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Forests generate priceless benefits🌲💊💧💨🪵🥗 With their decline, we not only lose the bounty that healthy forests provide; changes to forest ecology are creating new threats to communities. Learn more: go.wri.org/forests-assets #ForestDay

This #ForestDay we're thinking about how to finance forest protection -- from novel investment structures like the Tropical Forest Forever Fund to the tech-driven solutions like AI monitoring for restoration. wri.org/insights/finan…

"Debt-to-GDP ratios across the EU will be 58% points higher than official projections by 2050 if member states fail to increase investment in fighting the climate crisis." greencentralbanking.com/2026/03/11/eu-…

Iran is moving toward what experts call “water bankruptcy.”💧 WRI water expert, Liz Saccoccia explains Iran’s long-running water crisis, how conflict and water crises can reinforce each other, and what it means for the millions of people caught in between➡️ go.wri.org/iran-war-water…

Pakistan is insulated from Hormuz energy shock to some extent by recent pivots to solar. theguardian.com/environment/20…

🗓️A week from today, 27 March: Experts from @unido, @ecos_standard, @WorldResources and Brazil's Ministery of Management and Innovation in Public Services discuss industrial decarbonization policies and the role of carbon accounting. hub.wri.org/cbam-green-pro…

"Instead of generating profits through resource extraction, natural asset companies are structured so that their long-term value depends on protecting and enhancing natural systems — such as forests, wetlands or grasslands — and the services they provide" wri.org/insights/natur…

Climate finance is a powerful investment in national security, diplomacy and economics. And it's not just about partners. Reducing emissions elsewhere reduces the likelihood of a drowned Britain like the one Ian McEwan imagines in his newest novel. the-tls.com/literature/fic…

The UK's ODA will fall to 0.3% of the national budget, less than half of the longstanding 0.7% target via the UN. The UK during the '10s proudly reached this target but has fallen off since 2021. commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-brief…

With our Climate Finance Calculator, you can construct scenarios showing how much countries should contribute, following their emissions and wealth. It's hard to construct one where the UK is this low, given the floor of $100B. wri.org/insights/inter…

🌍 A greener future can also be a more prosperous one. Up to 375 million new jobs could be created in the next 10 years. With the right skills & investments, climate action can power prosperity. Learn more: bit.ly/4bGKOTO

"Climate aid to developing countries from the UK will be cut by about 14% to roughly £2bn a year under government plans, in a move critics said would put national security and lives overseas at risk." theguardian.com/environment/20…

As our research associate @caryneun explains, with combined assets of approximately $20 trillion, the national development banks (#NDBs) have massive potential to catalyze #GreenTransformation within their countries. Learn more: bit.ly/3Ipb9Jr

What's next for climate stewardship? According to @InfluenceMap, asset managers in 2025 tended to: - focus on engagement and transparency - show a lack of consistent, 1.5 deg C-aligned ambition - neglect fossil fuel phase out influencemap.org/insight/2025-C…

🌴🛰️💶Monitoring restoration projects is currently expensive, deterring investors. But AI could bring those costs down, helping make nature restoration more investible. wri.org/insights/ai-un…

"The way Washington and Beijing see each other will help decide whether Chinese clean‑tech overcapacity becomes a planetary asset or a stranded possibility." via @ClimateandCap mailchi.mp/climateandcapi…

In a webinar with ACT2025, @rkyte365 discusses structural & perceptual hurdles to unlocking finance at scale for climate progress in developing countries -- where data shows risks are lower than believed, & long-term investments in resilience can pay off. wri.org/insights/exper…

"Total fossil fuel investment in Africa has more than halved over the last decade, with a sharp acceleration in withdrawal since 2020." africarisksignals.substack.com/p/major-leavin…

Via @heatmap_news, a new risk model makes big strides in transparency for #climate risk -- because it's important that users be able to trace and understand algorithmic governance like that seen in home pricing and insurance markets. heatmap.news/adaptation/car…