Sentences with phrase «wri climate»

Nate Aden is a Senior Fellow with WRI's Business Center, as well as the WRI Climate Program.

WRI Climate Director Jennifer Morgan explains.

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The Shared Mobility Principles for Livable Cities were developed in 2017 by Robin Chase, Zipcar co-Founder, and a consortium of leading city and transport organizations including: the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, ICLEI — Local Governments for Sustainability, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, Natural Resources Defense Council, Partnership on Sustainable Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT), Transportation for America (T4America), Rocky Mountain Institute, Shared - Use Mobility Center, and WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities.

Before joining the Food Program, Brian previously worked at WRI on the 2010 - 2011 edition of the World Resources Report, titled Decision Making in a Changing Climate.

Here are highlights of WRI's participation in Climate Week.

Using a representative sample of 60 projects spanning energy, transportation and other areas of the development agency's work, WRI found that 75 percent of projects did not incorporate climate risks into the design.

A new WRI study, in fact, finds that the bank does not put climate change at the center of its work.

Citing as an example an urban infrastructure improvement project in a municipality of China, WRI researcher Milap Patel said, «without even a risk screening, we didn't know whether this project was vulnerable to climate change.»

But Flannigan said there is research to support WRI experts» statement that climate change is probably making Canada's forests vulnerable to bigger, more frequent blazes.

«This is old news,» says Ranping Song, an official with the Global Climate Program of the World Resources Institute (WRI) in Washington, D.C. Song says that last February, the National Bureau of Statistics of China released preliminary revised estimates of coal consumption for 2013 and 2014 along with indications that data for prior years might also be low.

Prior to joining WRI, Ranping was the China Campaign Manager for The Climate Group in Beijing.

One of WRI four key goals is to protect the global climate system from further harm due to emissions of greenhouse gases and help humanity and the natural world adapt to unavoidable climate change.

New WRI research offers recommendations to more effectively attract and disburse climate finance.

Niranjali leads WRI's international policy work related to the Green Climate Fund and climate finance architClimate Fund and climate finance architclimate finance architecture.

Mengpin is the Research Assistant with WRI's Global Climate Program, where she provides analytical and technical support for the Open Climate Network (OCN) and CAIT 2.0 projects.

Since 2014, the New Climate Economy (NCE) project, of which WRI is the managing partner, has developed agenda - setting analyses, drawing on research from its network of over 100 partners, showing that economic growth and climate action can be mutually reinfClimate Economy (NCE) project, of which WRI is the managing partner, has developed agenda - setting analyses, drawing on research from its network of over 100 partners, showing that economic growth and climate action can be mutually reinfclimate action can be mutually reinforcing.

WRI informed and helped drive support for a global agreement on climate change through research, partnerships, and communications.

A new WRI tool makes it easier than ever to compare climate models and understand their workings.

Authored by Cynthia Cummis, Director of Private Sector Climate Mitigation, WRI Country negotiators are in the spotlight at UN climate negotiations iClimate Mitigation, WRI Country negotiators are in the spotlight at UN climate negotiations iclimate negotiations in Bonn.

WRI led the Agreement for Climate Transformation (ACT 2015) consortium, engaging with experts in more than 20 countries to craft a blueprint for a strong, universal agreement.

WRI hosted a press call with international climate experts just hours before the Paris Agreement crossed the threshold of entry into force on Wednesday, October 5, to give context around this historic moment.

Prior to joining WRI, Niranjali directed the Climate & Energy Program at the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL).

In a previous position at WRI, Deborah was the Project Coordinator and Research Analyst for the Climate Briefing Service within the Climate Program at WRI.

During WRI's Annual Stories to Watch event, Andrew Steer highlighted how these trends may affect U.S. and international climate policy, business and investment, global energy markets and more this year.

Listen to the recording of WRI's press call on «China's Leadership Transition and Implications for Energy and Climate.

This blog post was co-written with Forbes Tompkins, an intern with WRI's Climate and Energy Program.

On the second anniversary of the international Paris Agreement on climate change, WRI President and CEO Andrew Steer reflects on global climate action in the Trump era.

Data on GHG emissions (by countries) were exported from the World Resource Institute's (WRI) Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) 17, a database of national and international GHG emissions derived from multiple sources.

Aaron Kressig is a Research Analyst within the Global Climate Program, working on WRI's climate data and innovatioClimate Program, working on WRI's climate data and innovatioclimate data and innovation work.

WRI's CAIT Equity Explorer incorporates criteria such as historical emissions, levels of economic development, capacity to adapt to climate change, and potential to reduce emissions.

Mengpin is a Research Analyst with WRI's Global Climate Program, where she provides analytical and technical support for the Open Climate Network (OCN) and CAIT 2.0 projects.

WRI works with partners to track and analyze national climate policies in Japan.

This document contains WRI's responses to questions from the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee on the impacts that biofuels promotion, especially ethanol, might contribute to energy security and efforts to combat climate change...

WRI and Climate Analytics prepared an informal summary under their shared responsibility and it should not be taken to reflect the official positions of any government or institution present at the meeting, or of any organization that provided financial support.

The main goal of WRI is to protect the global climatic system from further harm caused from greenhouse gas emissions, and assist in human adaptation to climate change that seems to be unavoidable.

World Resources Institute Climate WRI engages businesses, policymakers, and civil society at the local, national, and international levels to advance transformative solutions that mitigate climate change and help communities adapt to its iClimate WRI engages businesses, policymakers, and civil society at the local, national, and international levels to advance transformative solutions that mitigate climate change and help communities adapt to its iclimate change and help communities adapt to its impacts.

The Initiative serves as a nexus for international climate policy across WRI, drawing on the organization's expertise on a wide range of issues including greenhouse gas reporting, adaptation, finance, energy, forests, cities, and water.

The Business Showcase is hosted by World Wildlife Fund (WWF - US) and Ceres, with support from the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES), the Busi - ness Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE), and World Resources Institute (WRI)

Announced at the Climate Action Summit in Washington D.C. on May 5, the coalition is a collaboration between the NCE, the WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, and the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group.

«The answer to the question of whether [Trump's climate stance] creates a difficult backdrop for negotiations is clearly, yes,» says Paula Caballero, global director of climate programs for the World Resources Institute (WRI).

«International leadership on climate is more diffuse than ever before, and other countries, large and small, are stepping up to lead within and outside the negotiations,» says Caballero of WRI.

I spoke to the global director of WRI's Climate Program, Jennifer Morgan, to get all the important details.

The WRI's climate program is currently being run by Jennifer Morgan, who used to be the chief climate change spokesperson for a third bastion of green activism — the World Wildlife Fund.

WRI has been part of an international consortium of think tanks and universities called Agreement for Climate Transformation 2015 (ACT 2015) which, after hundreds of conversations with stakeholders and detailed research, has put forward what an effective agreement could look like.

Prior to joining WRI, Katie was a Principal Advisor for Promethium Carbon, a Johannesburg - based climate change consulting firm.

Katie Ross is an Associate with WRI's Climate Program, where she supports the development of research and information products for the Open Climate Network — an independent partnership of policy institutes from around the world that aims to track national progress on climate Climate Program, where she supports the development of research and information products for the Open Climate Network — an independent partnership of policy institutes from around the world that aims to track national progress on climate Climate Network — an independent partnership of policy institutes from around the world that aims to track national progress on climate climate change.

Ariel is a Research Analyst with WRI's Sustainable Finance Center where she conducts research and analysis on sustainable and responsible investing and international climate finance.

Subrata works as Managing Associate with Climate Program of WRI.

Prior to WRI, Chirag worked with the climate change division of Deloitte and Perry Johnson Registrars Carbon Emissions Services, Inc..

Chirag is Senior Manager and leads climate mitigation at WRI India.