2023-2027 STRATEGIC PLAN

WRI's 2023-2027 Strategic Plan shifts the organization from a focus on commitments to delivering tangible impact on the ground. The strategy centers on three interconnected global goals: improving human well-being (People), protecting ecosystem health (Nature), and limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees C (Climate). To achieve these, WRI targets transitions in three 'Human-Centered Systems'—food, land and water; energy; and cities—supported by shifts in 'Enabling Systems' including economics, finance, and governance. The plan prioritizes 12 focus countries and a network of 25 priority cities, utilizing a new results framework based on theories of change to measure progress toward 2027 and 2030 targets.

• WRI has adopted an integrated approach to address three interconnected global goals: ensuring people live in an equitable society and meet essential needs, protecting and restoring ecosystem health, and limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees C while supporting community adaptation.
• The strategy focuses on driving transitions in three 'Human-Centered Systems'—food, land and water; energy; and cities—which are identified as primary drivers of greenhouse gas emissions and ecosystem degradation.
• To facilitate human-centered transitions, WRI will target shifts in three 'Enabling Systems': economics, finance, and governance, moving them from inhibitors to catalysts of progress.
• WRI has identified 12 focus countries for deepened engagement: Brazil, China, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Mexico, the United States, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Kenya, Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda.
• The organization is implementing a new results framework that connects global goals to institutional and country-level targets via evidence-based 'theories of change' to ensure accountability and adaptive management.
• In the Food, Land and Water system, WRI aims to reduce agricultural land demand by 100 million hectares and boost food supply by 20% while lowering agricultural GHG emissions by 20% by 2030.
• WRI's energy transition goals include increasing the global percentage of renewables in the energy mix and expanding clean energy access, targeting 4 million people with improved health, education, and agricultural services powered by clean energy by 2027.
• For urban systems, WRI focuses on 25 priority cities to improve quality of life for underserved residents, targeting a 5-10% increase in access to public spaces in these cities by 2027.
• WRI is evolving its organizational structure into a 'centrally coordinated global network' and aims to increase flexible, unrestricted funding to 20–25% of its annual income.

APA

Ranganathan, J., & Oko, M. (2023). 2023-2027 STRATEGIC PLAN. World Resources Institute. https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/2023-07/wri-strategic-plan-2023-27-full-version.pdf

Chicago

Ranganathan, Janet, and Michael Oko. 2023-2027 STRATEGIC PLAN. World Resources Institute, 2023. https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/2023-07/wri-strategic-plan-2023-27-full-version.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{ranganathan202320232027, author = {Ranganathan, Janet and Oko, Michael}, title = {{2023-2027 STRATEGIC PLAN}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2023}, url = {https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/2023-07/wri-strategic-plan-2023-27-full-version.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }