Podcasts by World Resources Institute Podcasts Plus
"Big Ideas Into Action" is the relaunched podcast from the World Resources Institute, bringing you the big ideas that combat the world's most pressing environmental and developmental challenges. You'll hear the voices of those meeting the challenges on the ground across the globe and find out about the way we're finding the answers and translating them into action.
We'll be podcasting in series of six to eight at a time, once a week, with occasional special episodes to add our insights and analysis in response to big events.
The World Resources Institute works around the globe to turn big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity, and human well-being. We focus on seven urgent global challenges that must be addressed to reduce poverty, grow economies and protect natural systems: climate change, energy, food, forests, water, cities, and the ocean.
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Big Ideas Into Action #44: Stories To Watch deeper dive on electric mobility from 2022-02-17T16:50:19
One of the biggest challenges of a transition to a low carbon world is to change the way we get around. Electrifying transport is a key element of this, but it's about far more than selling electri...
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Big Ideas Into Action #43: Stories To Watch deeper dive on coal from 2022-02-10T16:19:30
Coal is one of the most potent drivers of climate change. Phasing it out is critical for cutting harmful emissions and transitioning to a low-carbon economy. Yet despite rising commitments to do so...
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Big Ideas Into Action #42: Water Peace and Security Quarterly Update 1 from 2022-02-03T10:49:32
Is it possible to predict conflict? That's what the Water, Peace and Security Partnership's machine learning early warning tool sets out to do. Four times a year the predictions are analyzed and tu...
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Big Ideas Into Action #41: WRI's Stories To Watch 2022 from 2022-01-19T14:45:08
What are the Stories To Watch for 2022? Every year WRI works out what the important ones are for the year ahead and presents them to the world. This podcast - with Ani Dasgupta interviewed by Nicho...
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Big Ideas Into Action #40: ACT2025 - The Final Outcome from 2021-11-30T15:34:29
This series of ACT2025 podcasts from the World Resources Institute looks at climate from the point of view of vulnerable countries.
In this podcast we hear an evaluation of the outcomes f...
COP26 Shorts: Air Quality from 2021-10-19T13:29:59
This new series of short WRI podcasts looks at why COP26 matters for different issues. In this episode Nicholas Walton looks at Air Quality with Jessica Seddon.
Other episodes look at Oce...
COP26 Shorts: the Ocean from 2021-10-19T13:29:03
This new series of short WRI podcasts looks at why COP26 matters for different issues. In this episode Nicholas Walton looks at the Ocean with Kristian Teleki.
Other episodes look at Citi...
COP26 Shorts: Food and Land Use from 2021-10-19T13:28:14
This new series of short WRI podcasts looks at why COP26 matters for different issues. In this episode Nicholas Walton looks at Food and Land Use with Morgan Gillespy.
Other episodes look...
COP26 Shorts: Cities from 2021-10-19T13:27:09
This new series of short WRI podcasts looks at why COP26 matters for different issues. In this episode Nicholas Walton looks at Cities with Rogier Vandenberg.
Other episodes look at Ocean...
COP26 Shorts: Circular Economy from 2021-10-19T13:25:45
This new series of short WRI podcasts looks at why COP26 matters for different issues. In this episode Nicholas Walton looks at the Circular Economy with Stientje van Veldhoven.
Other epi...
COP26 Shorts: Business from 2021-10-19T13:22:29
This new series of short WRI podcasts looks at why COP26 matters for different issues. In this episode Nicholas Walton looks at the Business world with Kevin Moss.
Other episodes look at ...
COP26 Shorts: The Overview from 2021-10-19T13:21:21
This new series of short WRI podcasts looks at why COP26 matters for different issues. In this episode Nicholas Walton gets an overview of what to expect from COP from Helen Mountford.
Ot...
COP26 Shorts: Energy from 2021-10-19T13:20:03
This new series of short WRI podcasts looks at why COP26 matters for different issues. In this episode Nicholas Walton looks at Energy with Jennifer Layke.
Other episodes look at Oceans, ...
Big Ideas Into Action #31: Towards a more equal city from 2021-10-11T06:00:07
Cities are a place of opportunity and inequality, and where more than half the world's population will experience the impacts of climate change. They're also part of the solution.
This po...
Big Ideas Into Action #30: ACT2025 - Adaptation from 2021-10-04T05:04
ACT2025: Adaptation - for more go to www.wri.org/ACT2025
This new series of World Resources Institute podcasts looks at what vulnerable countries want from the COP26 climate conference in ...
Big Ideas Into Action #29: ACT2025 - Loss and Damage from 2021-10-04T05:03
ACT2025: Loss and Damage - for more go to www.wri.org/ACT2025
This new series of World Resources Institute podcasts looks at what vulnerable countries want from the COP26 climate conferenc...
Big Ideas Into Action #28: ACT2025 - Finance from 2021-10-04T05:02
ACT2025: Finance - for more go to www.wri.org/ACT2025
This new series of World Resources Institute podcasts looks at what vulnerable countries want from the COP26 climate conference in Gla...
Big Ideas Into Action #27: ACT2025 - Rules from 2021-10-04T05:01
ACT2025: Rules - for more go to www.wri.org/ACT2025
This new series of World Resources Institute podcasts looks at what vulnerable countries want from COP26 climate conference in Glasgow. ...
Big Ideas Into Action #26: ACT2025 - Ambition from 2021-10-04T05:00:10
ACT2025: Ambition - for more go to www.wri.org/ACT2025
This new series of World Resources Institute podcasts looks at what vulnerable countries want from the COP26 climate conference in Gl...
Big Ideas Into Action #25: How does Ani Dasgupta see the world's greatest environmental challenges? from 2021-08-17T13:00:04
The recent IPCC report underlines just how grave and urgent the environmental challenges facing us are. But how should we frame such challenges in a way that helps us to find solutions - not just t...
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Big Ideas Into Action #24: Agricultural Adaptation In Africa from 2021-08-06T16:30:50
Whatever the commitments countries are making about decarbonizing their economies, one thing is certain: climate change is happening, and its impacts are being felt disproportionately by the poor. ...
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Agricultural Adaptation In Africa from 2021-08-06T16:30:50
Whatever the commitments countries are making about decarbonizing their economies, one thing is certain: climate change is happening, and its impacts are being felt disproportionately by the poor. ...
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Big Ideas Into Action #23: Who won the WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities? from 2021-07-02T07:31:32
The WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities is the premier global award celebrating and spotlighting transformative urban change, and its winner for 2020-21 has been announced. Which finalist won the $250...
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Big Ideas Into Action #23: Who won the Ross Center Prize for Cities? from 2021-07-02T07:31:32
The WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities is the premier global award celebrating and spotlighting transformative urban change, and its winner for 2020-21 has been announced. Which finalist won the $250...
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Big Ideas Into Action #22: Transformative Adaptation in Agriculture from 2021-06-23T09:00:19
If you were a farmer and the climate changed, what would you do about it? At first you might simply try small experiments to adapt – after all, farmers are used to annual variations in the weather....
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Big Ideas Into Action #21: WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities finalists from 2021-06-10T11:05:10
The WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities is the premier global award celebrating and spotlighting transformative urban change. The five finalists for the 2020-21 prize come from five very different urb...
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Big Ideas Into Action #21: Ross Center Cites Prize finalists from 2021-06-10T11:05:10
The Ross Center Prize for Cities is the premier global award celebrating and spotlighting transformative urban change. The five finalists for the 2020-21 prize come from five very different urban e...
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Big Ideas Into Action #21: Ross Center Cities Prize finalists from 2021-06-10T11:05:10
The Ross Center Prize for Cities is the premier global award celebrating and spotlighting transformative urban change. The five finalists for the 2020-21 prize come from five very different urban e...
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Bonus Ocean Panel episode: surfing, sharks and World Ocean Day from 2021-06-07T23:00:11
This is a special World Ocean Day podcast that was orginally for the WRI Ocean program and the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy. It's with Carlos Manuel Rodriguez of the Global Envi...
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Big Ideas Into Action #20: How Data is Helping Protect Cameroon’s Forests from 2021-06-02T04:01:03
Cameroon sits just north of the equator, right on the edge of the vast Congo River basin. It has around 20 million hectares of tropical forest, mainly in the south, but according to data on Global ...
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Big Ideas Into Action #19: Women and land rights from 2021-05-10T18:49:03
Ensuring that women have equal access to land rights, as well as a strong and respected voice in decision making, makes an enormous difference to the prosperity of communities across the world. Thi...
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Big Ideas Into Action #18: After Joe Biden's Leaders Summit from 2021-04-27T19:21:51
The Leaders Summit called by President Joe Biden was in effect an opportunity to accelerate the response to the climate crisis - but did it achieve what it set out to? Where does it leave us on the...
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Big Ideas Into Action #17: fixing the air quality problem from 2021-04-23T11:15:55
Air quality is critical. Air pollution is linked to more than six million deaths a year , and it affects everything from the health of our lungs to the health of our planet. So what can be done abo...
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Big Ideas Into Action #16: the Faces of Restoration in Brazil from 2021-04-13T19:08:08
Here at WRI we’re used to talking about big ideas, big concepts and big things – from the climate to the ocean to the great cities and forests. But what about the people that we work with, those pe...
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Big Ideas Into Action #15: 'Count it, change it, scale it' with Andrew Steer from 2021-04-02T06:00:20
After eight and a half years Andrew Steer, our President and CEO, is leaving WRI, to lead the Bezos Earth Fund. What has he learned about how environmental challenges can be met and what makes him ...
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Big Ideas Into Action #14: Global tree loss data for 2020 from 2021-03-31T04:00:20
Every year the World Resources Institute analyses the latest data on how much of the world's tree cover has been lost in the previous calendar year. This year, the figures for 2020 make grim readin...
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Big Ideas Into Action #13: how and why to tackle food waste from 2021-03-11T08:09:49
Food loss and waste is a big deal. It means that a third of the food the world produces never gets eaten, and that carries a cost in terms of carbon, food security, biodiversity loss and health. A ...
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Big Ideas Into Action Podcast #12: Texas, India and energy resilience from 2021-03-02T16:22:21
In February 2021 Texas was hit by extremely cold weather. People died, transport ground to a halt, and the state's energy system failed. Demand spiked as people tried to keep warm, just as vital pa...
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Big Ideas Into Action Podcast #11: Stories To Watch for 2021 from 2021-01-14T13:11:57
What are the stories to watch in 2021? Every year the World Resources Institute comes up with the questions to ask, the challenges to face and the opportunities to seize. WRI's president, Andrew St...
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Big Ideas Into Action Podcast #10: Locally Led Adaptation from 2020-12-21T15:58:38
Adaptation is a vital tool to help combat the impacts of climate change, helping us to prepare for everything from changing weather patterns to rising sea levels. This podcast looks at Locally-Led ...
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Big Ideas Into Action #9: the Paris Agreement, five years on from 2020-12-12T11:00:20
It's now five years since the Paris Agreement, a landmark moment in the fight against climate change. The Agreement's aim is to help countries towards their climate targets, taking into account rel...
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Big Ideas Into Action #8: The 100% commitment from the Ocean Panel from 2020-12-02T05:01:15
The 14 serving national leaders of the Ocean Panel have announced their headline commitment: to sustainably manage 100% of their national waters - an area equivalent to the Exclusive Economic Zones...
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Big Ideas Into Action #7: What will a President Biden mean for the environment? from 2020-11-11T16:52:02
What will a Joe Biden presidency mean for the environment, for climate action, for energy, for technology? How will this tie in with recovery from the covid crisis, and what does it mean for the re...
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Big Ideas Into Action #6: Getting power to the people from 2020-11-02T13:36:19
Nearly 800 million people around the world lack secure access to the energy they need. Health services, schools, businesses and farms all need reliable electricity if they are to work properly. So ...
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Big ideas into action #5: Sustainable cities need safe roads from 2020-10-28T11:07:54
Is a city truly sustainable if pedestrians, cyclists and children are being killed and injured on its roads? Over 55% of the world's people now live in cities, but while this has brought opportunit...
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Big ideas into action #4: empowering people against pollution from 2020-10-15T08:30:04
Millions of people in low and middle income countries around the world are affected by problems such as pollution in the air, the soil, the water, but don’t know what they can do about it. In the f...
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Big ideas into action #3: solving water-related conflict from 2020-10-08T13:00:17
How much of a role does water play in conflict, and how do you solve such challenges? These are the key questions at the heart of the third "Big ideas into action" podcast from WRI.
This ...
Big ideas into action #2: restoration in Rwanda from 2020-10-01T07:44:59
What is landscape restoration, and what does it look like on the ground? In this second WRI "Big ideas into action" podcast we travel to Rwanda, to hear from the villagers, the entrepreneur and the...
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Big ideas into action #1: the sustainable ocean economy from 2020-09-24T08:00:04
Just what is a sustainable ocean economy, and should we get excited about it? That is the subject of the first in a relaunched series of WRI podcasts that now goes under the name of “Big ideas into...
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#56 Development, Africa and climate action post-Covid from 2020-07-14T13:27:55
A high-level cast of experts looks at some of the big issues about building back better in the wake of the Covid crisis – including the impact on development and climate issues. This is a condensed...
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WRI#55 Development Banks and #BuildingBackBetter from 2020-07-07T10:21:37
What is the role of finance and multilateral development banks in #BuildingBackBetter in the wake of the Covid crisis? Sir Suma Chakrabarti, the outgoing president of the European Bank for Reconstr...
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WRI#54 Air Quality and #BuildingBackBetter from 2020-07-01T12:06:38
The Covid-19 crisis has focused attention on the critical issue of air quality. Some places have experienced much cleaner air thanks to the lack of cars and buses, but at the same time we're now mo...
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WRI#53 Food security and #BuildingBackBetter from 2020-06-22T11:22:08
How has the food system fared during the #Covid19 crisis? A recent WRI webinar explored that question, from Colombia to Nigeria to China, and across the globe. What failed and what succeeded, and w...
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WRI#52 A Sustainable Ocean Economy from 2020-06-16T15:32:41
How - and why - do you build a sustainable ocean economy? WRI's Andrew Steer asks 4 experts affiliated with the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (@OceanPanel on Twitter) what the tr...
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WRI#51 Global tree cover loss figures with Frances Seymour from 2020-06-02T04:01:07
WRI's Frances Seymour takes Nicholas Walton through the latest global tree loss figures from Global Forest Watch. The overall picture is bad, but there are positive signs in Indonesia and West Afri...
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PRESS CALL: Crafting a U.S. COVID-19 Stimulus Package on Infrastructure from 2020-05-26T14:54:45
WRI press call on how a COVID-19 stimulus package on infrastructure can create millions of jobs and economic growth in the near-term.
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WRI#50 Resilience after Covid19 from 2020-05-14T10:45:28
How do you #BuildBackBetter in a more resilient way after COVID19? This is the shortened version of a live WRI webinar on resilience, featuring Christina Chan, Ulrika Akesson, Sheela Patel, Maarten...
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WRI#49 How can cities #BuildBackBetter after Covid19? from 2020-05-04T18:46:48
This is the fifth in a WRI series looking at the impact of the COVID-19 crisis and asking how we can build back better. This podcast is all about the world’s cities. It is taken from a public webin...
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WRI#48 How can public transport #BuildBackBetter after Covid19? from 2020-04-30T12:10:55
The fourth in a World Resources Institute series looking at the impact of the Covid 19 crisis and asking how we can build back better. This podcast focuses on the critical role of public transport ...
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How can international financial institutions #BuildBackBetter after Covid 19? from 2020-04-21T11:38:29
This is the third in a WRI series looking at how we can #buildbackbetter following the Covid 19 crisis. This is a shortened version of the WRI webinar on the role of international financial institu...
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How the US can #BuildBackBetter after Covid-19 from 2020-04-15T10:11:42
This is the second in a WRI series looking at how we can #buildbackbetter following the covid 19 crisis. This is a shortened version of the WRI webinar on how the US can shape its stimulus package,...
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WRI Podcast #46: The Covid-19 crisis and how the world can #BuildBackBetter from 2020-04-06T15:51:31
How can the world #BuildBackBetter from the Covid crisis? WRI's experts from across the world share their thoughts about how we can build a more sustainable and resilient world, looking at Africa, ...
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WRI Podcast #44: Jane Lubchenco's New Narrative for the Ocean from 2020-02-19T18:07:38
Jane Lubchenco is one of the world's foremost ocean ecologists. Formerly the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, she is now a co-chair of the expert group for the High Leve...
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WRI press call 2.11.20 - tree planting bill from 2020-02-11T19:28:03
This press call took place on February 11, 2020 to discuss upcoming policy movements in the U.S. for tree planting as a means of carbon removal and climate mitigation.
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WRI Podcast #43: A Mother for Road Safety with Zoleka Mandela from 2020-01-27T17:12:56
As an advocate for road safety, Zoleka Mandela draws on her grandfather's legacy in speaking out against the injustice of the hidden epidemic that threatens children, especially in the developing w...
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WRI Podcast #42: Making Palm Oil Sustainable with Andika Putraditama from 2020-01-21T18:42:34
Andika Putraditama, sustainable commodities manager with WRI Indonesia, breaks down how producers and consumers of palm oil can work together through certification programs to protect vulnerable pe...
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Yamide Dagnet - Euronews COP25 Interview from 2019-12-06T14:24:06
Interview with Yamide Dagnet for COP25 with Euronews.
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WRI Podcast #41: Water, Peace and Security with Charlie Iceland from 2019-12-04T15:54:09
Combining socioeconomic data and WRI's Aqueduct water stress tool with record of conflict, the Water, Peace and Security project attempts to track indicators of resource-fueled conflict as they ar...
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WRI COP25 Press Briefing from 2019-11-21T17:09:20
Negotiators will soon gather in Madrid at COP25 (December 2 to December 13, 2019)to iron out rules for international carbon markets and prepare for the consequential year of 2020, when countries sh...
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WRI Podcast #40: Royal Reception for Food and Land Use from 2019-11-18T20:56:20
Nicholas Walton with WRI Europe speaks with Paul Polman, co-chair of the Food and Land Use Coalition and the former CEO of Unilever, about the potential for land-use change to drive emissions or be...
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WRI Podcast #39: Solutions to the Global Water Crisis with Betsy Otto from 2019-11-11T15:28:29
WRI Water Program Director Betsy Otto knows the world should be stressed about water: her team's research showed this year that one-quarter of the world's population lives in extreme water stress. ...
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WRI Podcast #38: New Law Makes Roads Safer for India from 2019-09-30T13:00:04
Road safety is a worldwide epidemic. WRI's Claudia Adriazola-Steil (director, health & road safety) and Amit Bhatt (director, integrated urban transport, WRI India)talk with our host, VP for Commun...
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WRI Press Call -- What Did the U.N. Climate Action Summit Accomplish? from 2019-09-23T22:13:04
Following Friday’s largest climate protest in history, leaders from government, business and civil society came together for the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit on September 23 to offer strategies on...
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Press Call: Aqueduct 2019 Data & Rankings from 2019-08-06T18:53:30
Press Call: Aqueduct 2019 Data & Rankings by WRI's Big Ideas Into Action podcast
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Climate Change and National Security A Conversation with Dr. Rod Schoonover from 2019-07-31T16:56:05
A discussion of climate change, science, and national security in the first public appearance by Dr. Rod Schoonover since leaving the U.S. government.
Learn more: https://www.wri.org/event...
WRI Podcast #37: From Renewables to 100% Clean Energy with John Woolard from 2019-07-30T20:14:06
In a recent commentary, John Woolard, a Senior Fellow in World Resources Institute’s Energy Program, argues that it’s time for consumers to shift their focus from adding more renewables to committi...
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WRI Podcast #36: Understanding Chennai's Day Zero with Raj Bhagat and Aqueduct from 2019-07-02T18:51:50
In this podcast, WRI Europe's Nicholas Walton interviews Raj Bhagat of WRI India's Bengaluru office about his research into the causes of Chennai's recent water problems. Delving deep into the hist...
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Press Call Featuring Caribbean Ministers on International Climate Action, European Council Decision from 2019-06-17T16:12:33
Press Call Featuring Caribbean Ministers on International Climate Action, European Council Decision by WRI's Big Ideas Into Action podcast
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Press Call: Two Years After Trump’s Pledge to Withdraw from the Paris Agreement from 2019-05-29T20:26:05
Press Call: Two Years After Trump’s Pledge to Withdraw from the Paris Agreement by WRI's Big Ideas Into Action podcast
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Xcel Energy: Setting Ambitious Carbon Goals for System-Wide Transition from 2019-05-29T19:51:54
Join Xcel Energy’s Energy & Environmental Policy team to learn more about the drivers and impacts of Xcel Energy’s ambitious new carbon goals. Learn more at: https://www.wri.org/events/2019/05/xcel...
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WRI Podcast #35: Transportation is the Heart of Cities with Robin Chase and Harriet Tregoning from 2019-05-14T15:15:47
Mobility is a gateway to opportunity, and transportation can make cities more wonderful, livable and equitable. WRI Vice President Lawrence MacDonald is joined by Robin Chase and Harriet Tregoning ...
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WRI Podcast #34: Indigenous Land Rights Could Accelerate Progress on Sustiainable Development Goals from 2019-05-07T19:13:29
About half of the world's land is collectively held. In this podcast, WRI Vice President Lawrence MacDonald interviews Peter Veit, director of the Land and Resource Rights Initiative in the Governa...
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WRI Podcast #33: How to Market Sustainable Food with Daniel Vennard from 2019-04-17T18:26:47
WRI Better Buying Lab Director Daniel Vennard sits down with WRI Vice President Lawrence MacDonald to talk about his research into menu language, including the commentary "It's All In a Name: How t...
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WRI Podcast #32: Creating a Sustainable Food Future from 2019-04-09T15:50:20
Three authors of WRI's World Resources Report, "Creating a Sustainable Food Future: A Menu of Solutions for Feeding Nearly 10 Billion People by 2050" join WRI Vice President for Communications Lawr...
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WRI Podcast #31: Restoring Latin America's Forests from 2019-04-01T20:47:58
The 20x20 Initiative aims to restore 20 million hectares of land throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. In this episode, WRI Vice President Lawrence MacDonald interviews Walter Vergara, a seni...
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WRI Podcast #30: Visiting Central Africa's Forests with Molly Bergen from 2019-03-26T18:08:25
WRI Vice President for Communications Lawrence MacDonald interviews Molly Bergen, the Central Africa Communications Officer for WRI's Forests Program. Structured around recordings from Bergen's vis...
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WRI Podcast #29: Air Quality with Jessica Seddon from 2019-03-04T19:00:22
In this episode, WRI Vice President for Communications Lawrence MacDonald interviews Jessica Seddon, director of integrated urban strategy for the WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, about her ...
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WRI Podcast#28: What to Watch in the Green New Deal from 2019-02-19T18:47:22
WRI Vice President for Communications Lawrence MacDonald is joined by Dan Lashof and Christina DeConcini to talk about what they're watching for in a Green New Deal.
Dan Lashof is directo...
WRI Podcast #27: What's Next for Renewables in US? from 2018-12-11T20:51:57
Lori Bird, Director of U.S. Energy at WRI, sits down with WRI Vice President for Communications Lawrence MacDonald to talk about the tech (batteries and rooftop solar), policy (net metering and RPS...
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WRI Podcast #26: Electric Buses, Reduced Food Waste, and Greener Delivery Through Partnerships from 2018-11-30T21:12:44
P4G Global Director Ian de Cruz is interviewed by WRI Vice President for Communications Lawrence MacDonald, offering updates on the first round of exciting P4G-funded projects. These public-private...
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Embargoed: Press Call to Preview WRI’s Global Report on Creating a Sustainable Food Future from 2018-11-29T18:25:21
Embargoed: Press Call to Preview WRI’s Global Report on Creating a Sustainable Food Future by WRI's Big Ideas Into Action podcast
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COP24 Press Call from 2018-11-20T17:41:52
On the heels of the IPCC 1.5° C special report, climate negotiators and experts are gathering in Katowice, Poland, for the international climate talks, also known as COP24. This year’s global clima...
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WRI Press Call: Paris Rulebook from 2018-11-08T17:06:23
WRI Press Call: Paris Rulebook by WRI's Big Ideas Into Action podcast
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WRI Podcast #25: 8 Things to Know About the IPCC 1.5 Report from 2018-11-06T22:44:04
Every tenth of a degree matters. That's the message of the IPCC's 1.5 Degrees Report, which summarizes the distinctions between 1.5 and 2 degrees Celsius of warming for responding to climate change...
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WRI Podcast #24: Financing Climate Adaptation from 2018-10-10T20:32:41
Maybe sustainable development and climate adaptation are two names for the same thing.
In this edition of the WRI Podcast, Christina Chan (WRI Climate Resilience Practice) and Niranjali A...
WRI Podcast #23: Using Social Network Analysis to Supercharge Sustainable Development from 2018-10-04T20:26:11
To restore a physical landscape, it helps to understand the social landscape.
Social network analysis has been used in fields as diverse as epidemiology and counterterrorism. Now, WRI exp...
WRI Podcast #22: How WRI Put Climate Change on the Public Agenda with Rafe Pomerance from 2018-08-01T15:02:26
In the early days at World Resources Institute, founder Gus Speth charged Rafe Pomerance with outreach on climate change. Pomerance went on to organize high-profile hearings in the U.S. Senate that...
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WRI Podcast #21: Peter Thomson, UN Special Envoy for the Ocean from 2018-07-03T19:54:01
Fijian diplomat Peter Thomson, UN Special Envoy for the Ocean and former President of the UN General Assembly, joins WRI Vice President for Communications Lawrence MacDonald and WRI Ocean Director ...
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Embargoed Press Call: Global Forest Watch previews 2017 tree cover loss data from 2018-06-27T14:25:45
At the Oslo Tropical Forest Forum (June 27-28), World Resources Institute’s Global Forest Watch released brand new 2017 global tree cover loss data, revealing how much forest was lost around the wo...
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Podcast #20: How a Deforestation Tracking App Saves Chimpanzees in Uganda from 2018-06-15T20:23:50
Rangers in Uganda take mobile phones and tablets on their forest patrols. But they aren't bringing them to text friends, scroll Instagram, or play Temple Run during downtime. They're using them to ...
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WRI Podcast #19: India's Low-Carbon Transition, According to Montek Singh Ahluwalia from 2018-06-14T20:19:59
A leading economist, Montek Singh Ahluwalia served for a decade in the Indian government, retiring in 2014 as Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission--a cabinet-level post. In this conversation ...
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WRI Podcast #18: Why Stress About Water? from 2018-06-05T18:45:05
In this episode of the WRI Podcast, Charles Iceland, director, Global and National Water Initiatives with WRI's Food, Forests, and Water Programs, explains what water stress is, how we measure it, ...
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WRI Press Call On Bonn Climate Negotiations, Talanoa Dialogue from 2018-04-25T15:55:10
Country delegates will convene in Bonn, Germany next week for the next round of UN climate negotiations (April 30-May 10). During this session, negotiators need to make considerable progress on des...
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WRI Podcast #15: Introducing Partnering for Green Growth from 2018-03-12T14:58:10
Partnering for Green Growth (P4G) is a new partnership of global leaders that supports real-world solutions for sustainable development. We speak with Ian de Cruz, Global Director of P4G, about how...
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How to Engage with the Talanoa Dialogue and Step Up Climate Action in 2018 from 2018-02-15T17:19:50
The first global stocktaking exercise of the Paris Agreement has officially begun with the opening of a new online portal for the 2018 Talanoa Dialogue. Ambassador Nazhat Shameem Khan, Climate COP2...
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Press Call – Leading Tech and Transport Companies to Announce Joint Vision for Livable Cities from 2018-01-31T19:09:13
More than a dozen of the world’s leading shared transport and technology companies will come together to announce their joint vision for the future of cities on Thursday February 1 at 9:00 am ET. <...
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WRI Press Call: What to Expect at the International Climate Talks in Bonn, COP23 from 2017-10-27T18:09:54
On Friday, October 27, at 9:30am EDT, World Resources Institute held a press call where WRI’s president and experts on international climate policy, finance, and adaptation shared insights on what ...
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Press Call: Experts Discuss Recommendations to Improve Energy Access for the Under-Served from 2017-09-06T15:33:21
Energy is fundamental to economic productivity and livelihoods, and cities have a major role to play in how it is provided and consumed. Cities in the global south (India and South Asia, Southeast ...
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WRI Podcast #17: Sean DeWitt and Miguel Calmon on Restoration in Brazil from 2017-08-28T20:25:21
Sean DeWitt, director of the Global Restoration Initiative, and Miguel Calmon, forests director at WRI Brazil, sit down with us to discuss the VERENA Project, an effort to restore Brazilian forests...
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WRI Podcast #13 - How We Can Clean the Chesapeake and Save Money In the Process from 2017-03-07T19:34:04
This episode of the World Resources Institute Podcast features special guests from both inside and outside WRI. Cy Jones is a Senior Fellow in WRI’s Water Program, Sara Walker is an Associate in W...
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WRI Podcast #12 - Electrifying Africa from 2017-02-16T16:05:35
Access to energy can help communities increase the productivity of their labor, earn more income, use household time more efficiently and enhance access to health, education and water.
Sti...
WRI Podcast #11: What Does the US Stand to Lose if it Pulls Out of Paris Agreement? from 2017-01-27T19:18:06
In his first week of office, President Trump has issued orders that would implement sweeping changes to the way the United States deals with a pressing challenge that demands international cooperat...
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WRI Podcast #10 - Planning the City of the Future With Ani Dasgupta from 2017-01-11T16:54:31
On this episode of the WRI Podcast, Lawrence MacDonald sits down with Ani Dasgupta, global director of WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities.
Dasgupta highlights two recent developments t...
WRI Podcast #8 - Discussing the Circular Economy with Stientje Van Veldhoven from 2017-01-03T15:25:06
On this episode of the World Resources Institute Podcast Stientje van Veldhoven joins Lawrence MacDonald to discuss the revolutionary idea of a circular economy, and its potential to reshape how we...
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WRI Podcast #9: Rising Tides with Christina DeConcini and Forbes Tompkins from 2016-12-22T19:58:21
WRI Podcast #9: Rising Tides with Christina DeConcini and Forbes Tompkins by WRI's Big Ideas Into Action podcast
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WRI Podcast #7 -The Sounds of Sustainability from 2016-12-01T17:12:06
In this episode of the WRI Podcast, Lawrence MacDonald sits down with Chip Barber and Austin Clowes of the Forest Legality Initiative to talk about their work on sustainability in the guitar indust...
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WRI Podcast #6 - Preparing for COP 22 with David Waskow and Paula Caballero from 2016-11-04T17:07:14
WRI Podcast #6 - Preparing for COP 22 with David Waskow and Paula Caballero by WRI's Big Ideas Into Action podcast
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WRI Podcast #5 - Protecting Drinking Water at the Source from 2016-10-28T19:26:40
On this episode of the WRI Podcast Lawrence MacDonald sits down with Todd Gartner, a Senior Associate with the Water team at World Resources Institute and the co-author of a new paper on watershed ...
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WRI Podcast #4 - Liz Goodwin on Reducing Food Loss and Waste—Lessons from the UK from 2016-10-18T17:53:20
On this episode of the WRI Podcast, Lawrence MacDonald interviews Liz Goodwin, a WRI senior fellow and our first director of food loss and waste. Goodwin, a British businesswoman and environmentali...
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WRI Podcast #3 - Shifting Diets from 2016-06-29T14:27:03
In a new podcast, WRI's Lawrence Macdonald chats with Janet Ranganathan and Richard Waite, authors of a new paper, Shifting Diets for a Sustainable Food Future. The paper shows that eating less mea...
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WRI Podcast #2: A Conversation With WRI President Andrew Steer from 2016-01-11T18:49:41
WRI Podcast #2: A Conversation With WRI President Andrew Steer by WRI's Big Ideas Into Action podcast
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WRI Podcast #1: Jamshyd Godrej - Building a Sustainable Legacy from 2015-10-06T02:56:57
A conversation with interviewing industrialist and philanthropist Jamshyd Godrej, the chairman and leading benefactor of WRI India.
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