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Adaptation saves lives, strengthens economies and protects communities.
According to WRI analysis, every $1 spent on climate adaptation can create more than $10 in benefits over 10 years. Adaptation investments could unlock 280 million jobs by 2035.
Gabrielle Swaby, Senior Associate, International Climate Initiative, @wrieurope shares what success would look like at #COP31.
Learn more about this and other issues to watch ahead of COP31👉 go.wri.org/cop31-seconds
🚨 New data from #SystemsChangeLab finds that global efforts to conserve forests and land are not just falling short — they are largely moving in the wrong direction.
📊 Explore the data and see what’s needed to reverse course: bit.ly/482kiRT
💨 Deep emissions cuts remain the top priority. But reaching net negative will also require scaling carbon removal so that more CO2 is removed from the atmosphere than is emitted.
Why does net negative matter? Get the answers here: bit.ly/4y9iMbh
🌐 As world leaders prepare for #COP31, what does effective climate diplomacy look like in an increasingly fragmented world?
@WRIClimate's Climate Diplomacy in a Messy World essay series explores the future of international climate cooperation: bit.ly/4xBPMcX
🌡️ A “Super El Niño” could bring more intense droughts, floods and extreme heat around the world, with impacts amplified by climate change. What could this mean for food security, forests and water resources?
Five WRI experts explain: bit.ly/4fsXS1h
#WRIExplains
🌍 From preparations for #COP31 to World Bank meetings focused on jobs and climate finance, this month's #ClimateDigest explores key developments shaping global climate action, plus new findings on warming and forests.
Read more and subscribe 👉 bit.ly/3UXp547
Your guide to #COP31 is here📌
Analysis, commentary and events from WRI experts, updated regularly ahead of and during the summit in Antalya, Türkiye, Nov. 9– 20: go.wri.org/cop31-resources
#COP31Türkiye #COP31Antalya
🌡️ Extreme heat claimed around 50,000 lives in European cities this summer.
The EU's new Climate Resilience Framework is a step forward, but funding and accountability will be key to its success.
WRI's Hans Bruyninckx explains:bit.ly/4sAFxnw
🤖 The #COP31 Antalya AI Pledge is a step toward responsible AI, but ambition alone isn't enough.
WRI calls for stronger accountability, transparency on energy and water use, and safeguards for communities: bit.ly/4A3llx8
#ArtificialIntelligence #ResponsibleAI
🏦 Climate action or poverty reduction? The World Bank shouldn't have to choose.
In a new commentary, WRI's @HMAMelanieR explores how development banks can help countries build more resilient, inclusive and sustainable economies.
Read more: bit.ly/4yQL1wF
📣 #COP31 can strengthen the role of long-term planning in climate action.
2050 is Now is calling for new and updated long-term strategies and a dedicated UNFCCC synthesis report ahead of the second Global Stocktake.
Read the recommendations: bit.ly/4hZRfD0
🌍 WRI welcomes the new Principles for Good Governance in Corporate Standards, reinforcing the values that have guided @ghgprotocol for over 25 years.
Read the full statement from WRI President and CEO @AniDasguptaWRI: bit.ly/4iluvxK
🌐 With #COP31 just weeks away, the focus is shifting from new climate pledges to delivering real progress. What will success look like in Antalya?
WRI experts share their perspectives on four key priorities: bit.ly/4ibIExg
Amid a year of devastating climate impacts, an energy crisis, and rising prices, WRI sees three major opportunities for #COP31 to advance action:
⚡Energy
💰Adaptation
🌊Ocean
Learn more about the issues to watch at COP31: go.wri.org/cop31-issues
🌎 Forests, grasslands, peatlands and coastal wetlands are vital to people and the planet.
What will it take to conserve these ecosystems?
Explore new insights from #SystemsChangeLab on the critical shifts needed: bit.ly/482kiRT
🌡️ The Paris Agreement can't force countries to cut emissions, implement national policy or mobilize climate finance itself.
So what was it built to do, and why does it still matter? A look at its role in the next decade of climate action: bit.ly/46g8lXU
🌍 “The world order as we’ve known it for decades is changing in fundamental ways before our eyes.”
@climatemorgan on anchoring climate cooperation, for @WRIClimate’s Climate Diplomacy in a Messy World series: bit.ly/4yZsJJx
📈 Climate planning is economic planning.
Climate planning is economic planning. valign policy, attract investment and stay on course through economic, political and energy shocks.
Read the 2050 is Now communique on why #COP31 should make them the norm: bit.ly/4hZRfD0
📉 The latest UNEP Emissions Gap Report warns that the world will exceed 1.5°C of warming.
But can we bring temperatures back down?
@WRIClimate’s Clea Schumer explains why reaching net zero won’t be enough, and why net-negative emissions are essential: bit.ly/4y9iMbh
⚡ Renewable energy is growing fast, but the transition away from fossil fuels is still too slow.
As @UNEP releases its latest Emissions Gap Report, WRI’s Sophie Boehm explains why a just transition away from coal, oil and gas is essential.
Read more: bit.ly/4zOAyC3
