New data from WRI’s Aqueduct water risk platform shows that one-quarter of world’s population lives in nations where competition for water is high. Read more.

Primary forests store more carbon than other kinds of forests and are irreplaceable for biodiversity. Data on the Global Forest Watch platform reveals that the world lost 3.6 million hectares of these invaluable ecosystems in 2018 alone. Read more.

Misconceptions about beef’s environmental impact abound. Using research from the World Resources Report and other sources, WRI separates fact from fiction. Read more.

One garbage truck of clothes is burned or sent to landfills every second. WRI researchers explore how buying, wearing and quickly discarding clothes harms people and the planet. Read more.

Most climate change discussions focus on energy, industry and transport. A new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) shows that land is critically important, too—as a source of emissions and a solution. Read more.

More and more countries are committing to reach net-zero emissions. WRI researchers unpack what the term really means, and why net-zero goals are so important. Read more.

Despite a surge of regulation, single-use plastics continue to make their way into the ocean. Research from WRI and UN Environment pinpoints five reasons why. Read more.

Chennai, India nearly ran out of water in June, joining cities like Cape Town and São Paulo in approaching a “Day Zero” crisis. WRI experts say the problem wasn’t lack of water, but lack of management. Read more.

WRI research finds that hundreds of cities in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia are growing horizontally rather than vertically,, sprawling in ways that exacerbates inequality and creates economic and environmental risks. Read more.

Coal, oil and gas still account for 80% of global energy consumption. The New Climate Economy report identifies ways to cost-effectively transition to a clean energy future. Read more.

WRI's Green Targets Tool shows that only half of the world's largest private-sector banks have made a sustainable finance commitment — and the targets vary considerably. Read more.

The world can feed nearly 10 billion people by 2050 while advancing economic development, protecting forests and curbing climate change. Technological innovations like plant-based "beef" and low-emissions rice can help, according to the World Resources Report. Read more.