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The report estimates the socioeconomic impact of federal climate policies under three mitigation scenarios. These mitigation scenarios focus on tax incentives, climate-friendly infrastructure investments, and sector-based performance standards—many of which have been enacted in the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.

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Unlocking early-stage financing for SDG partnerships

2022

Author(s): Li S, Gray E, Dennis M, Hand D, Avi S

This report aims to help commercially driven partnerships, grant funders and investors more effectively drive transformative Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) action by highlighting new approaches to finance. It is a follow-on publication to A Time for Transformative Partnerships, a World Resources Institute (WRI) report that identified the key success factors of transformative partnerships.

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Stories from the Living Lab, 2017–2018: a look at sustainability in waste management, bike commuting, and investments

2022

Author(s): Xu S, Toh L, Pinchot A, Christianson G, Finch M, Petzhold G, Pool JR

This report shares journeys from three WRI Sustainability Initiative projects focused on waste and plastics reduction, bike and active commutes, and sustainability of WRI's endowment. Each journey is authored by a different project lead and shares the implementation challenges, data, and outcomes, as well as relevant research and case studies that informed the project design and development.

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Powering a carbon-free Hong Kong: pathways towards a net-zero emissions power system for Hong Kong

2021

Author(s): Wen X, Jiang X, Fong WK, Ding H, Lu L, Chan L, Sawhney S

This report is one of a number of sectoral reports under the Hong Kong 2050 Is Now initiative examining possible pathways to decarbonisation. It evaluates potential decarbonised power technologies and develops five energy-mix scenarios involving different technological combinations. These scenarios consider the economic, social, and environmental impact of building a decarbonised power system.

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Transformations must occur across every sector at far faster pace than recent trends to keep the window open to achieve the Paris Agreement’s goal to limit global warming to 1.5°C, according to this Systems Change Lab report authored by the UN High-Level Climate Champions, Climate Action Tracker, ClimateWorks Foundation, Bezos Earth Fund and World Resources Institute.

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Seven transformations for more equitable and sustainable cities

2021

Author(s): Mahendra A, King R, Du J, Dasgupta A, Beard VA, Kallergis A, Schalch K

Synthesizing six years of research, this culmination of the World Resources Report: Towards a More Equal City series documents how prioritizing more equitable access to core urban services can not only improve life for billions of marginalized people but generate economic and environmental benefits for everyone.

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As the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, China has a crucial role to play in tackling the climate crisis. Fortunately, China is signaling that it is taking this challenge seriously with President Xi Jinping’s recent announcement that China aims to peak its emissions before 2030 and reach carbon neutrality before 2060.

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State of climate action: assessing progress toward 2030 and 2050

2020

Author(s): Lebling K, (et.al)

The report outlines opportunities within all six sectors to align emissions trajectories with what the science suggests is necessary to avoid the worst climate impacts. Countries, businesses, philanthropy and others must urgently put in place policies, incentives and financial investments to accelerate us toward that safer, prosperous and more equitable future.

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This report provides a valuable roadmap to help governments, businesses, and civil society organizations (CSOs) assess their role in multistakeholder partnerships and how these partnerships can contribute to transformative change and progress on the SDGs.

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How dockless bike sharing changes lives: an analysis of Chinese cities

2020

Author(s): Jiang H, Song S, Zou X, Lu L

Dockless bike-share systems have experienced unprecedented growth in China since 2016. This report investigated the comprehensive nationwide impact of dockless systems in 12 Chinese cities with relatively high bike-share usage and a thriving bike-share economy: Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Wuhan, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Xi’an, Jinan, Xiamen and Lanzhou.