WRI U.S. Director Dan Lashof names three principles to guide renewed U.S. climate action—inclusive prosperity, follow the carbon, and all hands on deck—and ten priorities. Top priority: commit to cut total greenhouse gas emissions 45-50% by 2030. “It will be a monumental task for the Biden administration to undo the damage from the Trump administration and catapult the country forward,” Lashof writes. “Biden will have an historic opportunity that will not come again.” Read More.

Energy access is essential for economic development, health and education. Yet 800 million people around the world lack access to reliable electricity. Four WRI experts describe new solutions we are helping to pioneer in India and East Africa. Plus, learn how improved energy access can aid COVID-19 vaccine distribution in a new “Big Ideas into Action” podcast hosted by Nicholas Walton. Read more.

There are affordable, feasible solutions to pollution, population growth and other mounting threats facing coastal ecosystems, according to new research from the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy. Harnessing the power of nature by restoring and protecting reefs, wetlands and mangroves could provide flood protection and other benefits worth more than $65 billion a year. Read more.