WRI in the news

A selection of links to online news stories, features and commentaries highlighting the activities of World Resources Institute. Links to sites listed here and elsewhere do not indicate endorsement of content or work program of host organization.

• A Dated Carbon Approach (July 10, 2006)
  Sebastian Mallaby consulted with EMBARQ staff and mentions sustainable transportation efforts in Mexico City.
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/09/AR2006070900537.html

• Smart money eyes climate change (July 10, 2006)
  While no one is certain of the future effects of global warming, many businesses are already placing their bets.
  http://news.com.com/Smart+money+eyes+climate+change/2100-11746_3-6091772.html?tag=nefd.lede

• Facing global challenges while turning a profit (July 7, 2006)
  Many companies and investors now recognize the value of combining commerce and social development.
  http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/07/07/yourmoney/mthreat.php

• Companies and Critics Try Collaboration (May 17, 2006)
  Environmental groups still wield the threat of public criticism, boycotts and lawsuits. But they are also willing to collaborate and give pats on the back.
  http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/17/business/businessspecial2/17partner.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

• Lee Schipper's attitude to Auckland's traffic problem hardened after a trip to the airport in the after-school rush (May 5, 2006)
  Matthew Dearnaley, The New Zealand Herald
  "No time to waste" in battle over congestion.
  http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10380180

• Remaking the world for the 21 century: Computer guru warns how environment changes may alter civilization for the next 100 years (April 30, 2006)
  The problems of climate change and global warming go beyond concerns about food production to the issues of drinking water and flood control.
  http://news.newstimeslive.com/story.php?id=83402

• Public to get more access to environment policies (April 29, 2006)
  Indonesia will be the first nation in Southeast Asia, and to join the international Partnership for Principle 10 (PP10) initiative.
  http://www.thejakartapost.com/yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20060429.C03

• The New York Times "The Greenest Generation" (April 21, 2006)
  Thomas Friedman calls on colleges to reduce their carbon emissions to zero.
  http://select.nytimes.com/2006/04/21/opinion/21friedman.html?_r=1

• Al Gore on capitalism and sustainability (April 4, 2006)
  WRI Board member Al Gore, with co-author David Blood, addresses the question "When will companies start accounting for environmental costs."
  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/04/04/EDGNSGUAGI1.DTL

• Kofi Annan Awarded top Zayed Prize for Global Environmental Leadership (December 19, 2005)
  Ms. Angela Cropper, Mr. Emil Salim, and the experts of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment also received awards for their work.
  http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=463&ArticleID=5063&l=en

• Study shows potential reef trouble spots in Virgin Islands (November 29, 2005)
  Lynn Freehill
  Highlights Lauretta Burke's Reefs at Risk findings that focus on key areas in the U.S. Virgin Islands where soil erosion could destroy coral reefs.
  http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article_home?id=11011313

• WRI participates in beta version of Google Base (November 16, 2005)
  WRI was selected as a content contributor in the beta test of an ambitious new Google service that facilitates uploads of database and web site information directly to a publicly searchable database.
  http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-11-16-google-base_x.htm

• NextBillion.net selected as an "editor's pick" in BusinessWeek's Best of the New Web (October 28, 2005)
  Under the category "Giving Back," NextBillion.net shares space with DonorsChoose.org, Omidyar.net, OneWorld.net, and WorldChanging.
  http://www.businessweek.com/technology/bestof/editorpicks.htm

• Bill Clinton awards EMBARQ for its work on emissions reductions through sustainable urban mobility (October 17, 2005)
  Former President Bill Clinton commended the work of EMBARQ's partnership with the city of Porto Alegre, Brazil.
  http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/pdf/transcripts/plenary/cgi_09_17_05_plenary_5.pdf

• What's it worth? (October 12, 2005)
  John Vidal
  Evidence is growing that countries which abuse nature are getting poorer. John Vidal reports on the new economics of ecological capital that is overturning traditional ways of calculating wealth.
  http://society.guardian.co.uk/societyguardian/story/0,,1589591,00.html

• Ranking the rich 2005 (September 12, 2005)
  WRI contributed the environmental component to the Center for Global Development's Commitment to Development Index described in Foreign Policy.
  http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3221

• Ecology is key to effective aid, UN told (September 8, 2005)
  Jim Giles
  Report recommends local management of natural resources. Article from Nature magazine.
  http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v437/n7056/full/437180a.html

• Environment key to helping poor (August 31, 2005)
  Richard Black, BBC News website environment correspondent, highlights the findings of World Resources 2005.
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4199138.stm

• Industry lured by the gains of going green (July 14, 2005)
  Virginia Gewin
  Global report highlights how ecology and the environment affect business.
  http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v436/n7048/full/436173a.html

• The issue that won't go away (July 13, 2005)
  Jonathan Pershing and Rob Bradley
  Bush finally may have gotten the point at Gleneagles: The only way to get climate change off the agenda is to solve it.
  http://www.tompaine.com/articles/20050713/the_issue_that_wont_go_away.php

• Former Vice President Al Gore honors EMBARQ at World Environment Day dinner (June 5, 2005)
  WRI Board Member, Al Gore, was the keynote speaker at the World Environment Day dinner titled "Sustainable Transport for Sustainable Cities".
  http://www.planetsave.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5924&Itemid=1

• WRI's Luiz Ros and IFC-PENSA's Chris Richards join forces to create New Ventures Indonesia (June 1, 2005)
  New Ventures is a business accelerator that supports the growth of entrepreneurs and small/medium enterprises that are developing environmentally sustainable goods or services.
  http://www.new-ventures.org/

• WRI President Jonathan Lash named one of the world's "100 Most Influential People in Finance" by Treasury and Risk Management magazine (June 3, 2005)
  Mr. Lash is the only leader of a non-profit environmental organization ever to make that list. Pat Wechsler, editorial director of the highly respected magazine, commented that Mr. Lash and WRI represent a "vision of the future".
  http://www.treasuryandrisk.com/issues/2005_06/careers/416-1.html

• Are we cooked yet? (June 3, 2005)
  WRI's Andrew Aulisi quoted in Treasury and Risk Management magazine, in a major article on investor risk and climate change.
  http://www.treasuryandrisk.com/issues/2005_06/coverstory/415-1.html

• WRI, CEI experts discuss green lending -- banking and the environment (May 12, 2005)
  John Sohn, World Resources Institute senior associate, and Competitive Enterprise Institute senior fellow Marlo Lewis discuss lending and the environment, what's working and what's good business.
  http://www.eande.tv/main/?date=051205

• WRI President Jonathan Lash joins GE Chairman and CEO to announce Ecomagination (May 9, 2005)
  WRI was involved in a series of events with General Electric during which GE, the world's largest corporation, unveiled a major initiative on energy efficiency and reduction of carbon dioxide emissions.
  

• Go Canada (OpEd) (April 22, 2005)
  Andrew Aulisi and Jonathan Pershing
  The seemingly narrow divide between the United States and Canada masks many profound differences in how these countries view the world.
  http://www.tompaine.com/articles/go_canada.php

• Jonathan Lash discusses the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and its critics (April 8, 2005)
  WRI President Jonathan Lash and World Bank chief scientist Robert Watson join OnPoint to discuss the ecosystem assessment and its critics, the media's coverage of climate change reports, and ending subsidies for agriculture and fisheries.
  http://www.eande.tv/main/?date=040805

• Raiding The Earth's Trust Fund (OpEd) (March 31, 2005)
  Janet Ranganathan
  Janet Ranganathan of the World Resources Institute says two-thirds of the planet's resources—the principal—have been consumed. Business as usual is not only irresponsible, it is now impossible.
  http://www.tompaine.com/articles/raiding_the_earths_trust_fund.php?dateid=20050331