Publications
COP 21
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The Paris Climate Promise: A Good Deal for America
Testimony of Dr. Andrew Steer, President and CEO, World Resources Institute
by Andrew Steer - February 2016 -
From Tracking to Action
Promoting Social Accountability in Adaptation Finance
by Pieter Terpstra, Annaka Peterson Carvalho and Emily Wilkinson - December 2015 -
Compact of Mayors Emissions Scenario Model
by Alex Kovac and Wee Kean Fong - December 2015The Compact of Mayors is an international coalition of cities committed to addressing the challenges of climate change. Since its launch in September 2014, hundreds of cities have joined.
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America’s Leadership Opportunity at the Paris Climate Conference
Testimony of Dr. Andrew Steer, President and CEO, World Resources Institute
by Andrew Steer - December 2015 -
Interpreting INDCs: Assessing Transparency of Post-2020 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Targets for 8 Top-Emitting Economies
by Thomas Damassa, Taryn Fransen, Mengpin Ge, Krisztina Pjeczka, Katherine Ross and Barbara Haya - December 2015In advance of the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Parties put forward their post-2020 climate action plans.
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“Direct Access” to Climate Finance: Lessons Learned by National Institutions
by Indira Masullo, Gaia Larsen, Louise Brown and Lisa Dougherty-Choux - November 2015Overview
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Private Investment in Public Transport
Success Stories for Brazilian Cities
by Benoit Lefevre and David Leipziger - October 2015High rates of motorization and urbanization, particularly in developing countries, underpin strong growth in the transport sector. Burgeoning demand has made transport the world’s fastest-growing source of carbon emissions.
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Assessing Implementation of China's Climate Policies in the 12th 5-Year Period
by Ranping Song, Jingjing Zhu, Wenjuan Dong, Associate researcher with the Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy , Xiaofan Zhao, PhD candidate in the School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua University and Yufei Wang, Postdoctoral in the School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua University - September 2015 -
Bridging the Gap Between Energy and Climate Policies in Brazil
Policy Options to Reduce Energy-Related GHG Emissions
by Viviane Romeiro, Taryn Fransen and Oswaldo Lucon, Professor of the Environmental Energy Institute of São Paulo University and Technical Advisor at Environmental Secretariat of São Paulo State - September 2015Until recently Brazil’s greenhouse gas emissions have been dominated by deforestation and land use change. But good progress in reducing deforestation and rapid growth in energy use have shifted this balance so that emissions from land use change and energy are roughly equal.
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A Framework for Describing Fairness and Ambition in Intended Nationally Determined Contributions
by Eliza Northrop and David Waskow - September 2015This paper provides a framework and guidance that Parties to the United Nations Convention Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC) can use in addressing how their climate contributions will be “fair and ambitious” as agreed in the 2014 Lima Call for Climate Action.
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What Counts: Tools to Help Define and Understand Progress Towards the $100 Billion Climate Finance Commitment
by Paul Bodnar, Jessica Brown (CPI) and Smita Nakhooda (ODI) - September 2015As Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) design a post-2020 climate agreement and establish their national contributions within it, the question of progress toward existing climate finance targets has become a sticking point.
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Building Climate Equity
Creating a New Approach from the Ground Up
by David Waskow, Wendi Bevins, Eliza Northrop, Laura Weatherer, Paul Joffe, Dr. Sonja Klinsky, Assistant Professor, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University and Robert Kutter, Founder, Kutter Consulting - June 2015As climate impacts mount, so does the urgency of resolving the equity challenge. Those least responsible for climate change are often the most vulnerable to changes in weather patterns, sea level rise, and other impacts, further exacerbating existing inequities.
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Getting to $100 Billion: Climate Finance Scenarios and Projections to 2020
by Michael I. Westphal, Athena Ballesteros, Jennifer Morgan and Pascal Canfin - June 2015At Copenhagen in 2009, developed country Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) committed to a goal of mobilizing jointly $100 billion a year by 2020 from public and private sources to support climate action in developing countries.
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Designing and Preparing Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs)
by Kelly Levin, David Rich, Dennis Tirpak, Heather McGray, David Waskow, Yamil Bonduki (UNDP), Michael Comstock (UNDP), Ian Noble and Kathleen Mogelgaard - May 2015Atmospheric concentrations of key greenhouse gases are higher now than over the past 800,000 years (Global Carbon Project 2014). As a result of human activity, such as fossil fuel burning and land-use change, greenhouse gas emissions have increased significantly since the pre-industrial era.
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Guide for Designing Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Programs
by Neelam Singh, Kathryn Bacher, Ranping Song, Mary Elizabeth Sotos and Lei Yin - May 2015The report, Guide for Designing Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Programs, a collaboration between the Partnership for Market Readiness (PMR) and the World Resources Institute, offers guidance for policymakers and practitioners in developing mandatory GHG reporting programs.
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Scaling up Regreening: Six Steps to Success
A Practical Approach to Forest and Landscape Restoration
by Chris Reij and Robert Winterbottom - May 2015In a world grappling with the challenges of food insecurity, climate change, landscape degradation, and rural poverty, regreening offers a path forward, especially in dryland areas.
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Mitigation Goal Standard
An Accounting and Reporting Standard for National and Subnational Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals
by Kelly Levin, Jared Finnegan, David Rich and Pankaj Bhatia - November 2014 -
Policy and Action Standard
An Accounting and Reporting Standard for Estimating the Greenhouse Gas Effects of Policies and Actions
by David Rich, Pankaj Bhatia, Jared Finnegan, Kelly Levin and Apurba Mitra - November 2014Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are driving climate change and its impacts around the world.
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Seeing is Believing: Creating a New Climate Economy in the United States
by Kristin Igusky, Rebecca Gasper, Michael Obeiter, Sarah Forbes, Nate Aden and Nicholas Bianco - October 2014A growing body of evidence finds that economic growth and tackling climate change can be achieved together. This is changing the way decision-makers think about economic and climate action.
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Exploring Linkages Between National and Corporate/Facility Greenhouse Gas Inventories
by Neelam Singh, Thomas Damassa, Mary Elizabeth Sotos and Soffia Alarcón Díaz - March 2014Inventories of greenhouse gases prepared at the national level and at the corporate/facility level can complement each other and help decision-makers understand emission trends and inform mitigation activities, among other functions.
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Capacity Needs for Greenhouse Gas Measurement and Performance Tracking
A Report on Scoping Activities in Six Countries
by Jared Finnegan, Thomas Damassa, Kate DeAngelis and Kelly Levin - February 2014The World Resources Institute (WRI) is working through the Measurement and Performance Tracking (MAPT) project to help enhance national capacities in developing countries to measure greenhouse gas (GHG) emis
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The Plumbing of Adaptation Finance
Accountability, Transparency, and Accessibility at the Local Level
by Pieter Terpstra, Annaka Peterson Carvalho and Emily Wilkinson - November 2013The amount of international climate finance approved to help developing countries address the impacts of climate change increased considerably between 2008 and 2012.
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Designing Greenhouse Gas Reporting Systems: Learning from Existing Programs
by Neelam Singh and Avipsa Mahapatra - September 2013Businesses measure their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for a variety of reasons—to assess their climate change risks and opportunities; to respond to demands from consumers, investors, and other stakeholders to access carbon markets; and to comply with government regulations.