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2005
- Dec 14: Issues to watch for in 2006
- Dec 8: Indian industry launches programs to measure global warming gases and promote sustainable enterprises
- Dec 6: WRI, WBCSD release protocol for climate change mitigation projects
- Dec 5: Shared climate policy ideas help developing countries improve economic status, new WRI study finds
- Dec 1: Corporate renewable energy group hits 360 megawatt mark, launches similar effort in Europe
- Nov 10: WRI Endorses Energy Efficiency, Agriculture and Construction Companies as Prime New Venture Capital Targets
- Nov 3: WRI’s Lash Named “Warrior and Hero” By Rolling Stone Magazine
- Oct 19: Business Schools Respond to New Global Realities, Survey Shows
- Oct 4: Former Ex-Im Bank Chairman Harmon Calls for ECA Reform
- Sep 22: Report Stresses Comprehensive Approach to Biotechnology Decisions: Public Participation Among Keys to Effective Policy
- Sep 13: Dr. Kenton Miller Receives Bruno H. Schubert Environment Prize
- Sep 12: Bus Rapid Transit is evaluated at first International Congress on Sustainable Transport
- Aug 31: Major report stresses natural resources as path out of poverty
- Aug 18: WRI Elects Cardoso, Gore, Okonjo-Iweala, Thomas to Board
- Aug 2: WRI Releases Map to Help Russia Secure Protected Lands
- Jul 12: Environmental concerns increase challenges and opportunities for business
- Jul 6: New World Bank Guidelines Should Mainstream Climate Change in Loan Portfolios, Says WRI Report
- Jun 15: New WRI report finds environmental loophole in standards for Multilateral Development Banks
- Jun 3: WRI’s Jonathan Lash named one of top 100 most influential business leaders
- Jun 2: New WRI, Ceres report highlights investor tools for assessing climate risk
- May 26: New WRI Blog launches with sights on “Next Billion” consumers, dollars
- May 9: WRI President Jonathan Lash speaks at General Electric's announcement of its "Ecomagination" initiative
- Apr 25: WRI helps broker J.P. Morgan's move to Green Lending
- Mar 30: Experts Warn Ecosystem Changes Will Continue to Worsen, Putting Global Development Goals At Risk
- Mar 17: New Analysis Warns Investors of Non-disclosure By Automakers in Europe
- Mar 9: WRI report says increasing human activities threaten Caribbean coral reefs
- Mar 7: WRI, Cameroon Agreement Cuts Down Illegal Logging
- Feb 17: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment reports to be released starting March 30, 2005
- Feb 10: Kyoto Protocol set to enhance global actions on climate change
- Jan 27: Regional trading for ozone pollution a model for greenhouse gas markets, says new WRI report
2004
- Dec 16: WRI unveils new greenhouse gas data and analysis tools
- Dec 7: Major corporations, WRI announce third round of renewable energy purchases
- Dec 2: Three sustainable businesses win World Resources Institute competition in Brazil
- Dec 2: WRI sends experts to the Buenos Aires negotiations of the UN Climate Change Convention
- Nov 16: Full WRI statement. WRI takes steps to further analyze GM's ability to comply with Chinese standards: Response from GM and New Data Obtained By WRI Suggests Compliance Appears Likely
- Nov 16: Update to WRI report on Chinese automobile fuel economy standards
- Nov 15: WRI Announces Nine Finalists for Mexico's Green Business Competition
- Nov 9: WRI Report Outlines Impacts of New Chinese Fuel Economy Standards on Automakers
- Oct 27: New report documents profitable corporate actions to slow global warming
- Oct 26: Three Green Businesses Win World Resources Institute Competition in China
- Oct 4: WRI’s Green Power Group wins national award for building corporate renewable energy markets
- Sep 30: Asia’s small-scale fishers vulnerable to global fish crisis, says new WRI report
- Sep 29: WRI report says human activities threaten bulk of Caribbean coral reefs
- Aug 25: Mexico adopts standards to measure global warming gases
- Jun 30: WRI, ADB Announce New Partnership for Sustainable Urban Transport in Asia
- Jun 24: UK Expands Public Access to Environmental Decision-Making
- Jun 24: WRI Inks Pact with Indian Industry to Promote Green Business
- Jun 21: WRI, EPA, and Mexican Partners Launch Project to Cut Emissions from Diesel Buses
- Jun 4: Report urges governance reforms to stop environmental decline
- May 21: WRI applauds movement on Kyoto Protocol
- May 19: New analysis bolsters poor as source of innovation
- May 13: World Economic Forum CEO to address Seattle leaders
- May 5: WBCSD, WRI launch new edition of Corporate GHG Reporting Standard
- Apr 7: Recursos Mundiales 2004: Decisiones para la Tierra; Equilibrio, Voz y Poder
- Mar 16: Business Leaders to Outline Corporate Responses to Global Crises at WRI’s Sustainable Enterprise Summit
- Mar 16: Experts Meet to Link Local Knowledge with Global Science
- Mar 11: WRI warns of worsening warming as Climate Treaty Celebrates tenth year
2003
- Nov 25: WRI Sends Experts to the Milan Negotiations Of the UN Climate Change Convention
- Nov 20: New WRI Tool Contributes to UN Climate Treaty Negotiations
- Nov 12: WRI report warns of increased risks from mining in vulnerable ecosystems
- Nov 1: Shanghai Commits to Sustainable Transport Partnership
- Oct 29: New study forecasts competitive re-alignment in global auto industry
- Oct 22: Three Win in China’s First Green Business Competition
- Oct 16: Ten Finalists Selected For China’s First Green Business Competition
- Oct 6: New report cites six cutting-edge business schools in U.S. and Canada
- Sep 25: WRI Joins Chicago Climate Exchange
- Sep 24: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment releases first report
- Sep 17: Coalition of twelve major US corporations and WRI announce largest corporate green power purchases in US
- Sep 17: 100% Green Energy Reduces WRI's Carbon Emissions
- Sep 9: WRI welcomes new treaty governing living modified organisms
- Aug 19: Experts warn global changes threaten world's protected areas
- Aug 6: WRI Lauds APA for Greening Two D.C. Buildings
- Jul 17: Office Depot CEO addresses sustainability issues at environmental business conference
- Jul 10: Landmark report urges governance reforms to arrest decline of world’s environment
- Jun 18: WRI appoints energy expert as Director of Climate Program
- Jun 12: International effort results in new tool to calculate greenhouse gas emissions from aluminium smelters
- Jun 5: WRI findings underscore growing crisis of confidence in international institutions
- Jun 5: Upcoming reports link human well-being and nature
- Apr 3: Mexico and the United Kingdom pledge more access to information
- Mar 18: New database offers comprehensive information on world’s river basins
- Mar 17: Pilot study shows human water use significantly threatens freshwater ecosystems
- Mar 13: Senator Corzine and Alcoa Energy President address WRI’s Sustainable Enterprise Summit
- Mar 13: Staples joins Green Power Market Development Group
- Mar 13: Dow joins Green Power Market Development Group
- Mar 11: WRI lauds local developer for greening 13 D.C. buildings
- Mar 6: New WRI report addresses hypoxia crisis in the Gulf of Mexico
- Mar 3: WRI appoints energy expert as Vice President for Research
- Feb 12: WRI cites flaws in new White House Climate Initiative
- Jan 13: WRI welcomes new US water quality trading policy
- Jan 10: WRI welcomes decision rebuking The Skeptical Environmentalist
2002
- Dec 2: International effort results in new tool to calculate greenhouse gas emissions of pulp and paper mills
- Nov 18: Three Latin American companies win awards for offering green returns
- Nov 14: New report highlights use of mapping technology to alleviate poverty
- Oct 29: Six businesses vie for top prizes at WRI New Ventures Investor Forum in Mexico
- Oct 22: New WRI report stresses need to bridge the gap between rich and poor countries to protect climate
- Oct 21: WRI sends experts to the New Delhi Conference of the UN Climate Change Convention
- Oct 10: EarthTrends offers latest environmental Information on Iraq
- Oct 8: WRI Launches Project to Support China’s Green Entrepreneurs
- Sep 4: WRI expresses disappointment over many WSSD outcomes
- Sep 3: WRI praises Russia's commitment to ratify Kyoto Protocol
- Aug 30: New mapping initiative provides most accurate picture yet of threatened state of world's remaining boreal forests
- Aug 29: WRI and partners launch new partnership at World Summit to promote more public participation in decision-making
- Aug 27: New WRI report urges more support for public access to environmental information and decision-making
- Aug 22: WRI identifies business opportunities serving the world's four billion poor
- Aug 21: New WRI reports, projects to be launched during the World Summit in Johannesburg
- Aug 13: Report warns U.S., Canada face tough environmental choices
- Aug 2: WRI Experts at the Johannesburg Summit
- Jul 24: WRI report warns environmental risks could reduce shareholder value of leading oil and gas companies
- Jun 27: New WRI report urges changes in restructuring of electricity sector
- Jun 11: Four major companies announce Green Power purchases and projects
- Jun 6: WRI, Cameroon ink pact to monitor forests, curb illegal logging
- May 31: WRI and Mexico City establish center to find solutions to transport problems
- May 28: WRI, Shell Foundation establish new Transport Center
- May 21: Scientists call for better management of Indonesia’s coral reefs
- Apr 22: Professors meet to "green" China's business courses
- Apr 12: WRI Appoints Paul Faeth as Executive Vice President
- Apr 3: Global trends are reshaping business strategy and markets says new report by UNEP, WBCSD, and WRI
- Apr 3: Reports conclude much of world’s remaining intact forests at risk
- Mar 11: WRI welcomes major reductions of BP's carbon emissions
- Mar 5: Scientists call for better management of region’s coral reefs
- Feb 27: WRI maps paint grim picture of Vietnam's coral reefs
- Feb 20: Corruption, lawlessness fuel epidemic of illegal logging in Indonesia
- Feb 18: WRI warns global warming endangers future Winter Olympics
- Feb 14: WRI says Bush plans will increase greenhouse emissions by 14 percent
- Feb 14: WRI maps more threats to epicenter of global marine diversity
- Jan 15: Global ecosystems study opens secretariat in Malaysia
2001
- Nov 21: New assessment of controversial Commission highlights strategies to resolve contentious development projects
- Nov 6: Report recognizes growing use of new information technologies to help West Africans manage natural resources
- Oct 31: Five business school faculty receive national recognition for excellence in management education
- Oct 31: New survey reveals increasing number of MBA programs recognize relevance of social and environmental stewardship
- Oct 23: WRI, WBCSD release new business reporting standard for greenhouse gas emissions
- Oct 16: WRI reports local groups key to success in linking Mesoamerica's fragmented protected areas
- Oct 10: New maps indicate little is left of Europe's last wilderness forests
- Oct 5: Three innovative Latin American companies awarded for offering green returns
- Oct 3: WRI urges Desertification Conference to take a new look at world's drylands
- Aug 14: International investors complete US$1 million package for unique Mexican charcoal company
- Aug 2: WRI launches online market to bridge global digital divide
- Jul 23: WRI welcomes agreement of Kyoto Protocol rules
- Jul 18: Business educators attend Wharton School, WRI conference on digital technologies and the evironment
- Jul 12: WRI climate and energy experts
- Jun 26: U.S. should show leadership in emissions reductions, not beg the poor
- Jun 12: WRI launches new online source of environmental information
- Jun 11: WRI says Bush still does not take global warming seriously
- Jun 5: United Nations launches extensive study of earth's ecosystems
- May 14: WRI study reveals how cheap water causes scarcity, ecosystem decline
- Apr 18: New WRI Web site asks: How big is your CO2 footprint?
- Apr 17: Report warns of growing destruction of world's coastal areas
- Mar 27: Scientists create network to help park managers cope with global changes
- Mar 26: Careful decentralization of power over environment promotes democracy, development in Africa
- Mar 14: White House decision on power plant emissions stunningly short-sighted
- Mar 12: WRI study reports deforestation may be higher than FAO estimates
- Feb 15: WRI study reveals oil from Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will not alleviate increasing U.S. dependence on foreign sources
- Feb 14: New study reveals that environmental damage threatens future world food production
- Jan 30: WRI and Calvert ask corporations to disclose financially material environmental information to shareholders and SEC
- Jan 22: WRI urges Bush to resume climate talks as new report warns of devastating global warming
- Jun 19: Report reveals threats to Cameroon's growing timber industry
2000
- Dec 27: New WRI report notes global shifts in extent and quality of world's forests
- Dec 11: WRI report stresses digital divide both as problem and opportunity
- Dec 11: WRI report shows striking declines in world's grasslands
- Nov 30: Landmark report warns that degradation of Africa's ecosystems does not stop at national borders
- Nov 13: New WRI study reveals potential benefits of climate protection policies for U.S. farmers
- Nov 3: Landmark report urges new approach to stem decline of inner Asia's grasslands
- Oct 21: New WRI report reveals world's freshwater systems in peril
- Oct 18: WRI launches research that maps business models to bridge global digital divide
- Oct 13: WRI report reveals pulp and paper companies infringe SEC rules
- Oct 5: WRI conference explores new businesses to transform global digital divide into dividends
- Sep 27: Latin American companies win competition for green business
- Sep 20: Pollution and waste increasing in five countries despite more efficient use of resources
- Sep 15: Landmark report urges new approach to stem widespread decline in world's ecosystems
- Sep 7: WRI welcomes U.S. support and satellite maps for new Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
- Aug 8: WRI applauds forest protection moves by Lowe's
- Jul 24: WRI launches new marine strategy
- Jul 20: WRI welcomes G8 summit’s calls for action to bridge global digital divide
- Jul 19: New WRI report warns of continuing destruction of Indonesia's forests unless new policies are adopted
- Jul 19: WRI urges G8 Summit to end destructive forest subsidies
- Jul 18: WRI urges G7 governments to stop undermining commitments to reduce climate change threats in developing countries
- Jun 15: Report shows Gabon’s dependence on exports of Okoumé for logging industry
- May 31: WRI report reveals export credit agencies fuel increases in greenhouse gases
- May 24: Market-based water quality management yields cleaner water at lower cost
- May 22: Global study reveals new warning signals: Degraded agricultural lands threaten world's food production capacity
- Apr 17: New report reveals widespread decline in world's ecosystems
- Mar 22: New report reveals World Bank can use its leverage to slow forest destruction
- Mar 9: WRI develops method that gives investors an edge in picking stocks
- Feb 29: Digital technology paints pictures of world’s forest under threat
- Feb 29: From pixels to forests: The technology behind Global Forest Watch
- Jan 20: WRI receives U.S. environmental education award
1999
- Oct 7: New study Beyond Grey Pinstripes: Preparing MBAs for Social and Environmental Stewardship finds some surprising educational innovators
- Sep 23: Millions of children in the world's largest cities are exposed to life-threatening air pollution
- Jun 11: Group announces collaboration to build an internationally accepted approach for measuring and reporting business greenhouse gases
- May 28: New report says developing countries' voluntary efforts to reduce CO2 emissions must be measured differently from industrialized countries
- Apr 27: Walking the talk: WRI announces commitment of zero net emissions of CO2 by 2005
- Apr 15: New "green" office welcomes WRI and the world: Working with its values -- Creating a better environment for people through smarter design
- Mar 11: WRI installs new management team
- Jan 29: WRI Launches Global Forest Watch
1998
- Oct 28: New report says that cultivating agricultural biodiversity is necessary for global food security
- Oct 27: Industrial leaders and environmental group announce actions to address climate change: automotive, agriculture, and energy companies propose emission reduction steps
- Oct 16: New WRI report says conventional measurement is misleading the climate change debate
- Sep 29: WRI elects three new board members; names William D. Ruckelshaus chairman of the board
- Sep 1: World Resources Institute hires new vice president of development and director of biological resources program
- Jul 22: Electronics industry reduces greenhouse gas emissions through innovations; plays constructive role in climate protection efforts
- Jun 23: New report indicates coral reefs worldwide are threatened by human activity
- Jun 15: Eight business school MBA programs recognized for business curricula and activities focusing on the environment
- May 1: New report on global health warns environmental degradation is contributing to preventable health threats worldwide
- Apr 1: Missing baby boys -- reduced ratio of male to female births in several industrial countries: A sentinel health indicator?
1997
- Dec 11: WRI president calls Kyoto Protocol a historic step for humankind
- Nov 19: New study says delays in climate policies will be costly
- Nov 7: Greenhouse gas emissions endanger the public's health today
- Jun 11: WRI report pinpoints source of conflicting predictions about costs of climate change
- Apr 7: New report challenges environmental efficiency of U.S. and other modern industrial economies
- Mar 4: First scientific assessment of condition of world's forests shows much more than tropical forests at risk
1996
- Sep 24: World Resources Institute announces merger with Management Institute for Environment and Business
- Sep 12: Independent study recommends forest policy reform to promote new sources of revenue in Guyana
- Apr 28: Farm subsidy cuts would benefit both farmers and environment, new study finds
- Apr 18: New report documents world urbanization trends and impacts
- Mar 1: Path-breaking WRI study reveals hidden public health risk from exposure to common pesticides
1995
- Nov 6: National Biodiversity Planning: Guidelines based on early experiences around the world
- Mar 9: New WRI report finds untapped opportunities hidden in shadows of conventional business accounting practices
1992
- Feb 11: International coalition offers innovative strategy to protect earth's biological variety
- Feb 11: Global biodiversity strategy builds on successful grassroots initiatives
1991
- Mar 19: WRI Report Shows Major Expansion of U.S. Efforts to Slow Down Extinction of Plants and Animals in Developing World Resources Institute
- Mar 4: Dr. Alvaro Umana Named International Fellow at World Resources Institute
- Jan 22: WRI Report Weighs Impact of U.S. Tree Planting on Threat of Global Warming
1990
- Dec 13: WRI Report Calls for Global Automotive Revolution to Protect Earth’s Atmosphere, Prevent Future “Persian Gulfs”
- Dec 5: Business Week and World Resources Institute Present Global Conference on Corporate Environmentalism
- Nov 5: Ban on Minerals Development in Antarctica Should Be Backed Up with Strengthened Treaty
- Nov 1: World Resources Institute Announces New Staff Appointments
- Nov 1: World Resources Institute Announces Election of Nine Board Members
- Jul 23: Resolution of Global Environmental Problems Requires Creative use of Existing Institutions
- Jul 10: International Convention, “TFAP” Reform Needed to Arrest Deforestation
- Jun 8: “Greenhouse Index” Reveals U.S. Number One in Global Warming but Developing Countries Already Play Major Role
- Jun 8: Environmental Progress in Latin America Hinges on Economic Recovery
- Jun 8: A Tragic Note on Tropical Forests: New Figures Show Devastating Losses
- Jun 8: Troubled Water: New Studies Show Perilous Decline in Freshwater and Coastal Water
- May 7: New World Resources Institute Report Calls for the Greening of Economic Growth in Industrialized Countries
- May 7: New World Resources Institute Associate Will Be Based in Japan
- Apr 25: Expert in International Organizations Will Head Special Project for World Resources Institute
- Apr 25: Top International Experts Disagree with White House on Global Warming
- Mar 19: Hammond Heads WRI Program in Resource and Environmental Information
- Feb 28: Better Management of Resources Could Alleviate Mexico’s Food Shortages
- Feb 16: World Resources Institute Names Intercultural Specialist to Work with Non-Governmental Group in Developing Countries
- Feb 16: Former CBO Economist Heads Climate Research Program at World Resources Institute
- Feb 9: Scientific Evidence from World Resources Institute Rebuts Federal Acid Rain Report
1989
- Oct 23: One Fourth of the World’s Plants and Animals Face Extinction Without Major Effort to Preserve Earth’s Diversity
- Oct 6: Former Administration Official and Business Executive Joins World Resources Institute
- Sep 27: Solar Hydrogen—A Replacement for Fossil Fuels
- Sep 22: Major Initiatives Urged to Offset Environmental Degradation in Developing Countries
- Sep 1: World Resources Institute Receives Grant from Digital Equipment Corporation
- May 24: WRI Report Cautions Policymakers about Exaggerated Measures of Economic Success
1988
1986
- Oct 2: Expensive New Water Projects Not Needed to Meet Western Water Needs, Says New Report
- May 1: Forest Decline Due to More Than Acid Rain, Says New Report on Resource Trends
- Apr 11: Bioenergy has potential to provide world energy needs, says World Resources Institute study