Social Impact
How climate change affects communities, migration, health, and social justice
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...
El Niño 2026: what's happening?
Some are already calling it a ‘Super El Niño’. But what exactly is El Niño and what does it have to do with the fossil fuels driving the climate crisis?...
5 pieces of good climate news that you probably missed recently
If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed by the state of the world lately, you’re not alone. Every day seems to bring another crisis: rising costs, deepening inequality, escalating conflicts, and climate...
Out of Pocket: the real cost of fossil fuels on our health and healthcare systems
This is a guest blog by Healthcare Without Harm, a global movement working at the intersection of climate and health, grounded in a simple reality: more people are being made...
To Keep Up with Aging Populations, City Transportation Needs to Evolve
As people live longer and more independently, many are finding that their city transportation systems are difficult to navigate: bus schedules don’t match the times they go out, payment platforms...
Rwanda's Food Waste Could Feed Millions. Small Businesses Are Showing How.
Every year, nearly half of Rwanda’s food supply goes uneaten.Inadequate food storage and processing, spoiled harvests and household waste result in a 40% loss of the country’s total food production...
The future of energy is here, and it's saving schools money
Written by: Ogie Atadero, Energy Transition Campaigner at 350 Pilipinas There is a particular kind of disbelief that accompanies good news now, especially when it concerns the climate crisis. We...
5 ways to stay cool in a heatwave
According to a European Environment Agency survey of 27,000 people across 27 European countries, published before the war in the Middle East in February, over 38% of respondents said they...
Turns out, ordinary people are smarter than many energy policies
What happens when a geopolitical crisis strikes? When wars start over oil reserves, prices spike at the pump and on household bills, and the fragility of a fossil fuel-dependent world...
People are ready for the energy transition. Governments need to catch up.
What happens when a geopolitical crisis strikes? When wars start over oil reserves, prices spike at the pump and on household bills, and the fragility of a fossil fuel-dependent world...
The Ocean Can Play a Much Larger Role in Fighting Climate Change
The effects of climate change are becoming increasingly apparent. The last 11 years have been the hottest on record, negatively affecting health, economies and ecosystems.But one of the most promising...
A Turning Point for Europe's Seas: How Sustainable Ocean Plans Can Help the EU Ocean Act Succeed
Europe’s seas are under mounting pressure. From intense fishing and shipping traffic to expanding offshore renewable energy and the urgent need to protect marine ecosystems –– demands on the ocean...
STATEMENT: Honoring Rafe Pomerance, a Pioneer of Climate Action
Rafe Pomerance was one of the first to understand that climate change is the defining challenge of our time. He spent his life demanding we treat it that way. Today,...
Lizzie Suarez on how Miami is changing, the city's first cleaning cooperative, and being a culture worker
Lizzie Suarez grew up in Miami and watched the city morph into what it is today: a billionaire’s playground. She works with Miami Workers Center, ‘as a place where people...
350.org Japan: Subsidize renewables, not fossil fuels, in the national supplementary budget
Climate campaigners from 350.org Japan today called on Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s administration to stop pouring public money into fossil fuel subsidies and instead seize the energy crisis as an...
What is the 'Like-for-Like' Approach in Carbon Dioxide Removal?
As companies and countries work toward net-zero targets, many will still face residual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions — those that are too difficult or costly to abate with current technologies...
Energy Leaders Speak: Renewable Power Is the Answer to Rising Costs and Demand
The world is facing its second energy crisis this decade. The Iran conflict is sending the cost of oil and natural gas through the roof, with oil prices now exceeding...
STATEMENT: US Surface Transportation Draft Bill is a Step Backwards from an Affordable Modern Transportation System
Washington, DC (May 18, 2026) — Yesterday the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure released the draft text for the surface transportation reauthorization bill, also referred to as ‘the...
African Cities Use Nature to Fight Floods and Climate Change
When torrential rains hit Kinshasa in April 2025, the city of 20 million came to a standstill. Floodwaters submerged more than half the city as the Ndjili River and smaller...
RELEASE: WRI Appoints Dr. Nick Wayth as Global Director of WRI Polsky Energy Center
WASHINGTON (May 14, 2026) — World Resources Institute (WRI) today announced the appointment of Dr. Nick Wayth as the first Global Director of the WRI Polsky Center for the Global...
Out of Pocket: Pollution Premiums – the real cost of fossil fuels on our insurance bills
This is a guest blog co-authored by Risalat Khan, Senior Strategist, Insurance and Finance at The Sunrise Project Inc and Kenny Stancil, Deputy Research Director at the Revolving Door Project....
7 Shifts That Could Unlock Millions of Blue Jobs in the Ocean Economy
A healthy ocean is critical to modern society. More than 3 billion people depend on fish for at least one-fifth of their animal protein intake, while the ocean also supports...
How to Solve the World's Housing Crisis
There’s a growing housing crisis that’s impossible to ignore. Consider the stats: Nearly 3 billion people lack access to housing that is both safe and connected to basic services like...
STATEMENT: Environmental Organizations Issue Letter Opposing US Ethanol 'E15' Fuel Bill
WASHINGTON (May 8, 2026) — A group of environmental organizations shared the below open letter with the U.S. House of Representatives opposing proposed ‘year-round E15’ legislation that would allow gasoline...