Nearly $1 BILLION in EPA Clean School Bus Program rebate funding is available RIGHT NOW for communities interested in a #CleanRide4Kids. 🚍⚡ Click the link below to find out how to apply ⬇ https://bit.ly/47XnKMK
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The world faces multiple, simultaneous crises. Widening inequality and economic turmoil threaten communities around the globe. Biodiversity is declining. The impacts of climate change — from extreme heat to destructive floods — are becoming ever-more threatening. While the transition to a better future has begun, it’s not yet happening at the speed and scale necessary. What the world needs is a great transition. And WRI has the research, partnerships and global reach to help get it right. We envision a new era in which the world can meet people’s needs while curbing climate change and protecting nature. We see a future where everyone can enjoy clean air, walkable cities, vibrant landscapes, nutritious food and affordable energy. Ecosystems are thriving. The climate is stable. We start with rigorous research, work with partners to apply evidence-based approaches globally and in focus countries, and broadly share lessons learned to create systemic change around the world.
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School buses are a vital resource for 20 million kids across the country — but a ride to school often brings along a toxic passenger: diesel fuel exhaust. Diesel exhaust pollution is not only a greenhouse gas contributing to climate change, but also a known carcinogen linked to childhood asthma, negative cognitive impacts, and other health risks. That’s why the Bezos Earth Fund has partnered with World Resources Institute on a bold initiative to replace every diesel school bus in the U.S. with one that runs on electricity with zero emissions. Our goal is to completely electrify the nation’s school bus fleet. Learn why electric school buses are the cleanest and greenest choice for our kids and our planet: https://lnkd.in/gjyNXwft WRI Electric School Bus Initiative #ElectricSchoolBuses #ElectricSchoolBus #CleanRide4Kids #CleanTransportation #ZeroEmissions #SustainableTransport #ClimateAction #Sustainability #Innovation #CleanEnergy #ClimateChange
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Impactful sectors like air travel and food are often overlooked in national #climate commitments🌎 Our analysis reveals a mismatch between the practices included in #NDCs and their potential impact on emissions reduction. Specifically, food-related behaviors and reducing air travel — despite their high emissions reduction potential — are among the least-addressed in NDCs. The potential of food-related behaviors is particularly striking. A 2018 study in Science found that moving to a plant-based diet could reduce food-related emissions by up to 73%. However, among the 20 national climate commitments we evaluated, only the UK explicitly mentions promoting sustainable diets. Policies to reduce air travel, meanwhile, are absent from all the NDCs we analyzed. This is a missed opportunity since aviation accounts for about 2.5% of global #carbondioxideemissions and is one of the fastest-growing sources of emissions. Policy remedies do exist: While not part of France’s NDC, the country’s 2023 ban on short-haul flights where a rail alternative under two and a half hours exists is an example that others might follow. Find out more significant opportunities for action👉 https://bit.ly/47VoBNZ
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🌿💡 WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities brought #PrizeforCities finalists together during #ClimateWeekNYC for an intensive knowledge-sharing practitioner workshop at Yale University. This event, part of our exciting new partnership with Yale School of the Environment's Hixon Center for Urban Sustainability, was a melting pot of bold ideas and innovative solutions from changemakers across the globe. From discussing urban climate resilience strategies to exploring innovative waste management solutions, the astonishing breadth of expertise, experiences and insights shared by our Prize finalists was truly inspiring. It's this global exchange of ideas across borders and disciplines that fuels innovation and can drive real change! 🤝 A huge thank you to all workshop participants, and to our partners at the Hixon Center for making this collaboration possible. Stay tuned for key learnings and outcomes from this transformative event! 🗞️
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Brazilians are currently living in a dystopian landscape🔥 Preliminary analyses by WRI’s Global Forest Watch initiative show that the current fires season in Brazil is the worst in at least a decade, with more than 47,000 high-confidence fire alerts from the beginning of the year through Sept. 16, 2024. Learn more▶️ https://bit.ly/4eba96O #forestfire #treecoverloss #deforestation #brazil #climatechange
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Nature is disappearing at a terrifying rate🌱📉 ⚽In 2023, the world lost 10 football (soccer) fields' worth of tropical forest per minute. Leaders should aim to drive progress in five key areas: 🌏 Deliver strong and equitable National Biodiversity Plans 💧 Mainstream nature in policies on food and water 💰Provide more finance and incentives to support nature and biodiversity goals 🗺️Recognize the land rights and the authority of Indigenous Peoples and other frontline communities 🎯Effectively measure and track progress toward global targets More on these 🔑 areas▶️ https://bit.ly/3Bs7BTy #COP16 #biodiversity #nature #sustainability #climatechange
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Globally, around 4 billion people — 50% of the world’s population — are exposed to extremely high #WaterStress at least one month a year. By 2050, that number could be closer to 60%💧📈 💭What’s causing global water stress? Across the world, demand for water is exceeding what’s available. Globally, demand has more than doubled since 1960. Increased water demand is often the result of growing populations and industries like: 🚿 Irrigated agriculture 🐮Livestock 🔋Energy production 🏭Manufacturing 👉Meanwhile, lack of investment in water infrastructure, unsustainable water use policies or increased variability due to climate change can all affect the available water supply. 👉Water stress, the ratio of water demand to renewable supply, measures the competition over local water resources. The smaller the gap between supply and demand, the more vulnerable a place is to water shortages. A country facing “extreme water stress” means it is using at least 80% of its available supply, “high water stress” means it is withdrawing 40% of its supply. More on the analysis from WRI Water ▶️ https://bit.ly/43vOXnr #waterstress #drought #watercrisis #climatecrisis #water #climatechange #climatedisasters #heat #heatwave #globalwarming #environment #sustainability
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Next spring, countries are required to put forward stronger national climate commitments (#NDCs) under the Paris Agreement. These plans are critical to limiting global warming to 1.5°C. New WRI Climate research published today finds that in their previous commitments, major emitters didn’t take full advantage of a powerful tool to rapidly drive down emissions – promoting pro-climate behavior changes. The paper finds that only a few of the world’s highest-emitting nations are using their NDCs to induce pro-climate behavior changes. Of nine critical behaviors analyzed, only three are consistently addressed by at least half of these countries: encouraging electric or hybrid vehicle purchases, encouraging public transport use and reducing household energy use. Alarmingly, high-impact shifts such as decreasing air travel were missing from all 20 major emitters’ NDCs, while only the United Kingdom mentioned shifting to more sustainable diets. Read the full paper here: https://bit.ly/47VoBNZ
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#LatinAmerica is rarely cited as a #renewableenergy leader, but the region is a hot bed for #cleanenergy innovation as Javier Bustos from ACENOR AG explained on our Clean Energy Ministerial preview #podcast: https://bit.ly/4gIXJop