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Revised WRI tool aims to help firms assess global water risk
This trend prompted the World Resources Institute's markets and enterprise program to build a tool to help companies and investors identify water-related risks across their operations or portfolios. The tool, named the Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas, is based 7:22 AM from GreenBiz Read more »
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WRI’s 30th anniversary: a look back at three decades of big ideas
This year, the World Resources Institute celebrates its 30th anniversary. Every organization has great backstories, and in my five-plus years here as head of External Relations, I’ve heard many of WRI’s—multiple versions of them! Many of these tales came from environmental-expert.com Read more »
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WRI Celebrates 30 Years at "Courage to Lead" Dinner
Raises more than $1 million to support organization's mission Dinner recognizes philanthropist and Mayor Michael Bloomberg; honors Stephen Ross and Jonathan Lash; NEW YORK and WASHINGTON, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The World Resources Instit from iStockAnalyst Read more »
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Brazilian business and ecosystem services partnership launches
Last week, experts from the World Resources Institute (WRI) and our colleagues from Brazilian businesses and organizations gathered at the Botanical Garden in Rio de Janeiro. While the scenery was beautiful, none of us were there to smell the flowers. We from environmental-expert.com Read more »
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Shedding light on fast-start finance (Articles and blogs, 18 May 2012)
How much fast-start climate finance is actually flowing, and where is it being spent?1 This question has come up repeatedly alongside the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) climate talks in Bonn this week. Today the World Reso from Overseas Development Institute Read more »
