World Resources Institute

WRI

World Resources Institute

WRI's mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth's environment for current and future generations. Its goals are to safeguard the Earth's climate from further harm due to greenhouse gas emissions and to help people adapt to unavoidable climate change; to protect the ecosystems upon which human well-being depends; to reduce the use of materials and generation of wastes in the production of the goods and services that improve people's lives; and to guarantee all people's access to environmental information and decisions regarding natural resources and the environment.
environment energy climate water agriculture and food social policy sustainability and sustainable development cities and urban development

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Spatial Database of Planted Trees (SDPT Version 2.0)

Spatial Database of Planted Trees (SDPT Version 2.0)

3 Jun 2024

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Dataset of U.S. School Bus Depots

Dataset of U.S. School Bus Depots

1 Apr 2024

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Complete Streets in Brazil - Promoting a Paradigm Shift

Complete Streets in Brazil - Promoting a Paradigm Shift

6 Dec 2023

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Meeting the Reliability Challenges of the Clean Energy Transition

Meeting the Reliability Challenges of the Clean Energy Transition

30 Nov 2023

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Estimating Future Local Climate Hazard Probabilities

Estimating Future Local Climate Hazard Probabilities

28 Nov 2023

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State of Climate Action 2023

State of Climate Action 2023

14 Nov 2023

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State of Climate Action 2023

State of Climate Action 2023

14 Nov 2023

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Methodology Underpinning the State of Climate Action Series: 2023 Update

Methodology Underpinning the State of Climate Action Series: 2023 Update

14 Nov 2023

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Mapping Cocoa and Assessing Deforestation Risk for the Cocoa Sector in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana

Mapping Cocoa and Assessing Deforestation Risk for the Cocoa Sector in Côte...

12 Nov 2023

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Untapped Potential: The Role of Local Governments in Locally Led Adaptation. Experiences from the Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL) in Niger, Lesotho, and Cambodia

Untapped Potential: The Role of Local Governments in Locally Led Adaptation....

8 Oct 2023

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