World Resources Institute
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- Website
- http://www.wri.org/
- Description
- The World Resources Institute (WRI) focuses on the intersection of the environment and socio-economic development. We go beyond research to put ideas into action, working globally with governments, business, and civil society to build transformative solutions that protect the earth and improve people’s lives.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2022-09-15 02:58
- last episode published
- 2022-09-14 10:00
- publication frequency
- 19.21 days
- Contributors
- Dockercast
- Owner
- World Resources Institute
- Author
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 133
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Science & Medicine
Recommendations
Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2022-09-14 |
Big Ideas Into Action #59: 40 years of climate action at WRI The World Resources Institute is now 40 years old, but how have the world's climate challenges changed in that time? And how has WRI evolved to meet them? In this podcast, Ani Dasgupta talks about 4 decades of climate action, about technology, growin... |
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| 2022-08-25 |
Big Ideas Into Action #58: Iraq and the Water Peace and Security Quarterly Update Is it possible to predict conflict? That's what the Water, Peace and Security Partnership's machine learning early warning tool sets out to do. Four times a year the predictions are analyzed and turned into a quarterly report. In this third WPS quarte... |
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| 2022-08-22 |
WRI Big Ideas Into Action #57: international implications of the Inflation Reduction Act The Inflation Reduction Act that has been signed into law by President Biden is seen as good news for US efforts to combat climate change. But what are the international implications of the Act? In this short podcast the President of WRI, Ani Dasgupt... |
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| 2022-07-06 | Some cases of just transition are obvious - such as finding replacement jobs and taxation money when a local coal-fired power station closes down. But as we transition towards a low-carbon economy some other impacts on livelihoods and communities may n... |
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| 2022-06-30 |
WRI Big Ideas Into Action #55: Just Transition in the United States When a coal-fired power station near the US-Canada border closed, what happened to the local community, shorn of its jobs and the healthy tax revenues that it brought in? As the world shifts toward renewable energy we need to grasp the challenges that ... |
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| 2022-06-28 | What happens to the workers and communities connected to an Australian coal-fired power station when it is closed down? As the world shifts towards renewable energy more fossil fuel-fired power stations will close down. Learning from what's happened in... |
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| 2022-06-23 | It’s one of the thorniest issues in the shift to low carbon economies – what happens to those whose lives, livelihoods and communities are left behind as we move away from fossil fuels. To help examine these transitions we've put together a podcast min... |
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| 2022-06-16 |
Big Ideas Into Action #52: solutions to the African food crisis caused by the Ukraine War How has Africa been affected by the growing food crisis sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine? In this podcast we hear from three experts, their analysis of the situation, and their solutions - both to the immediate challenge and to making Africa's f... |
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| 2022-05-20 | Many governments and authorities started to build cycling infrastructure during the Covid-19 lockdowns, but were these developments temporary or the foundation of a permanent shift towards truly cyclable cities? In this WRI Big Ideas Into Action podc... |
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| 2022-05-10 |
Big Ideas Into Action #50: Water Peace and Security Quarterly Update 2 Is it possible to predict conflict? That's what the Water, Peace and Security Partnership's machine learning early warning tool sets out to do. Four times a year the predictions are analyzed and turned into a quarterly report. In this second WPS quart... |
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