The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) newest report offers a clear message: this is our make-or-break decade. In a new article, Kelly Levin and WRI co-authors unpack the five big things you need to know about the report. The big take-away: limiting average temperature increases to 1.5 degrees C by 2100 is still within reach but will require rapid, transformational change. Governments, businesses and investors must act now. Read more.

Resource-poor communities around the world are disproportionately hurt by climate change impacts. The agricultural sector in sub-Saharan Africa, which is dominated by small producers and subsistence farming, is especially vulnerable. A new episode of WRI’s Big Ideas into Action Podcast explores how agricultural adaptation and digital technology can transform not just the lives of farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, but the lives of hundreds of millions of farmers globally. Listen now.

Next week — August 23-27 — is World Water Week, the leading annual conference on global water issues. With a theme of “Building Resilience Faster,” this year’s virtual conference will focus on the actions needed to meet the Sustainable Development Goals and cut carbon emissions. WRI experts join experts from the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and others around the world to share their latest insights on water stewardship, nature-based solutions, water resilience and more. Register today.