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🌡️ Reaching net zero can stop global temperatures from continuing to rise. But, bringing them back down after exceeding 1.5°C will require sustained net-negative CO2 emissions.
Learn what it will take to get there in our latest Insights article: bit.ly/4y9iMbh
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⚙️ Long-term climate plans that hold through energy shocks, budget fights and changes of government. What does that take?
India, Ethiopia, South Africa, Australia and France offer some answers in our new WRI article: bit.ly/4s2ViTG
🏦 As our research associate @caryneun explains, with combined assets of approximately $20 trillion, the national development banks (#NDBs) have massive potential to catalyze #GreenTransformation within their countries.
Learn more: bit.ly/3Ipb9Jr
📈 Climate planning is economic planning.
Long-term strategies can help governments align policy, attract investment and stay on course through economic, political and energy shocks. Read the 2050 is Now communique on why #COP31 should make them the norm: bit.ly/4hZRfD0
💰 More development finance alone isn't enough. How it's used matters.
WRI's Melanie Robinson explains how the World Bank can unlock investment, support policy reforms and direct finance where it's needed most.
Read more: bit.ly/4yQL1wF
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What works, what doesn’t, and what could a more strategic approach to climate diplomacy look like?
Leading experts weigh in as part of @WRIClimate’s new Climate Diplomacy in a Messy World series: bit.ly/4xBPMcX
🌐 The #ParisAgreement was never designed to solve climate change on its own.
It provides a framework for countries to strengthen climate commitments, track progress and cooperate toward long-term climate goals.
What can Paris achieve? bit.ly/46g8lXU
What will it take to finance a just transition away from fossil fuels? 💰
New WRI conference proceedings highlight 9 takeaways for turning ambition into action across the financial system.
Read more: bit.ly/4xbif87
What does crossing 1.5°C really mean for our planet, our economies, and our lives? And why is it still possible to change course?
Watch this quick explainer — then dive deeper into the data and pathways forward. Read the full breakdown: go.wri.org/criticalwarming #WRIExplains
🏦 What does it take for public finance to drive transformational change?
A new study co-authored by WRI’s Nick Robins, explores the role of public development banks in driving systemic climate action.
Read the full study: bit.ly/3U2MWip
💡 The UN Secretary-General’s Climate Summit brought leaders together to advance climate ambition, finance and adaptation.
As the summit concludes, WRI President & CEO Ani Dasgupta outlines what must come next.
Read the full statement: bit.ly/3TidyvC
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Yesterday, the UN Secretary-General's Climate Summit brought together government leaders, development banks, businesses & civil society.
In his powerful speech, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged countries to transition away from fossil fuels.
Read the statement from WRI's President & CEO Ani Dasgupta: bit.ly/4yOH2jE
A group representing about 40% of US healthcare procurement launches principles for sustainable AI procurement, scoring vendors on 10 questions aimed at understanding AI's environmental and health impacts.
practicegreenhealth.org/reso…
Signs increasingly suggest Hormuz shock will permanently reduce demand for O&G.
“We’ve only started to see over the summer more and more incidences of countries saying, ‘OK, well, how do we advance EVs in our country?’” - @JosephMajkut , @CSISEnergy
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We're excited to publish "What is transformational finance?" with @I4CE_.
We went through existing definitions, clarified the concepts that connect them, and identify learnings for making finance transformational.
Read & let us know what you think!👇📝
i4ce.org/en/publication/tran…
One week from today: WRI Senior Director for Finance & Private Sector Nick Robins will be talking with reps from Marshall Islands, @PastCoal and @IISD_news about early solutions for financing a transition away from fossil fuels.
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Spurred by the Santa Marta movement, Germany releases a Fossil Fuel Transition Roadmap to phase out oil, coal and gas by 2045 -- a huge step for one of the world's major economies.
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In the past four years, two major energy shocks caused by geopolitical crises have exposed the far-reaching economic, security and humanitarian consequences of our continued reliance on fossil fuels. The case for the clean energy transition has never been clearer.
That's one of the key findings of the 10th edition of The Sustainability Trends Report, released by Generation Investment Management, which I chair.
Check out the report to learn more.
str2026.generationim.com
The massive French public financial institution Caisse des Dépôts will stop buying bonds issued by oil-producing companies, a "significant step" that still leaves gas funding intact.
reclaimfinance.org/site/en/2…
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Global investments in clean energy technologies fell by 17% to $770 billion in early 2026, driven primarily by a slowdown in clean tech manufacturing investment in China, despite stable or expanding investments in the US, Europe, and India.
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