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This week, the Coalition for High-Ambition Multilevel Partnerships Steering Group, met in Bonn, 🇩🇪, to shape #CHAMPclimate's strategic direction & launch a preview of its Implementation Roadmap. Our 🔑 takeaway? It's time to shift from ambition ➡️ delivery. 👉champ-climate.org

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🗞️STATEMENT: A group of 150+ global experts and leaders shared open letter with incoming #COP31 hosts Türkiye and Australia, COP30 President and COP CEO Brazil, and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, urging that the ocean be placed at the center of global climate action at UNFCCC COP31. 📩Read the letter➡️ go.wri.org/ocean-letter-c…

🌱Bukavu's restoration efforts offer one example of how cities can better protect communities exposed to flooding and infrastructure failures. Since 2023, @WRIafrica's @Cities4Forests team and local partners have supported a range of interventions, from restoring riverbanks and planting trees — yielding 50 hectares of restoration — to building a neighborhood recycling network. Together, these efforts are helping strengthen climate resilience in a region routinely disrupted by conflict while offering lessons for rapidly urbanizing watersheds across sub-Saharan Africa. Learn more: go.wri.org/nature-solutio…

🚌🚏Older adults tend to make different choices when it comes to travel. Are cities keeping up with their needs? Our latest insight looks at the public transportation age-friendliness in Beijing. Here's what they found: go.wri.org/aging-transit-…

How can El Niño affect the Amazon Rainforest?🌴 In South America, El Niño tends to reduce rainfall during the wet season, leaving the subsequent dry season even more arid and fire-prone. This is particularly true in the Amazon, where forests are not well-adapted to fire. The two most recent strong El Niño events, in 2015-2016 and 2023-2024, both produced record-breaking fire seasons in Brazil. In both 2016 and 2024, fires burned more than 2.3 million hectares of forest in Brazil — more than 4 times the annual average from 2001 to 2025, according to data on WRI’s Global Forest Watch platform. WRI experts answer questions on what a Super El Niño could mean for water, food and forests — as well as how communities can prepare for the impacts here👉 go.wri.org/el-nino-impact…

🌊Happy #WorldOceanDay!🌎 Ocean-based climate solutions could potentially exceed one-third of the total emissions reductions needed to meet global climate goals. But perhaps even more compelling is the wide range of co-benefits that come with them: ⛈️Protecting coastal communities from storms 👔Providing jobs 🐟Harboring wildlife 🍽️Improving food security Watch the full video to learn more: youtu.be/EZzeXGA5Jvs

🌊One of the most promising areas for climate action has been largely overlooked and underinvested: the ocean. Research commissioned by the @oceanpanel found that ocean-based climate solutions can deliver over a third of the annual emissions cuts needed in 2050 to limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees C (2.7 degrees F), a globally agreed target to avert the worst outcomes from climate change. Learn more about the seven key opportunities for ocean-based climate action👉 go.wri.org/oceanday-tw #WorldOceanDay ✅Follow @WRIOcean for more ocean-related content

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🎒When it comes to emissions, electric school buses have a clear advantage. They produce less than half of the emissions, even when accounting for the bus charge. But that's not the only benefit they bring. Learn more: go.wri.org/electric-bus-b…

🪵Between 2003 and 2014, illegal logging cost Indonesia an estimated $6.5 billion to $9 billion in lost government revenue from timber royalties alone. Learn how wood science, scaling and integration can help🔗 bit.ly/48ZYTK6

🌟🌡️Holding global warming to 1.5 degrees C has been the world's North Star for climate action — a critical benchmark against which policies are set and progress is measured. So what happens if we breach it? We break it down here➡️ #WorldEnvironmentDay

Happy #WorldEnvironmentDay!🌎 Climate and nature data often tell a grim tale. But behind the numbers, progress is happening! Check out the new series #SolutionsInFocus, which spotlights stories of positive change from around the world. These stories show not just what could work, but what already does➡️ go.wri.org/solutions-in-f…

WRI is pleased to announce that Eric Garcetti, Ambassador for Global Climate Diplomacy at C40 Cities, former U.S. Ambassador to India and former Mayor of Los Angeles, has joined its Global Board of Directors. Garcetti has spent decades advancing climate action, urban resilience and international cooperation — from leading one of America’s largest cities to diplomatic missions and global climate negotiations. He joins WRI's Global Board as the organization deepens its work to support country and community transitions that advance people, nature and climate together. Read the full statement: go.wri.org/wri-board-garc…

🌴Thanks to satellite data, we know how much forest the world is losing, and where. Unless we know what’s driving tree cover loss, it’s impossible to know if it’s permanent or temporary; what the impacts are for people, nature and climate; and the solutions to keep forests standing. That’s where new data comes in. Data on @globalforests, developed in collaboration with @GoogleDeepMind, reveals that 34% of tree cover losses worldwide from 2001-2025 were likely the result of permanent land use change, meaning trees won’t grow back naturally. This percentage nearly doubles in tropical primary rainforests, to 60%. Learn more about what's driving #TreeCoverLoss👉 go.wri.org/forestlossdriv…

Scientists predict an increasingly likely “Super El Niño”. While Super El Niños occur roughly every 10-15 years, the effects of this year’s event could be amplified by current conditions. For one, warmer, drier and more erratic conditions fueled by ongoing climate change could exacerbate El Niño’s impacts. The last 11 years have been the warmest on record. And two, food systems around the world already face strains from the U.S.-Iran war and its resulting fuel and fertilizer shortages. WRI experts answer questions on what a Super El Niño could mean for water, food and forests — as well as how communities can prepare for the impacts➡️ go.wri.org/el-nino-tw

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🥗Vegetarian and vegan diets are still a hard sell. Fortunately, the science on how to change this is getting clearer. Here, we examine how a few leading food providers are boosting uptake of plant-based options➡️ go.wri.org/behavioral-wri… #SolutionsInFocus

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✈️🌽New WRI research shows that underutilized corn stover could be put to better use by helping reduce emissions in one of the most difficult sectors to decarbonize — aviation. Making jet fuel from corn stover is a win-win: It turns underutilized waste into an energy resource without expanding our agricultural footprint. Moreover, using stover can reduce airplane emissions by 75% or more compared to planes powered by fossil fuel. This is in sharp contrast to converting vegetable oil or corn ethanol into jet fuel, the primary approaches currently being pursued in the United States. Learn more➡️ go.wri.org/saf-tw

The world is aging. And public transportation cannot keep up. Our researchers analyzed where Beijing's public transportation systems fell short when it comes to age-friendliness, and what can help🔗 go.wri.org/aging-transit-…

What does crossing 1.5°C really mean for our planet, our economies, and our lives? And why is it still possible to change course? Watch this quick explainer — then dive deeper into the data and pathways forward. Read the full breakdown: go.wri.org/criticalwarming #WRIExplains

Today, most greenhouse gas emissions can be traced to five key sectors: ⚡ Energy 🌽 Agriculture 🏭 Industrial processes 🗑️ Waste 🌲 Land use, land-use change and forestry #ClimateWatch breaks it down: go.wri.org/ghg-charts-tw