#FridayFeels featuring the fifth video in our #MangroveGuardians series.

Try not to smile watching the inspirational stories of these local leaders protecting the world's fourth-largest #mangrove area and more than $1 trillion in benefits for #Mexico : bit.ly/49eGxCf

NEW 5 point plan for the next generation of #NDCs from @wriclimate:

🏭Set emissions-reduction targets
🎯 Accelerate systemwide transformations
💪 Build resilience
💰 Spur investment and strengthen governance
👥 Put people at the center

More Info▶️ bit.ly/3WigtmW

“There’s a real opportunity in green industrialization,” said Wanjira Mathai 🌱

Making meaningful investments in #Africa is critical for its people to cope with impacts of #climatecrisis .

Full article from The Guardian ➡️ bit.ly/3UfmXk2 🌍

On #ArborDay , let's appreciate forests' roles in sustaining our #cities . Forests...

🌳🌇 Assist with stormwater management
🌲💧 Protect city water supplies
🌧️🌎 Drive rainfall regionally + globally

Let's work together to grow more trees in our cities!🌳 bit.ly/49X5Cls

🌳 Did you know #ArborDay is celebrated on different dates worldwide?

Regardless of when it falls, the efforts to restore & protect our forests are crucial.

Learn about some of the vital benefits of forests: bit.ly/43HkZwM

🗺️Meta, World Resources Inst & Land & Carbon Lab have launched the first #AI -powered, 1-meter resolution global map of tree canopy height🌳

The model & data are made free & available to advance open source monitoring & improve our ability to adapt to #climatechange .

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Adel Guitouni, Associate Professor of Business at the UVic Gustavson School of Business, explains how corporations outsourcing supply chains activities means that us that it’s society and the environment pay the ultimate price.

Episode 2 of Voices on Supply Chains: bit.ly/4bcauEB

Forests generate water🌳💧 #Water produces food. See how #GenerationRestoration farmers in #Mexico protect the supply of both thanks to an innovative payment for ecosystem services program, created by
CONAFOR and the Climate Solutions Partnership: bit.ly/4d2C5d4

'If you look at it on a global scale SMEs are incredibly important in terms of emissions. So, by pushing SMEs to the back of the queue, you don't give them much time to prepare or change.'

🎙️ Episode 2 of World Resources Inst Voices on Supply Chains Podcast is out now, featuring…

Growing urban populations and increases in vehicles, cities are poised to experience more harmful #pollution threatening people’s health and livelihoods🌇

Some cities around the world are turning to an emerging solution called zero-emission zones🚫💨👉 bit.ly/3UwcaDm

The interest of #GHG accounting has grown exponentially in the past few years, as this disclosure is a critical climate change mitigation and accountability tool.

6 questions about this rapidly evolving field, answered: bit.ly/4a0lq7o

Today the U.S. EPA finalized strong new pollution standards for new and existing power plants, which will result in unprecedented reductions in #GHG emissions as part of the Biden administration’s whole-of-government approach to tackling the #ClimateCrisis .

bit.ly/3JyaaUH

The U.S. just made one of its biggest investments in bringing clean energy to the communities that need it most🌎

Learn More👇 wri.org/insights/clean…

🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨

$1 BILLION is now available through U.S. EPA’s Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicle Program – and #ElectricSchoolBuses are eligible!

Read our statement to learn how school districts can access this historic funding ⬇ electricschoolbusinitiative.org/statement-epa-…

📣Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency launched its new 2024 Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Grant Program, designed to help transition heavy-duty vehicles – including school buses and trucks – to zero-emission models🚍

🗨️Sue Gander, Director of WRI’s The Electric School Bus Initiative says,…

#California has a legal requirement to cut 85% of its emissions by 2045🚫🏭

What happens to the thousands of workers, families and communities who rely on the state’s #oil refineries for jobs and tax revenues? Find out here👉 bit.ly/3UwWIGQ

In an era of record-breaking temperatures, #ACT2025 has launched a comprehensive go-to-guide on #GlobalAdaptation that examines the outcomes of #COP28 , and sets expectations on what is needed at #COP29 🌎

Take a look the research ➡ bit.ly/49OIV31

Creating #chocolate has the potential to do so much more than be an end-of-meal indulgence🍫

Approximately 75% of the cacao pod is discarded during the cultivation, harvesting and consumption of #cocoa beans🫘

Learn more⬇️ wri.org/insights/hidde…