World Resources InstituteWorld Resources InstituteWRI_29c8710b-78a9-43f5-8321-fbf9e117f4c1To move human society to live in ways that protect Earth’s environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations_859187cf-7ae1-4df7-bec1-0199deabede7IntegrityHonesty, candor and openness must guide our work to ensure credibility and to build trust.InnovationTo lead change for a sustainable world, we must be creative, forward-thinking, entrepreneurial, and adaptive.UrgencyWe believe that change in human behavior is urgently needed to halt the accelerating rate of environmental deterioration.IndependenceOur effectiveness depends on work that is uncompromised by partisan politics, institutional or personal allegiances, or sources of financial support.RespectOur relationships are based on the belief that all people deserve respect.People & EcosystemsReverse rapid degradation of ecosystems and assure their capacity to provide humans with needed goods and services._2e8bca60-1053-4889-a7b4-6ecc23a37c951This goal responds to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessmentfinding that, in the last half of the 20th century, humansdegraded ecosystems more rapidly and extensivelythan in all previous history. By necessity, the goal has astrong people focus, aiming to reverse ecosystem degradationwhile improving human well-being.Mainstreaming Ecosystem ServicesTo reduce ecosystemdegradation by helping governments, businesses,and development agencies integrate ecosystemservices into their policies, strategies, and investments._f82e1e15-485a-4e86-b3b9-b7fadd34e5411.1Our strategy is two-fold: (1) Provide decisionmakerswith information and assessment toolsthat link ecosystem health with the attainment ofeconomic and social goals; (2) Develop economic incentivesand policy options that restore and sustainecosystems.Target outcomes likely before 2012 include:- The governments of the United States and other countriesrestore their wetlands in order to protect shorelinesfrom storm surges and to mitigate flooding infloodplains.- Developing countries increase funding for forest restorationand sustainable management in order to enhancelivelihoods of the rural poor and their ability toadapt to climate change.Forest LandscapesTo increase the ability of governments,businesses, and civil society to act uponbetter, more widely shared information to protect intactforests, manage working forests more effectively,and restore deforested lands._a9b1433e-da61-4338-8397-9c0732d6427c1.2Focuses on forest-richregions, using spatial and other forest-related informationto stimulate, support, and monitor actionthat promotes more sustainable forest management.Target outcomes likely before 2012 include:- Indonesia publishes a credible deforestation baselineand formulated, workable policies for reducing deforestationas well as a program to distribute funds fromreduced deforestation credits.- Democratic Republic of Congo produces and sharesaccurate, up-to-date maps on all forest titles, allowingonly capable and responsible companies to legally converttheir old logging titles into new forest concessions;ensures a credible way of engaging local communitiesin consultations on this process.Climate ProtectionProtect the global climate system from further harm due to emissions of greenhouse gases and help humanity and the natural world adapt to unavoidable climate change._cab1baa4-34d7-45f0-8415-459dabc06a222Global climate change is now recognized as one of themost significant challenges humanity has ever faced. Scientistsworldwide have documented a steady and rapidincrease in anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions,which has led to an alarming rise in average globaltemperatures. The climate goal seeks to help establishpolicies, processes, and markets that transform the globaleconomy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions to safe levels.Target outcomes likely before 2012 include:- The United States enacts mandatory federal climatepolicy that will significantly reduce domestic greenhousegas emissions and includes: incentives for andinvestment in renewable energy and energy efficiency;effective cost containment mechanisms that do notjeopardize the environmental integrity of the program;a constructive partnership between federal, state, localand regional governments; a design that promotes reengagementin the international climate negotiations;and funding for adaptation to the effects of climatechange.- The United States ratifies an international climateagreement, agreeing to mandatory domestic curbs onGHG emissions.U.S. Climate PolicyTo pass strong U.S. climatelegislation, with recognition of our country’s contributionto global warming and acceptance of its keyrole in catalyzing commitments by other nations toreduce emissions._5a4de120-d766-481d-8ff0-068110a8b42a2.1Focuses on shaping and gainingsupport for new federal climate policy by providingpolicymakers with timely research and analysis onkey policy questions, as well as by conducting legislativebriefings and testifying before Congressionalcommittees. Instrumental in developing state and regionalinitiatives to control GHG emissions, includingthe Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in theNortheast and, most recently, the Midwest GreenhouseGas Accord between nine Midwestern states.Works to leverage successes in this area to build supportfor passing strong federal climate legislation.Collaborates with policymakers, leading businessesand NGOs to strengthen U.S. climate policy — suchas through the U.S. Climate Action Partnershipwhich has been established to advocate for a nationalcap-and-trade policy.Target outcomes likely before 2012 include:- The United States enacts mandatory federal climatepolicy that will significantly reduce domestic greenhousegas emissions and includes: incentives for andinvestment in renewable energy and energy efficiency;effective cost containment mechanisms that do notjeopardize the environmental integrity of the program;a constructive partnership between federal, state, localand regional governments; a design that promotes reengagementin the international climate negotiations;and funding for adaptation to the effects of climatechange.- The United States ratifies an international climateagreement, agreeing to mandatory domestic curbs onGHG emissions.International Climate PolicySupports a new levelof international cooperation in addressing climatechange. _323dadbb-0012-4f37-8fea-3e8b5986816a2.2Contributes significantly to ongoing discussionsfor an international climate agreement, inparticular through close advice to major negotiatingParties and to the Presidency of COP15 (Denmark).Promotes policies to help vulnerable countries implementmeasures in preparation for likely negativeclimate impacts (adaptation). Works on avoideddeforestation, dovetailing with forest-related workin other goals, aims to preserve and expand highlyvaluable and efficient carbon sinks. Works with majordeveloping countries, particularly China, India,and Brazil, to create tools, build constituencies forchange, and enhance policy to address emissions.Develops solutions with the private sector to accelerateclean technology deployment in the power sector.Provides economic and policy analyses as supportand guidance for business and policy communities inboth developed and developing countries.Target outcomes likely before 2012 include: COP15 in 2009 results in a new international climateagreement including all major emitters and providingfor a range of commitments for measurable, reportable,and verifiable emission reductions in a post-2012 Kyotoframework, including provisions for adaptation andforest protection.- Significant new international funds are mobilized, includingthrough U.S. climate legislation, for adaptation,technology development and deployment, andenhanced protection of forests.- The U.S. and China agree on international cooperationto leverage private investment in carbon capture andstorage and concentrating solar power technologies.Transportation and Environment (EMBARQ)Anticipatesthe threat of growing wealth on sustainableurban transportation_c0bc2cda-f791-4a80-8c36-5f65f44729202.3Traffic congestion created bythe world’s burgeoning middle classes disadvantagesthe poor by constraining economic growth and exacerbatinghealth problems from air pollution, whilecontributing to GHG emissions.Target outcomes likely before 2012 include:- Embarq is instrumental in helping at least 10 cities inthe developing world to create sustainable transportationsystems (several are scheduled to come on line in2008).- Embarq is influential in fostering national policies infour countries for reduced greenhouse gas emissionsfrom the transport sector, including incentives fornon-motorized transport, transit investment, vehicledemand management, and improved technologies.GovernanceEmpower people and strengthen institutions to foster environmentally sound and socially equitable decisionmaking._350572da-6b1f-408a-894f-8adedb7c80da3Reversing the decline of the planet’s ecosystems, assuringthey continue to provide people with essential goodsand services, and preventing catastrophic climate changedepend upon an informed and empowered civil societyas well as responsive and accountable government institutions.Efforts to promote democratic reform and to advancethe fulfi llment of human rights are most likely tosucceed when they engage people and deliver on issuesthat matter to them, such as clean air, safe drinking water,and productive land and forests.AccessWorks with a broad-range of partners aroundthe world to assess and improve the quality of proceduresand institutions entrusted with environmentaldecisionmaking. _21d17d0f-4171-4798-93fc-3e665dacbb2b3.1Our partners work with relevantgovernment agencies to identify and fill gaps in policiesand practice designed to ensure the public’s rightto access information, to participate in decisionmaking,and to access the courts.Target outcomes likely before 2012 include:- Fuller implementation of ‘Freedom of InformationActs’ in several Latin American countries, includingChile, Paraguay, Mexico, and India, providing affectedcommunities access to key data on air and water pollution.- Enactment of ‘Freedom of Information Acts’ in severalAfrican and Asian countries, including Philippines,Indonesia, and Cameroon and of new laws and regulationsstrengthening public participation in decisionmakingin several countries including Ecuador, SriLanka, Nepal, and Thailand. Communities will havea greater voice in decisions about natural resources onwhich they depend.Additional projects under the Governance Goal:International Financial Flows and the Environment:Aims to improve the accountability of international financialinstitutions for the social and environmental impactof their public and private investments. Place-based workin Peru to protect community rights and the Amazon ecosystemin the face of oil and gas extraction complementscore focus on the multilateral development banks, exportcredit agencies, and private (Equator Principle) banks.Electricity Governance Initiative: Supports strategies forgreater public participation in reform of the power sectorin emerging economies. Significant improvements inelectricity governance in Thailand and the Philippineshave resulted. Efforts are now being expanded into SouthernAfrica and Brazil.Governance of Forests Initiative: Provides a systematicand replicable framework for assessing the governance offorests. Engages civil society, sector actors, and governmentsto ensure that Reducing Emissions from Deforestationin Developing Countries (REDD) and other forest-related mechanisms approved under the Bali ActionPlan promote good governance of forests and demonstratelong-term emissions reductions.Equity, Poverty, and the EnvironmentTo reducepoverty by promoting policies that more equitablydistribute environmental benefits and costs. _156f98d3-99e2-426c-843f-3d87049f56cc3.2Focuseson the distribution of nature-based public revenues,private profits and market shares from natural commodities,and select ecosystem services. Advancesthe reform of policies that help alleviate rural poverty(75% of the planet’s over 6 billion people liveon less than $2 a day), by engaging their self-interestin improving resource stewardship.Target outcomes likely before 2012 include:- Government of Uganda adopts new oil policies, instrumentsand/or investments that reflect the importanceof distributional equity in local development and povertyreduction. Our partners, ACODE and UWS, willguide the development of these innovations.- Government of Cameroon develops new regulationsand guidelines that improve the implementation andenforcement of the benefit-sharing provisions in thenational Forestry Act. Our principal partner — NESDA-CA — will guide the development of these innovations.Markets & EnterpriseHarness markets and enterprise to expand economic opportunity and protect the environment._0b00abd7-e3d1-4034-b79d-c3f60e4af4234Many deteriorating global environmental trends can betraced to industry’s extraction of natural resources, releasesof pollution, and an overall large environmentalfootprint. Industrial activities can impact human healthas well as restrict access to resources upon which communitiesdepend. In its roles as both a provider of solutionsand a source of problems, the private sector has a criticalrole to play in moving society to live in ways that meetthe needs of current and future generations. The marketsand enterprise goal uses a wide array of analytical andbusiness engagement strategies to help make this happen.Enterprise & InnovationSupports small and mediumenterprises (SMEs) that deliver business solutionsto address environmental and social problems._42e69947-b36b-451b-9038-5472edd800154.1Our work has helped facilitate the transfer of over$100 million to sustainable SMEs. It includes considerationof how small businesses serve basic needsof low-income communities in a sustainable way, targetingkey sectors such as energy and water.Target outcomes likely before 2012 include:- $400 million in new investment capacity is formed totarget sustainable SMEs in emerging economies.- New Ventures operations are launched in five additionalcountries, bringing the total annual pipeline to200 companies per year.- Five New Ventures enterprises go public, increasingtheir sustainability impacts and drawing more attentionto the opportunities offered by sustainable sectors.EnvestPromotes sustainable investment and improvedcorporate environmental performancethrough a body of financial research and related activities._820e8f7b-550e-4955-ae74-cd2b4dfa67894.2Our work aims to achieve a tipping pointin the private sector at which sufficient mainstreaminvestors and corporations are embedding environmentalconsiderations into their core business strategiesthat it becomes standard practice.Target outcomes likely before 2012 include:- A large institutional investor changes its investmentmodel and rebalances its portfolio to reflect a solutions orientedinvestment strategy for sustainable development.- An influential equity analyst in Mumbai begins to factorenvironmental and social risk and opportunitiesinto his investment analyses and recommendations.- Improvements are made in the quality and quantity ofcorporate disclosure of environmental and social informationin Asia.2010-02-08http://pdf.wri.org/wri_strategic_plan.pdfArthurColman (www.drybridge.com)colman@drybridge.com