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• ABC Radio National: ‘Dismay’ at Australia’s emission targets – Interview with Jennifer Morgan
• Equity in an International Climate Agreement: Lessons from Other Multilateral Regimes
• Is Adaptation Short-Changed? The Imbalance in Climate Finance Commitments
• 3 Ways to Make Progress on Climate Finance at COP 19
• 3 Lessons for Long-Term Climate Finance
• 4 Things Germany and Partners Can Do to Strengthen the International Renewable Energy Club
• Loss and Damage: Elements for Successful Negotiations at COP 19 in Warsaw
• Looking in the Pipes of Climate Adaptation Finance
• 5 Issues to Watch at COP 19, the “Construction COP”
• Q&A: How Do We Secure a Strong, International Climate Agreement by 2015?
• WRI at the COP 19 Climate Negotiations in Warsaw
Water Risks on the Rise for Three Global Energy Production Hot Spots. A new Wood MacKenzie report, supported by data and analysis from WRI’s Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas, surveyed water risks among the world’s top energy-producing regions. They found that three energy sectors face particularly high water risks: shale gas in the United States, coal production and coal-fired power in China, and crude oil in the Middle East.
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New High-Resolution Forest Maps Reveal World Loses 50 Soccer Fields of Trees Per Minute. A new Science paper provides the first high-resolution, global picture of annual forest cover change over the period 2000 to 2012. Prior to this research, the world lacked up-to-date, globally consistent forest data. Three key findings emerge from the new maps – and they point to solutions policymakers can pursue now.
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Unabated Coal Use Will Break World’s “Carbon Budget”. The world’s “fossil fuel budget” holds the most significant implications for coal. It’s time to start moving away from unabated coal use and start transitioning to a low-carbon economy.
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Adapting to Climate Change: The Private Sector’s Role. Proactive private companies are beginning to address climate change in their investments and business planning.
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Greater Expectations: 3 Actions for Companies to Take on Climate Policy. A region that collectively represents the fifth-largest economy in the world recently launched a new effort to address climate change – with the backing of business. So how can companies help secure meaningful action on climate change in a consistent and transparent manner? A new guide outlines ways businesses can responsibly engage in climate policy.
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Designing “Measurable” Post-2020 Emissions Reduction Commitments. New wri analysis focuses on how to maximize emissions and emissions reductions “measurability” and aims to shed light on how countries can most effectively design their mitigation commitments accordingly.
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Do We Need a Standard to Calculate “Avoided Emissions”? Take the GHG Protocol survey to assess the need for a new standard to help companies quantify and report the “avoided emissions” of goods and services that contribute to a low-carbon economy. The survey is open to all interested parties through to 11 December 2013.
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Shedding Light on Land Tenure in Africa. Land and natural resources lie at the heart of social, political, and economic life in much of rural africa. The Focus on Land in africa (FOLA) website is designed to provide easy-to-understand information and resources on land and natural resource rights.
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Equatorial Guinea Increases Protected Forests by 63 Percent, Shows New Atlas.As the first source of open data for the country’s forest sector, the Interactive Forest Atlas of Equatorial Guinea Version 1.0 reveals some encouraging findings: Equatorial Guinea’s forest management has improved in recent years, with protected areas significantly increasing and forest concessions decreasing.
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• Español: Las áreas protegidas en Guinea Ecuatorial se incrementaron en un 60 por ciento, según nuevo Atlas
• Francais: La superficie des aires protégées a augmenté de 63% en Guinée Équatoriale, révèle le nouvel Atlas Forestier 
5 Ways Illinois Can Reduce Power Plant Emissions. New wri analysis finds that Illinois can reduce its CO2 emissions 35 percent below 2011 levels by 2020 just by complying with current policies and taking advantage of existing infrastructure.
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