Social Impact
How climate change affects communities, migration, health, and social justice
Ocean Action Commitments Signal Strong Ambition, but Implementation Remains Urgent
July 10, 2026 — Efforts to safeguard the ocean for future generations are multilayered and complex. The global community has set ambitious goals like the 30x30 target, which aims to...
The Great Power Shift is underway!
Back in April, we launched the Great Power Shift, our flagship global campaign to end fossil fuel dependence and ensure affordable clean energy for all. We are calling on governments...
The Women Left Behind
This is a guest blog written by Ziada Kassimu, Executive Director at Green Conservers. Green Conservers (GC) is a youth-led movement working at the vital intersection of climate action and...
The ICONIC Renewable Energy Zones Toolkit
The barrier to renewable energy was never the technology. It’s power: who holds it, who benefits, and what it takes to shift that. The ICONIC Renewable Energy Zones Toolkit is...
The ICONIC Renewable Energy Zones Toolkit
The barrier to renewable energy was never the technology. It’s power: who holds it, who benefits, and what it takes to shift that. The ICONIC Renewable Energy Zones Toolkit is...
Carney wants to gamble away our future
One week after 40+ communities mobilized to call on the federal government to make a deal with the people, the Prime Minister made a clear choice. He decided to double...
Restoring Nature Helps Accelerate Soweto's Green Economy
July 2, 2026 - Soweto, Johannesburg’s largest township, faces dual climate threats from flooding and extreme heat. These threats are compounded by the township’s soaring unemployment and an economy dominated...
Bonn is where the recipe gets made
You’ve probably heard of COP, the big UN climate summit that makes the news every year. But every June, there’s a smaller, quieter meeting that happens first: this year it...
US Local Governments Are Redefining the Clean Energy Blueprint
Recent federal policy decisions combined with rising energy demand are contributing to an immediate set of challenges for Americans: volatile electricity prices and growing concerns about affordability and reliability.In this...
STATEMENT: World Bank Extends Climate Change Action Plan, But Drops Key Climate Finance Target
WASHINGTON, DC (June 30, 2026) — This week, the World Bank Board of Directors decided to drop its goal of having 45% of its investments support climate mitigation and adaptation....
How Is the World Coping with Extreme Heat?
From hydration breaks during the FIFA World Cup to recent heat waves leaving Europe sweltering in an early summer, extreme heat is reshaping daily life.Around the world, communities are adapting...
Europe's Soaring Heat and the Great Air Conditioning Dilemma
Europe’s summer started early and hot this year. Two intense heat waves in May and June drove temperatures to above 40 degrees C (104 degrees F), disrupting transport, triggering power...
Fossil Fuels Did This: Heatwaves
What is a heatwave? It’s hot. Very hot. Hotter than it should be. It’s not for too long, just a few days or weeks, but everyone feels it, and everyone...
How to Turn National Adaptation Plans into Local Action in Brazil, India and Indonesia
In large and geographically diverse countries like Brazil, India and Indonesia, climate risks vary greatly across regions — from wildfire threats in forest communities to severe flooding in coastal villages...
Why Europe's New Island and Coastal Strategies Need Sustainable Ocean Plans
The EU’s new strategies for islands and coastal communities recognize that Europe’s ocean future will be shaped not only in Brussels or national capitals, but in the places where people...
Climate Justice Alliance Condemns Supreme Court Decision Shielding Monsanto from Accountability
Contact: [email protected] Says Ruling Puts Corporate Interests Over Public Health In reaction to today’s Supreme Court ruling, shielding Monsanto from liability over harms caused by its popular weed killer Roundup,...
2026 FIFA World Cup & Extreme Heat
This is a guest blog by Peter Crisp of Fossil Free Football, a fan campaign aiming to kick big polluters out of the world’s favourite sport. The ongoing 2026 FIFA...
$102 Billion in Climate Finance Beyond the 'Usual Suspects' Reveals a Growing Multipolar Reality
The new collective quantified goal (NCQG) for climate finance sets a target of $1.3 trillion annually by 2035 to support climate action in developing countries. Reaching this number will require...
How Civil Society Organizations Are Making Climate Finance More Accountable to Communities
Climate finance is only as good as the accountability systems that govern it. Yet across the world, those systems routinely fail the communities most exposed to climate risk. Accountability mechanisms...
STATEMENT: UN Secretary-General Guterres' Special Address at London Climate Action Week
LONDON (June 23, 2026) — Today, UN Secretary-General António Guterres delivered a Special Address on the Global Response to the Climate and Energy Crises at London Climate Action Week. Drawing...
Calculating the Biggest Climate Behavior Change Wins Doesn't Start with Individuals
If you are admitted to a New York City public hospital, the in-patient meal menu might surprise you: It’s filled with items like a veggie pad Thai and a Moroccan...
CHAMP Coalition, Led by Brazil and Germany, Launches Steering Group, Roadmap, Subnational Advisory Council
At the Local Climate Action Summit during London Climate Action Week, the Coalition for High Ambition Multilevel Partnerships (CHAMP) for Climate Action launched the next phase of its effort to...
The New Climate Playbook: Cities and National Governments Working Together
The effects of climate change are being felt on every continent, from biodiversity loss to heatwaves, floods to droughts. Acting quickly is essential for avoiding even more dangerous impacts.Yet at...
Behind the Scenes of Climate Action: Lessons from Colombian Cities
June 22, 2026 — Climate change is severely affecting cities worldwide. But before measures to reduce climate risks and emissions can be implemented, a great deal must first happen inside...
Restoration's Success Goes Beyond Counting Trees
When Samuel Peter first took a job as a casual laborer on a restoration project four years ago in southwestern Nigeria, it was just work — the kind that comes...
Climate Startups Can Power a Green Transition. But They Need a Different Playbook
Today’s global challenges of prolonged fuel crises, rising consumer prices, dwindling natural resources and new workforce pressures demand disruptive innovators willing to test new technologies and business models that enable...
How Can the Donkey Cross the Pipeline?
How can the donkey cross the pipeline? This may sound like a joke (like why did the chicken cross the road?) but it’s not, as this story will make clear....
RELEASE: Our Ocean Conference Announces Canada and Jamaica as Next Hosts
LONDON (June 19, 2026) – Canada and Jamaica have been confirmed as the next hosts of the Our Ocean Conference (OOC) in 2027 and 2029, respectively. World Resources Institute serves...
STATEMENT: Bonn Climate Talks Spotlight Practical Steps to Drive Action, Importance of Trade
BONN, Germany (June 18, 2026) — The mid-year UN climate negotiations in Bonn were pushed into overtime as countries grappled with whether to provide more support to poorer nations to...
RELEASE: Global Leaders Announce $6.4 Billion for Ocean Action at First African Our Ocean Conference
MOMBASA, Kenya (June 18, 2026) — Over 100 governments, businesses and civil society organizations announced 320 new commitments valued at $6.4 billion to advance ocean conservation, sustainable fisheries, climate resilience...
Retired EV Batteries Can Play a Vital Role in Making Clean Energy More Affordable and Accessible
Most electric vehicle (EV) batteries are retired with as much as 70% to 80% of their original capacity remaining. They still work, but their performance no longer matches automotive requirements...
Powering the Future: Why Energy Justice is a Youth Issue
Every year on 16 June, South Africa commemorates Youth Day and honours the courage of the young people who stood up for dignity, equality, and a better future in 1976....
What Can Existing Marine Protected Areas Teach Us about Safeguarding the High Seas?
Less than three weeks into 2026, the international ocean community celebrated a key achievement: the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National...
The Roadmap to $1.3 Trillion in Climate Finance Will Rely on Building a Coalition
At the 2024 UN climate change summit (COP29), governments agreed to scale up public and private finance for developing countries to at least $1.3 trillion a year by 2035 to...
Clean energy just hit record investment
When the US-Israel war in Iran began, it took just one 50km waterway to remind the entire world how fragile fossil fuel dependence really is. Oil prices spiked, energy bills...
Environmental Justice Lives On in Local Communities Despite Federal Rollbacks
As the federal government advances rollbacks of more than 100 environmental and climate policies and resources, it is redefining the U.S. government’s role in protecting communities disproportionately impacted by pollution...
G20 Countries Have Submitted Climate Progress Reports for the First Time. Are They Delivering?
Globally, climate action is falling short — and following through on promises has never mattered more.Last year, more than 137 countries submitted their new national climate commitments (formally called nationally...
STATEMENT: COP31 Presidency's Proposed Goals on Global Electrification
The COP31 Presidency today announced a proposed global goal to increase electrification from around 20% of final energy demand today to 35% by 2035. The goal was unveiled by COP31...
STATEMENT: Global Leaders Issue Letter Calling on COP31 to Place Ocean at Heart of Climate Action
LONDON (June 10, 2026) — A group of 150+ global experts and leaders shared the below open letter with incoming COP31 hosts Türkiye and Australia, COP30 President and COP CEO...
Afrika Vuka Week 2026
Africa stands at a pivotal crossroads. As the climate crisis intensifies in the region, it is disproportionately crushing marginalized communities, particularly women and youth. Yet, our continent is home to...
Fixing Central Africa's Water and Power Challenges Starts with Restoring Nature
From smallholder farms in Africa to the busy streets of Bogota, communities are reshaping the way the world designs its cities, uses energy and produces food. These examples show not...
As energy costs rise, Pacific people look to the sun
This post first appeared on 350Pacific.org. When Fijians received news of increased fuel prices due to the war in West Asia, scores of everyday people lined up to secure fuel...
Out of pocket: The real cost of importing fossil fuels on electricity bills
This is a guest blog by Yu Sun Chin, Senior Regional Researcher at Zero Carbon Analytics (ZCA). ZCA is an international research group that provides insights and analysis on climate...
RELEASE: WRI Appoints Eric Garcetti to Global Board of Directors
WASHINGTON (May 3, 2026) — World Resources Institute (WRI) today announced that Eric Garcetti, Ambassador for Global Climate Diplomacy at C40 Cities, former U.S. Ambassador to India and former Mayor...
The Real Story Behind Trump's Latest AI executive order is what it leaves out
Contact: Kayla Ritchie [email protected] In response to Trump’s latest artificial intelligence executive order, Mar Zepeda Salazar, Policy Director at the Climate Justice Alliance, a coalition representing nearly 100 frontline community-based...
How Might a 'Super El Niño' Affect Food, Forests and Water?
The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), or El Niño, weather pattern occurs naturally every two to seven years, making some parts of the world drier and others wetter. But this year’s...
Designing a Better Jet Fuel Could Start with Corn Husks
After every harvest season, U.S. corn fields lay strewn with husks, leaves and stalks — waste left behind after corn kernels are collected. Some farmers feed these leftovers, known as...
Restaurants Are Using Behavioral Science to Promote Plant-based Eating — and It's Working
A growing body of evidence shows that eating more plants has lots of benefits — for both human and environmental health. For example, a 2025 EAT-Lancet report found that widespread...