We know the climate and nature crises are deeply intertwined. Rampant forest and biodiversity loss is only accelerating climate change, and vice versa, creating dangerous feedback loops for people and the planet.

Yet when it comes to solutions, policymakers still treat these largely as separate issues.

Escaping this siloed thinking will be critical to setting the planet on a better trajectory. That’s where 2025 can change things. Opportunities this year can help the world finally start addressing climate and nature as the interrelated issues they are, accelerating progress toward a better future for everyone.

Letting New Year’s resolutions lapse might feel like a personal failing. But behavioral science shows why broken resolutions are as much a problem of the broader environment as they are our own willpower.

2024 saw political upheavals, devastating floods and fires, and another year of record heat. We examined how these effects are playing out at the local level — and how city leaders can address climate threats and local challenges, like housing and transit, together in the year ahead.

President-elect Donald Trump will undoubtedly roll back federal climate policy in the U.S. But we’ve been here before, and we know that progress is possible under a second Trump term. WRI experts lay out opportunities for U.S. climate action in 2025 and beyond.

From farm settlements in the Amazon to UN negotiating halls, WRI's top 15 articles of 2024 feature cutting-edge research and analysis on some of the world’s most pressing challenges — and promising solutions.