WRI is a trusted partner for change. Using research-based approaches, we work globally and in focus countries to meet people’s essential needs; to protect and restore nature; and to stabilize the climate and build more resilient communities.

WRI is a global nonprofit organization that works to research, design, and carry out practical solutions that simultaneously improve people’s lives and ensure nature can thrive.

That’s why WRI puts three interconnected goals at the center of everything we do: ensure people are living in an equitable society where they can meet their essential needs; protect and restore nature; and stabilize the climate and build resilient communities.

2025年2月19日 · The foundation of WRI’s work is producing high-quality research, including reports, issue briefs, working papers, guidebooks and more. Our publications are subject to peer review and held to academic standards of excellence for objectivity, rigor and quality.

WRI produces data sets, data platforms and data-based tools, which we make freely available through our open data commitment. WRI’s Data Lab uses advances in data and technology to help our researchers improve lives, protect nature and ensure just transitions.

WRI’s mission is to 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.

As global energy demand surges—driven by advances in AI, electrification and economic transformation—the nonpartisan Center combines WRI’s renowned experts, a world-class Advisory Group and a diverse network of partners to deliver scalable solutions.

WRI Europe is a pivotal hub for sustainable action on the continent. We engage with national and local policymakers, business leaders, nonprofits, donors and other stakeholders to help drive impactful action on the world's most urgent climate and development issues.

The WRI Ethiopia office in Addis Ababa has two roles. It serves as the regional hub for WRI Africa and it actively engages with the government and other stakeholders to advance sustainable development within Ethiopia itself.

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