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WRI is a global research organization working to improve people’s lives, protect #nature, and halt #climatechange. 🌍📊

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🏭Together with development assistance, investment in overseas industrial parks is a leading form of China’s international investment.

☀️And our research shows that they hold great potential for reducing emissions with renewables. Read more: bit.ly/3XgTW9C
November 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Last Saturday, #COP30 in Belém, Brazil, wrapped with mixed reactions. While it secured a new target to triple finance for climate adaptation, it fell short in addressing the fossil fuel transition and NDC shortfall.

Go beyond the headlines & understand this year's summit🔗 go.wri.org/cop30-outcomes
November 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Could China's overseas industrial parks help with the #EnergyTransition? Find out: bit.ly/3XgTW9C

Our new research evaluates these parks' potential, showing that transitioning China’s overseas industrial parks to clean energy will sharply cut emissions in host countries.
November 25, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Today, negotiators concluded #COP30 in Belém, Brazil. They reached an agreement to triple adaptation finance, but offered an inadequate response to the shortfall in ambition in national climate commitments.

Read the statement from WRI's CEO & President👉 go.wri.org/cop30-negotiat
November 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
At #G20SouthAfrica, climate adaptation finance is front and center.

Our new study analyzed 162 cases to map how 11 financial instruments mobilize capital to address multiple climate risks.

Read more: go.wri.org/finance-adap...
November 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
A new blog by WRI’s Craig Hanson and the University of Maryland’s Matt Hansen shows how climate change, once largely driven by human pressures on forests and agricultural areas, is now reshaping the land in return.

📖 Read the full piece: lnkd.in/egbcYCYr
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
We're getting closer to the end at #COP30!

Yesterday, ocean action took the stage as Brazil joined the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy, while 17 countries joined the Blue NDC Challenge.

But there was much more that happened👀
Find out more → go.wri.org/cop30
November 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Yesterday at #COP30 in Belém, we saw:

🏭Countries committing to close coal-fired power plants
💰Donors contributing to the adaptation fund
✊Land tenure taking the center stage

Stay tuned to know more about this year's climate summit!
November 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Check our resource hub to learn what we expect from COP30: go.wri.org/cop30
November 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
From restoration commitments to negotiations on tripling adaptation finance, the first week saw a lot of movement.

What do you think the second week of the climate summit will bring?
November 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🤯It's been a whole week since leaders, activists, policy makers, and innovators met at #COP30, held in Belém, Brazil.
November 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
What does it take to restore 55 million hectares of degraded forest? The answer lies in locally led action at scale🌱

At #COP30 today, WRI Brasil & Sitawi Finance for Good introduced Fundo Flora, a partnership that finances, monitors, and trains local organizations: go.wri.org/fundo-flora
November 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Why do we still need to talk about climate solutions at places like #COP30?

The State of Climate Action Report findings reveal global efforts fall far short of what’s needed to keep the Paris Agreement goal within reach.

📄10 Key Findings from SOCA: go.wri.org/SOCA-COP30

#SystemsChangeLab
November 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The world’s housing and climate crises are deeply intertwined, wreaking havoc and reshaping life in cities around the world.

Wanjira Mathai walks us through the impacts and how locally led initiatives should help shape cities for a more equitable future➡️ go.wri.org/climate-hous...
November 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🚨The #COP30 Presidency and High-Level Climate Champions released the COP30 Action Agenda, which unites commitments from civil society, businesses, investors, cities, states & countries into a coherent framework tied to the Paris Agreement goals.

Read the full statement👉 go.wri.org/cop30-action...
November 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Get the latest on the ground at #COP30! Here's what to know on Day 3 👀

🏙️Leaders launched the Plan to Accelerate Multilevel Governance
🇪🇹Addis Ababa was chosen as the host city for COP32
💡@wrienergy.bsky.social & partners launched the Latin America Clean Energy Coalition

Know more → go.wri.org/cop30
November 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The bioeconomy is real🌱

Hear from Wanjira Mathai, WRI's Managing Director of Africa and Global Partnerships, about how forests and community-led initiatives are taking center stage at #COP30.

Stay up to date on what's happening👉 go.wri.org/cop30-live-2
November 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Day 2: Bioeconomy, carbon prices, Loss & Damage Fund.. #COP30 is taking place at full speed. The road so far:

🗓️The agenda was set
📈The updated NDC Synthesis Report revealed a gap in action for 1.5°C
⚖️UN special rapporteurs urged full compliance w/ the ICJ

Check our resource hub→ go.wri.org/cop30
November 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Formal negotiations at #COP30 are underway🌎

David Waskow, Director, International Climate Initiative at WRI, fills us in on the adopted agenda and what to expect over the next couple of days.

Don't miss an update. Check out WRI's Live from COP30 feed👉 go.wri.org/cop30-live-1
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"When floods hit my hometown in Kenya last year, it was the poorest communities who suffered most," says WRI's Wanjira Mathai.

The world’s housing & climate crises are deeply intertwined, and they should be addressed together: go.wri.org/housing-cop3...
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🤔What do you think #COP30 should achieve? ⁣

From integrating climate action as an economic strategy to making it the "COP of implementation," read our experts' answers🔗 go.wri.org/experts-on-c...
November 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
At #COP30, decision-makers must focus on turning commitments into action.

🔗Get a deeper understanding of the issues to watch from us ➡️ go.wri.org/cop30
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
🏆It's a win-win-win!

If Kenya achieves a 50% reduction in food loss & waste by 2030, it could feed more than 7 million people annually, boost the economy, and reduce emissions.

Understand how: bit.ly/3WBrX3W
November 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
💡Using an innovation, the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) aims to fund tropical forest countries as long as they preserve their forests.

But how will it work? Get ahead of the #COP30 conversation with our explainer👉 go.wri.org/tfff
October 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
At #COP30, decision-makers must focus on turning commitments into action.

Experts at @worldresources.bsky.social are closely tracking the issues at stake. Visit the WRI resource hub for the latest:

💬Commentary
🔍Analysis
🧑‍🤝‍🧑Events
➕And more
🔗 go.wri.org/cop30
October 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM