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This research paper examines the economic and social risks facing middle-income developing countries as they transition away from oil and gas production, emphasizing the need for place-based economic diversification and just transition strategies to protect workers and government revenues.

A World Resources Institute report analyzing the increasing competition for land driven by global demand for food, wood, and shelter, and its impact on carbon storage and biodiversity.

This research paper examines how to attract private investment into Brazil's public transport sector by reducing perceived risks and aligning performance incentives, using case studies from São Paulo and Belo Horizonte.

This case study outlines the structure and purpose of Vietnam's National Power Development Plan (PDP), specifically focusing on the PDPVII and its revised version (RPDPVII), which serve as 10-year instruments for power sector planning and investment.

A policy brief by the World Resources Institute arguing that the United States should shift its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) strategy away from food and feed crops to avoid increasing food prices and environmental degradation, focusing instead on waste biomass, captured carbon, and clean hydrogen.

This research paper reviews 21 examples of locally led adaptation (LLA) interventions across Africa, Asia-Pacific, and the Caribbean and Latin America. It provides practical recommendations for funders and governments to ensure local organizations and communities have equitable access to climate finance and decision-making power to address climate risks and historical power imbalances.

This World Resources Institute fact sheet explains the mechanics of carbon taxes, comparing them to cap-and-trade programs and discussing their economic impacts, implementation in various countries, and political status in the United States.

This research paper examines technical pathways for decarbonizing petroleum refineries in the United States to support the national goal of net-zero emissions by 2050. It analyzes the use of fuel switching, electrification, and carbon capture to reduce facility emissions and suggests a long-term transition toward processing renewable feedstocks for hard-to-abate transportation sectors.

This guide by the World Resources Institute provides technical and process-related instructions for countries preparing their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) for the post-2020 period, following requests from countries during Regional Technical Dialogues convened by the UNDP and UNFCCC in 2014-2015.

This research paper, the first in a series by the World Resources Institute, analyzes 10 international case studies from Europe, Asia, and the United States to identify effective public communication and consultation strategies for Low Emission Zones (LEZ) and Congestion Charging (CC) schemes. The paper emphasizes that public communication must be integrated into the policy design process from the earliest feasibility stages to secure public acceptance and ensure sustainable implementation.

This working paper by the Project for Advancing Climate Transparency (PACT) provides a vision and practical suggestions to help negotiators meet the December 2018 deadline for adopting the implementing guidelines, also known as the Paris Rulebook, for the Paris Agreement.

A case study by the World Resources Institute evaluating the financial risks posed to 16 leading oil and gas companies by climate change policies and constrained reserve access.

This fact sheet from the World Resources Institute, based on 2000 U.S. Geological Survey data, details the volume of freshwater withdrawn and consumed by thermoelectric power plants in the Southeast United States.

The World Resources Institute (WRI) provided responses to the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee regarding the role of biofuels, specifically ethanol, in enhancing energy security and combating climate change.

This working paper, produced by the World Resources Institute's Gender Equity Practice and commissioned by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, examines the role of rural women in Nature-based Solutions (NbS). It identifies a gap in existing NbS literature, which typically prioritizes biophysical and technical aspects or treats households as uniform units, ignoring gender dynamics. The paper analyzes four NbS approaches—natural climate solutions (NCS), forest landscape restoration (FLR), ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA), and payments for ecosystem services (PES)—and uses three deep dives into PES projects to identify barriers and enablers for women's participation. The goal is to provide recommendations to donors, practitioners, and policymakers to enhance rural women's agency in NbS for sustainable agroecosystems.

This research paper by the World Resources Institute outlines lessons for national institutions in developing countries seeking "direct access" to climate finance from multilateral funds like the Adaptation Fund and the Green Climate Fund (GCF). It provides guidance on planning for engagement, navigating the accreditation process, and designing and implementing projects to enhance national ownership and reduce transaction costs.

The Local Government Renewables Action Tracker is an interactive web tool developed by the American Cities Climate Challenge Renewables Accelerator to compile renewable electricity transactions and advocacy efforts by U.S. local governments.

The World Resources Institute describes the Financial Institutions Net Zero Tracker, a tool and framework designed to evaluate the transparency, ambition, implementation, and credibility of net zero commitments made by financial institutions, including their consideration of equity and nature.

The World Resources Institute (WRI) has released a guidebook detailing a standardized MRV approach for local land restoration. By combining local expertise with high-resolution satellite imagery and the DINOv3 AI model, the framework can reduce verification costs by up to 98%. Tested across 200+ projects in Africa and adapted for use in India and Brazil, the system uses nine indicator categories to provide the data transparency needed to unlock outcome-based finance for small and medium-sized restoration organizations.

This research paper by the World Resources Institute argues that social and environmental objectives are undermined when U.S. administrations fail to adhere to principles of participatory democracy, transparency, and the rule of law. It advocates for a government characterized by transparency, inclusiveness, and accountability to address urgent challenges such as global warming and financial instability.