Ben Welle, WRI Director of Integrated Transport & Innovation, shares the five key findings of a new WRI working paper on how to shape a greener, more equitable COVID-19 recovery through transport. Among the recommendations: stabilize public transportation, double down on active transport (walking and biking) and electrify vehicles. Read more.

Corporate climate action in the United States has accelerated over the past decade. However, many companies have yet to include climate action as a central tenet of their government affairs agenda. What’s holding them back? A new working paper by Amy Meyer and Eliot Metzger identifies seven barriers that prevent U.S. companies from advocating for climate action at the federal level and shows corporate leaders who want to do the right thing how to overcome them. Read more. 

Charcoal is the main cooking fuel in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and charcoal production provides livelihoods for hundreds of thousands of people. It is also a major driver of deforestation. Angel Cibemba, a WRI Africa communications specialist, tells how WRI Africa staff are mapping charcoal industry stakeholders and fostering dialogues to improve governance in the nation’s charcoal supply chain. Read more.