluate the impact of our work in four sustainable development goal areas and announce our top ten outcomes. Each is a glimpse of what’s possible when we work together as a global community.

Former WRI Board Member John W. Firor Dies

November 6, 2007
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

John W.

Protecting the Peruvian Amazon and its People From the Risks of Oil and Gas Development

By Jon Sohn on October 25, 2007

Many Peruvian school children aren’t taught that isolated indigenous groups live in the Amazon tropical forests of their country. Further, some mining and oil company officials continue to deny that these communities exist.

Letter to World Bank, Re: Environmental Development Policy Loan to Peru

By Jon Sohn, Sarah Paraghamian, Richard Chase Smith on October 12, 2007

The following letter was sent to the Socially Sustainable Development Unit of the Latin America and the Caribbean Region of the World Bank on October 12th, 2007, regarding the proposed Environmental Development Policy Loan to Peru.

EPA Analysis of Federal Bills Omits Key Assumptions

October 1, 2007
WRI’s bill analysis remains an accurate portrayal of the differences in the U.S. emissions levels under each bill.

Ecuador's Proposal to Save Yasuni Rainforest Recognized at the Clinton Global Initiative As a Step Towards Reducing Emissions

By Jon Sohn on September 27, 2007

Additional Contributors: Remi Moncel

The selection of the Ecuadorian proposal as one of the most innovative climate change proposals within the

Letter to Sustainable Development Network, Re: Forest Carbon Partnership Facility

By Manish Bapna on September 20, 2007

The following letter was sent to Kathy Sierra, Vice President of the Sustainable Development Network at the World Bank on September 20th 2007, regarding the launch of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF).

Addressing Climate Change through Better Governance: Forestry and Electricity

By Sabina Ahmed on June 15, 2007

On May 11, WRI hosted an official side event at the 15th meeting of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development.

WRI Works with the United Nations Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor

By Lalanath de Silva on May 29, 2007
When the United Nations wanted help exploring legal empowerment of the poor, it turned to the experts of WRI’s Institutions and Governance Program.

Jonathan Sohn's Testimony Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs

By Jon Sohn on May 24, 2007

STATEMENT OF JONATHAN SOHN
SENIOR ASSOCIATE
WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE

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