Multimedia

• Podcast (mp3): "Climate Comment: Poznan Prognosis." Jonathan Pershing discusses expectations for the upcoming COP-14 conference in Poznan, Poland (23181 KB)

• Podcast (mp3): "What the Latest Global Warming Science Means." The UN's recent science summary from the 4th Assessment Report is getting a lot of attention. Looking for a balanced discussion? Experts from WRI and the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) look at both sides. (8203 KB)

• Audio file (mp3): "Jonathan Lash Testimony Before Senate EPW Committee." WRI President Jonathan Lash testified before the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee on the need for mandatory U.S. legislation to address climate change. (3096 KB)

	World Resources 2005 case study slide shows. Audio Slide Shows presenting case studies -- on India, Fiji, and Namibia -- from the World Resources 2005, with an introduction by WRI president Jonathan Lash.

• Podcast (mp3): "Jonathan Pershing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources." WRI's Climate, Energy and Pollution Program Director Jonathan Pershing recently addressed the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources during its 'Climate Conference' about the best path forward for U.S. trading of greenhouse gas emissions (3031 KB)

• Online application: "Carbon Footprint Calculator." The SafeClimate carbon footprint calculator allows you to determine carbon dioxide emissions from major sources: home energy consumption and transportation by car and plane.

• Podcast (mp3): "Environmental stories to watch in 2006." On December 14, 2005, World Resources Institute President Jonathan Lash held his annual press briefing at the National Press Club. He discussed the environmental issues of 2005 and outlined the stories to watch in 2006. (28807 KB)

• Audio file (mp3): "Critical Environmental Issues for 2005." What's coming up in 2005 for global warming, ecosystems, poverty and the environment? Audio from National Press Club briefing by Jonathan Lash. (93930 KB)

• Online application: "Last frontier forests: Ecosystems and economies on the edge." Interactive forest maps online (frames).

• Online application: "Watersheds of the World_CD." Provides an analysis of the state of the world’s river basins, including the environmental goods and services they provide. PDF profiles with maps, data, and indicators for 154 of the world's largest basins are available online.

• Winamp media file (WAV): "World Resources 2002-2004 -- Radio interview with WRI President Jonathan Lash (Newsfeed; July 2003)." More than ten years after the Rio Earth Summit, environmental problems are getting worse throughout much of the world. Lash says that the solution lies in informing and empowering people to make decisions about the environment. (5245 KB)

• RealMedia (including SMIL): "Thinking long term: Confronting global climate change."

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