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In Riau, Indonesia, women from villages such as Sungai Berbari and Pungkat are utilizing the Global Forest Watch (GFW) platform and training from the Women Research Institute to combat the negative impacts of large-scale agricultural operations. These operations have caused water pollution, respiratory diseases due to dust and peatland burning, and limited access to healthcare. By overlaying village maps with GFW datasets on tree cover loss and fire alerts, women have gained the evidence needed to link company activities to local environmental issues. This data-driven approach, combined with public speaking and policy training, has enabled them to pressure the government for haze emergency supplies and convince companies to fund reproductive healthcare. Future initiatives include developing a community-based early warning system for forest fires using GFW Fires to improve response times and corporate accountability.

The briefing argues that President Macron's 2017 climate summit should implement a public finance package to offset U.S. budget cuts to the Green Climate Fund and other programs. The proposed package includes approving the reuse of Clean Technology Fund (CTF) reflows, converting CTF debt from Germany, France, and Canada into equity, and securing new pledges for the Adaptation Fund and the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF).

The guide argues that traditional business models focused on increasing sales are unsustainable given growing global populations and industrialization. It proposes a three-step analytical process: conducting a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to identify environmental hotspots, multiplying these impacts by projected demand growth to 2030, and analyzing the broader industry context, including competitors and community needs. The author suggests that companies must either innovate their products or shift their paradigms toward services—such as mobility services instead of just selling cars—to meet sustainability targets and avoid obsolescence.

The briefing identifies four critical areas for the development of the Paris Agreement Rulebook: NDC communications regarding mitigation and adaptation, the enhanced transparency framework for reporting and review, the design of the Global Stocktake, and the operational modalities for implementation and compliance. It emphasizes the need for a pragmatic approach that accounts for differing national capacities and the integration of non-governmental stakeholders to ensure the Agreement is implemented effectively and fairly.

The World Resources Institute urges the U.S. government to support the TCFD's voluntary climate-risk disclosure framework at the 2017 G20 Summit. The author contends that climate change poses material financial risks—citing potential GDP losses and operational shutdowns—and that a consistent reporting framework is necessary to prevent capital losses and disorderly asset price changes. The document highlights strong support for these guidelines from major U.S. corporations and institutional investors, arguing that U.S. endorsement ensures the country helps shape a private-sector-led regime rather than being subject to foreign mandates.

The authors caution CEOs that current business models based on increased consumption are unsustainable given that the global middle class is expected to grow by 3 billion people between 2009 and 2030. They argue that while efficiency helps, companies must shift toward sharing, repair, and service-based models to avoid exceeding the planet's capacity to provide raw materials, energy, and water.

The World Resources Institute asserts that G20 nations, which represent 80 percent of global GDP and greenhouse gas emissions, should reject the notion that climate action hinders economic growth. The author urges G20 leaders to support the German G20 Action Plan on Climate and Energy Growth and emphasizes the critical role of emerging economies like China and India in leading the global clean energy market following the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.

The briefing outlines the role of the 2018 Facilitative Dialogue (FD 2018) as the first progress assessment under the Paris Agreement. It emphasizes the need for a process that combines technical and political components, incorporates inputs from non-state actors and multilateral institutions, and utilizes the IPCC special report on 1.5 degrees C to signal a collective commitment to enhanced climate ambition by 2020.

The author welcomes Ikea into the Champions 12.3 coalition, noting the company's goal to halve its own food waste by 2020. The text frames food loss and waste as a global crisis responsible for significant economic loss and 8 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, arguing that corporate leadership is essential to meeting Sustainable Development Goal 12.3.

Andrew Steer, President and CEO of the World Resources Institute, states that a U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement would be a "deeply misguided decision" that ignores the preferences of 70 percent of Americans and over 1,000 major companies and investors. He argues that such a move would cause the U.S. to relinquish global leadership and abandon 21st-century economic opportunities in favor of outdated thinking.

The document outlines five key strategies for governments to foster private investment in energy-efficient buildings: ensuring policy stability, aggregating projects to achieve scale, adopting standardized certifications and data, tailoring approaches to different market segments, and implementing sequenced policy packages. It highlights that while investors see opportunities in energy infrastructure, they require predictable outcomes and reduced transaction costs to commit capital.

The document outlines the structural and methodological questions countries must address to implement the global stocktake, the five-year cycle designed to assess collective progress toward the Paris Agreement's goals. It emphasizes the need for common methodologies to aggregate diverse mitigation commitments, a framework for tracking context-specific adaptation progress, and clear modalities for accounting for public and private finance flows. The author argues that the stocktake must be both backward-looking (assessing progress) and forward-looking (identifying opportunities for enhanced action) to serve as the 'engine' of the Paris Agreement.

The document outlines the dual motivations of despair and hope behind the People's Climate March. Despair is driven by climate damage and government inaction, while hope is based on the potential for sustainable cities, reduced food waste, landscape restoration, and sustainable infrastructure investment.

The World Resources Institute outlines five primary reasons why the United States should maintain its participation in the Paris Agreement, asserting that withdrawal would harm U.S. diplomatic standing, business interests, and job growth in the clean energy sector. The author highlights that 71 percent of Americans support staying in the Agreement and notes that the U.S. clean energy workforce is expanding significantly faster than the coal sector. Furthermore, the document argues that remaining in the Agreement allows the U.S. to maintain leverage over transparency requirements and the development of the Agreement's rulebook.

The World Resources Institute argues that President Trump's Executive Order undermines U.S. public health, economic competitiveness, and global leadership by rolling back methane regulations, coal leasing limits, and the Clean Power Plan.

The document highlights that while Indigenous Peoples and local communities hold between 50% and 65% of the world's land, they have formal legal ownership of only 10%. It emphasizes that approximately 2.5 billion people depend on these lands and that secure tenure significantly reduces deforestation rates, particularly in the Amazon. The text argues that the cost of securing these lands is minimal compared to the immense environmental and economic benefits they provide, such as carbon sequestration and biodiversity protection.

The paper examines the conflict between the projected growth of the global middle class and the finite capacity of Earth's natural systems. It argues that 'business growth predicated on consumption is the new elephant in the corporate boardroom,' as traditional 'take-make-waste' models risk overshooting planetary boundaries. Using cars, beef, and apparel as case studies, the authors demonstrate that incremental efficiency gains are insufficient to offset the volume of increased demand. The document recommends that companies 'do the math' on their resource dependencies, lead industry-wide conversations on consumption, and transform their core business models toward circularity and service-based value propositions to ensure long-term viability.

Following the Senate confirmation of Rex Tillerson as U.S. Secretary of State, the World Resources Institute (WRI) emphasizes that the U.S. must remain a productive player in international climate relations to maintain global trust and security. WRI argues that continuing leadership on climate change and the Paris Agreement will drive domestic economic opportunities and global stability.

The document outlines a strategic process for landscape restoration leaders to transition from a reliance on public finance to attracting private investment. It details four essential steps: identifying and engaging the right investors based on risk tolerance and growth stage; developing a comprehensive business plan focusing on the business model, management, finance, and deal structure; establishing a legal investable entity to channel funds; and tracking financial and operating performance to provide proof of concept. The guide emphasizes that private investors, except for impact investors, prioritize financial returns over environmental benefits and compare restoration ventures against opportunities in other industries.

The document reports significant job growth in the U.S. clean energy sector as of early 2016. It highlights that solar and wind industries are expanding rapidly, with solar jobs growing 17 times faster than the overall economy and wind-turbine technicians projected as the fastest-growing occupation. Energy efficiency employs the largest volume of workers at 2.2 million. Geographically, Texas leads in wind jobs, while California leads in solar and energy efficiency jobs.