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Note to the reader: Confronting a New Reality, WRI’s new 2019-2020 Annual Report, lays out our early thinking about how to advance sustainable, inclusive development in the new world created by COVID-19. Our new 2019 Top Outcomes show how WRI turns ideas into action. As WRI’s President & CEO Andrew Steer writes in the annual report: “The pandemic reminds us that we are all more vulnerable than we thought … and that solving global problems requires global cooperation.” We thank our partners, friends and supporters who make our work possible!



Tackling Inequality in Cities Is Essential for Fighting COVID-19  

Billions of people face an impossible choice: Follow social distancing orders, or feed their families. WRI experts lay out strategies to reduce urban inequality while curbing the coronavirus. Read more.
 

More than 1 billion people live in slums and informal settlements in developing cities like Mumbai, India. Social distancing may be impossible for many of them. Photo by Adrian Catalan Lazar/iStockPhoto
The COVID-19 crisis could be a turning point for business. Photo by Cicero Group/Flickr

The Coronavirus Pandemic Could Give Business Leaders a Broader Mandate for Sustainability 

It may be instinctive to return to the status quo once we emerge from COVID-19, but that would be a mistake. Kevin Moss, WRI’s Director for Business, describes how new business models can help create more resilient societies and economies. Read more.

WEBINAR: Build Back Better: International Financial Institutions and COVID-19 

The IMF and World Bank are helping countries mitigate the economic impact of COVID-19, even while they confront and contain the virus. Join WRI Sustainable Finance Director Leo Martinez-Diaz and other experts on the eve of the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings to learn more.  And check out the recording of last week’s “Build Back Better” webinar, Shaping the U.S. Stimulus Package for Infrastructure.

Russia's draft long-term climate strategy misses the mark, but there's still time to strengthen its targets. Photo by Bart Slingerland/Wikimedia Commons.

Analyzing Russia’s New Long-Term Strategy 

Russia’s proposed climate strategy would actually increase emissions through 2050. Katherine Ross details the climate action needed from world’s fourth-largest greenhouse gas emitter. Read more.


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