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The World Resources Institute (WRI) submitted a Form 990 tax return for the 2023 calendar year (ending September 30, 2024), reporting its financial activities, governance, and program accomplishments as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

The World Resources Institute (WRI) has outlined its Ethiopia Country Transition Strategy (2026–2032), which aims to catalyze a transition toward inclusive green growth. The strategy focuses on transforming three interconnected human systems—cities, energy, and food, land, and water—while strengthening the underlying economics, finance, and governance to ensure Ethiopia's natural wealth leads to shared prosperity and climate resilience.

The WRI Europe Strategy 2023-27 outlines the World Resources Institute's approach to supporting the energy and climate transition in Europe and leveraging the region's influence globally. The strategy positions the Europe office as an 'enabler' that connects global programs to European funding, regulation, and research, while simultaneously working to reduce Europe's own ecological footprint through targeted interventions in food, land, water, energy, and urban systems.

This document is an independent auditors' report and consolidated financial statement for the World Resources Institute (WRI) and its subsidiaries for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2024, and 2023. It provides a detailed accounting of the organization's financial position, activities, cash flows, and compliance with U.S. federal award requirements (Uniform Guidance).

This executive summary outlines WRI Indonesia's country transition strategy for 2025-2032, focusing on systemic changes across energy, urban environments, and food, land, and water systems to achieve a low-carbon, inclusive economy.

This document is a management response from the World Resources Institute (WRI) to an external review conducted by Philanthropy Support Services (PSS) Inc. between January and March 2012. The response evaluates WRI's progress regarding its 2008-2012 Strategic Plan and outlines management's agreement with recommendations for the subsequent 2013-2017 planning period, focusing on global expansion, institutional innovation, and the balance between research and practical implementation.

This executive summary from the World Resources Institute (WRI) analyzes the global availability of freshwater in relation to shale gas and tight oil development. Using geospatial analysis and the Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas, the report identifies significant water stress in many regions with high technically recoverable shale resources, highlighting potential business risks and social conflicts arising from competition for water between the energy industry, agriculture, and municipal users.

This July 2015 working paper by the Open Climate Network provides a preliminary analysis of the mitigation component of Mexico's Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC). It evaluates Mexico's commitments to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and black carbon by 2030, examines the transparency of the submission, and compares the INDC's implied emissions trajectories against other government and non-government scenarios.

This case study by the World Resources Institute examines the efforts toward transformative urban change in Pune, India, between 1992 and 2018. It focuses on the roles of civil society organizations (CSOs) and the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) in implementing sustainable transport and solid waste management systems, while analyzing the structural governance and financial barriers that hinder durable transformation.

This fact sheet introduces the 'Towards a More Equal City' series by the World Resources Institute, which provides a roadmap for cities—particularly in the global south—to close the 'urban services divide' through seven cross-sectoral transformations to improve equity, prosperity, and sustainability.

This WWF South Africa fact sheet examines the role of desalination as a water source for Cape Town and South Africa, detailing the technical requirements, costs, and environmental impacts of the process.

A statement by WWF South Africa arguing that the country must urgently accelerate climate mitigation and adaptation efforts due to increasing extreme weather events and high per-capita emissions.

The Illustrative People’s Energy Plan (IPEP), developed by WWF South Africa and the Energy Systems Research Group (ESRG) at the University of Cape Town, serves as a model for a transparent, climate-friendly energy plan for South Africa. It aims to show how the country can fulfill climate commitments while maintaining affordable and reliable energy, filling a gap left by the absence of a national Integrated Energy Plan (IEP) for over twenty years.

This guide by WWF South Africa provides practical advice on alternative dry sanitation solutions for residents in drought-affected areas, specifically focusing on preparations for 'Day Zero' in Cape Town. It discusses the risks of using sea water for flushing, the differences between urine and faeces management, and various dry toilet options including bucket systems, commercial composting toilets, and pit latrines.

The Sustainable Landscape Finance Coalition's Finance Solution Approach® is a four-stage framework (Incubation, Strategic Development, Piloting, and Scalability) designed to develop viable finance solutions for landscapes. By identifying 'building blocks' and conducting viability checks before piloting, the approach aims to reduce costs and failures while increasing the ability to scale successful conservation finance innovations across different contexts.

This policy brief by WWF South Africa examines the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus in rural South Africa, specifically the Eastern Cape. It advocates for a transdisciplinary, bottom-up governance approach that integrates local and indigenous knowledge to address systemic inequalities and resource insecurity.

This fact sheet by WWF South Africa outlines the solar photovoltaic (PV) energy value chain in South Africa, identifying opportunities for local job creation and industrial growth. It details the current state of the local market, the materials required for solar PV production, and specific policy and financial recommendations to support the transition to a low-carbon economy.

This document outlines 'Impact Goal 2' of the WWF South Africa Strategy 2030, which focuses on unlocking an economic transition to decouple human development from harmful environmental impacts. The strategy identifies climate and energy, food and fibre, and water as primary entry points for change, utilizing three pathways: influencing policy and governance, reshaping market practices, and aligning financial policy and practice.

This fact sheet by WWF South Africa explains the purpose, design, and potential impacts of the South African carbon tax announced in the 2018 budget speech. It outlines how the tax aims to shift costs from society to polluters to drive a transition toward a low-carbon economy, while expressing concern that current tax rates and allowances are too low to effectively incentivize emission reductions.

This fact sheet by WWF South Africa outlines the potential for job creation for coal truckers transitioning to biomass supply chains for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). It highlights that 6,400 trucking jobs could be created nationally, with 3,076 of those located in coal regions, primarily through the transportation of lignocellulosic biomass.