World Resources Institute Podcasts Plus

What will a Joe Biden presidency mean for the environment, for climate action, for energy, for technology? How will this tie in with recovery from the covid crisis, and what does it mean for the rest of the world? In this special episode we sift through the issues with WRI experts Andrew Steer, Helen Mountford, Dan Lashof, Lori Bird, Christina deConcini and Joe Thwaites. For more on what a Biden p...

Nearly 800 million people around the world lack secure access to the energy they need. Health services, schools, businesses and farms all need reliable electricity if they are to work properly. So how do you improve access to energy? This episode of WRI's 'Big Ideas Into Action' podcast is about electricity access, and about using data to match up opportunity with potential impact. From India we h...

Is a city truly sustainable if pedestrians, cyclists and children are being killed and injured on its roads? Over 55% of the world's people now live in cities, but while this has brought opportunities it's also meant traffic jams, pollution and road accidents. They’re now the number one killer of children and young adults between the ages of 5 and 24. In this WRI 'Big ideas into action' podcast we...

Millions of people in low and middle income countries around the world are affected by problems such as pollution in the air, the soil, the water, but don’t know what they can do about it. In the fourth of this relaunched series of WRI's Ideas Into Action podcasts we take a look at WRI's STRIPE project, which is helping people around the world combat pollution. In this podcast we hear about the ch...

How much of a role does water play in conflict, and how do you solve such challenges? These are the key questions at the heart of the third "Big ideas into action" podcast from WRI. This week we focus on the work of the Water, Peace and Security partnership, drawing together everything from on-the-ground insights to AI and big data to identify where water stresses are likely to lead to conflict, a...

What is landscape restoration, and what does it look like on the ground? In this second WRI "Big ideas into action" podcast we travel to Rwanda, to hear from the villagers, the entrepreneur and the woman working to educate the nation's schoolchildren about the importance of nature. Restoration is about far more than planting trees - it's about restoring degraded landscapes, growing those trees, re...

Just what is a sustainable ocean economy, and should we get excited about it? That is the subject of the first in a relaunched series of WRI podcasts that now goes under the name of “Big ideas into action”. Put simply, a sustainable ocean economy is one where humanity effectively safeguards marine and coastal ecosystems, uses ocean resources such as seafood in a sustainable way, and ensures that b...

A high-level cast of experts looks at some of the big issues about building back better in the wake of the Covid crisis – including the impact on development and climate issues. This is a condensed version of a webinar that our climate team hosted at London Climate Action week – it starts with a quick fire question: How soon will the global economy recover from the Covid crisis?

What is the role of finance and multilateral development banks in #BuildingBackBetter in the wake of the Covid crisis? Sir Suma Chakrabarti, the outgoing president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, was the special guest at a WRI webinar looking into the priorities for the sector.

The Covid-19 crisis has focused attention on the critical issue of air quality. Some places have experienced much cleaner air thanks to the lack of cars and buses, but at the same time we're now more aware of how much air pollution is a vital public health issue. We recently held a public webinar on these issue as part of our Build Back Better series, and this is a shortened version of what was di...

How has the food system fared during the #Covid19 crisis? A recent WRI webinar explored that question, from Colombia to Nigeria to China, and across the globe. What failed and what succeeded, and what lessons did we learn about how the food system needs to work in the time of crisis. This is a shortened, condensed version of that webinar - you can hear the full-length version on the events page at...

How - and why - do you build a sustainable ocean economy? WRI's Andrew Steer asks 4 experts affiliated with the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (@OceanPanel on Twitter) what the transition to this would look like, and why it is so important for livelihoods, ocean life and the planet's climate. The speakers are Peter Thomson, Jane Lubchenco, Mary Ruckelshaus and Vidar Helgesen. 14...

WRI's Frances Seymour takes Nicholas Walton through the latest global tree loss figures from Global Forest Watch. The overall picture is bad, but there are positive signs in Indonesia and West Africa. Will the rest of the world learn from them?

WRI press call on how a COVID-19 stimulus package on infrastructure can create millions of jobs and economic growth in the near-term.

How do you #BuildBackBetter in a more resilient way after COVID19? This is the shortened version of a live WRI webinar on resilience, featuring Christina Chan, Ulrika Akesson, Sheela Patel, Maarten van Aalst and Rosemary Atieno. More at www.wri.org/coronavirus-recovery

This is the fifth in a WRI series looking at the impact of the COVID-19 crisis and asking how we can build back better. This podcast is all about the world’s cities. It is taken from a public webinar looking at everything from the physical form of cities to their finances to their communities – especially the poor. The panelists include Sameh Wahba, Sheela Patel, Henk Ovink, Ani Dasgupta and Maimu...

The fourth in a World Resources Institute series looking at the impact of the Covid 19 crisis and asking how we can build back better. This podcast focuses on the critical role of public transport around the world, bringing in issues such as employment, revenue and equity. Go to wri.org/coronavirus-recovery for more from us on the challenges ahead.

This is the third in a WRI series looking at how we can #buildbackbetter following the Covid 19 crisis. This is a shortened version of the WRI webinar on the role of international financial institutions in the Covid19 crisis. Expert perspectives are from Leonardo Martinez-Diaz, Amal-Lee Amin, Anthony Nyong, Joaquim Levy, Jolie Schwarz and Scott Morris.

This is the second in a WRI series looking at how we can #buildbackbetter following the covid 19 crisis. This is a shortened version of the WRI webinar on how the US can shape its stimulus package, and hosted by WRI’s Dan Lashof. The expert perspectives are from Devashree Saha, Richard Kauffman, Cathy Zoi, Chris Castro and Lauren Faber

How can the world #BuildBackBetter from the Covid crisis? WRI's experts from across the world share their thoughts about how we can build a more sustainable and resilient world, looking at Africa, the climate, cities, China, the US and across the globe. This is from the first WRI #BuildBackBetter public webinar - we'll be holding a series to go to the events page on our website to register.

Jane Lubchenco is one of the world's foremost ocean ecologists. Formerly the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, she is now a co-chair of the expert group for the High Level Panel for the Sustainable Ocean Economy. She's interviewed on this podcast by Lawrence MacDonald, vice president of communications at WRI.

This press call took place on February 11, 2020 to discuss upcoming policy movements in the U.S. for tree planting as a means of carbon removal and climate mitigation.

As an advocate for road safety, Zoleka Mandela draws on her grandfather's legacy in speaking out against the injustice of the hidden epidemic that threatens children, especially in the developing world. In this podcast, she is joined by Claudia Adriazola-Steil, director for health & road safety at the WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, as they discuss the unimaginable toll--emotional and econ...

Andika Putraditama, sustainable commodities manager with WRI Indonesia, breaks down how producers and consumers of palm oil can work together through certification programs to protect vulnerable peatlands, reverse deforestation and avoid associated carbon pollution, all while continuing to grow Indonesia's economy. WRI Vice President for Communications Lawrence MacDonald hosts.

Interview with Yamide Dagnet for COP25 with Euronews.