A new WRI working paper shows how U.S. cities and other local governments can use wholesale energy markets to accelerate regional decarbonization and boost renewable energy use. The research supports a growing movement among U.S. city and local governments to utilize wholesale markets to address the climate emergency. Read More.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has a new CEO. Who cares? The powerful lobbying group has been a big booster of the fossil fuel industry for decades, but new leadership can bring a fresh approach. In an op-ed published in The Hill, a news outlet widely read by U.S. policymakers, WRI’s Center for Sustainable Business Director Kevin Moss names four ways the Chamber can promote climate action. Read more.

A quarter of all people live in countries that face extremely high water stress. The number of people affected by floods will double in the next decade. Yet these and other problems can be solved. WRI’s highlights more than a dozen tools and other resources for World Water Day, including the Water Risk Atlas, Country Rankings, Aqueduct Flood and and our latest water-risk tool, Aqueduct Food, offering sub-national data on water and agriculture. Read more.