World Resources Institute Podcasts Plus
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
WRI Podcast #41: Water, Peace and Security with Charlie Iceland
04 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Combining socioeconomic data and WRI's Aqueduct water stress tool with record of conflict, the Water, Peace and Security project attempts to track in...
WRI COP25 Press Briefing
21 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Negotiators will soon gather in Madrid at COP25 (December 2 to December 13, 2019)to iron out rules for international carbon markets and prepare for th...
WRI Podcast #40: Royal Reception for Food and Land Use
18 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Nicholas Walton with WRI Europe speaks with Paul Polman, co-chair of the Food and Land Use Coalition and the former CEO of Unilever, about the potenti...
WRI Podcast #39: Solutions to the Global Water Crisis with Betsy Otto
11 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
WRI Water Program Director Betsy Otto knows the world should be stressed about water: her team's research showed this year that one-quarter of the wor...
WRI Podcast #38: New Law Makes Roads Safer for India
30 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Road safety is a worldwide epidemic. WRI's Claudia Adriazola-Steil (director, health & road safety) and Amit Bhatt (director, integrated urban transpo...
WRI Press Call -- What Did the U.N. Climate Action Summit Accomplish?
23 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Following Friday’s largest climate protest in history, leaders from government, business and civil society came together for the 2019 UN Climate Act...
Press Call: Aqueduct 2019 Data & Rankings
06 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Press Call: Aqueduct 2019 Data & Rankings by WRI's Big Ideas Into Action podcast
Climate Change and National Security A Conversation with Dr. Rod Schoonover
31 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A discussion of climate change, science, and national security in the first public appearance by Dr. Rod Schoonover since leaving the U.S. government....
WRI Podcast #37: From Renewables to 100% Clean Energy with John Woolard
30 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In a recent commentary, John Woolard, a Senior Fellow in World Resources Institute’s Energy Program, argues that it’s time for consumers to shift ...
WRI Podcast #36: Understanding Chennai's Day Zero with Raj Bhagat and Aqueduct
02 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, WRI Europe's Nicholas Walton interviews Raj Bhagat of WRI India's Bengaluru office about his research into the causes of Chennai's re...
Press Call Featuring Caribbean Ministers on International Climate Action, European Council Decision
17 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Press Call Featuring Caribbean Ministers on International Climate Action, European Council Decision by WRI's Big Ideas Into Action podcast
Press Call: Two Years After Trump’s Pledge to Withdraw from the Paris Agreement
29 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Press Call: Two Years After Trump’s Pledge to Withdraw from the Paris Agreement by WRI's Big Ideas Into Action podcast
Xcel Energy: Setting Ambitious Carbon Goals for System-Wide Transition
29 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Xcel Energy’s Energy & Environmental Policy team to learn more about the drivers and impacts of Xcel Energy’s ambitious new carbon goals. Lea...
WRI Podcast #35: Transportation is the Heart of Cities with Robin Chase and Harriet Tregoning
14 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mobility is a gateway to opportunity, and transportation can make cities more wonderful, livable and equitable. WRI Vice President Lawrence MacDonald ...
WRI Podcast #34: Indigenous Land Rights Could Accelerate Progress on Sustiainable Development Goals
07 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
About half of the world's land is collectively held. In this podcast, WRI Vice President Lawrence MacDonald interviews Peter Veit, director of the Lan...
WRI Podcast #33: How to Market Sustainable Food with Daniel Vennard
17 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
WRI Better Buying Lab Director Daniel Vennard sits down with WRI Vice President Lawrence MacDonald to talk about his research into menu language, incl...
WRI Podcast #32: Creating a Sustainable Food Future
09 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Three authors of WRI's World Resources Report, "Creating a Sustainable Food Future: A Menu of Solutions for Feeding Nearly 10 Billion People by 2050" ...
WRI Podcast #31: Restoring Latin America's Forests
01 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The 20x20 Initiative aims to restore 20 million hectares of land throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. In this episode, WRI Vice President Lawre...
WRI Podcast #30: Visiting Central Africa's Forests with Molly Bergen
26 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
WRI Vice President for Communications Lawrence MacDonald interviews Molly Bergen, the Central Africa Communications Officer for WRI's Forests Program....
WRI Podcast #29: Air Quality with Jessica Seddon
04 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, WRI Vice President for Communications Lawrence MacDonald interviews Jessica Seddon, director of integrated urban strategy for the WRI...
WRI Podcast#28: What to Watch in the Green New Deal
19 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
WRI Vice President for Communications Lawrence MacDonald is joined by Dan Lashof and Christina DeConcini to talk about what they're watching for in a ...
WRI Podcast #27: What's Next for Renewables in US?
11 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Lori Bird, Director of U.S. Energy at WRI, sits down with WRI Vice President for Communications Lawrence MacDonald to talk about the tech (batteries a...
WRI Podcast #26: Electric Buses, Reduced Food Waste, and Greener Delivery Through Partnerships
30 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
P4G Global Director Ian de Cruz is interviewed by WRI Vice President for Communications Lawrence MacDonald, offering updates on the first round of exc...
Embargoed: Press Call to Preview WRI’s Global Report on Creating a Sustainable Food Future
29 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Embargoed: Press Call to Preview WRI’s Global Report on Creating a Sustainable Food Future by WRI's Big Ideas Into Action podcast
COP24 Press Call
20 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On the heels of the IPCC 1.5° C special report, climate negotiators and experts are gathering in Katowice, Poland, for the international climate talk...
WRI Press Call: Paris Rulebook
08 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
WRI Press Call: Paris Rulebook by WRI's Big Ideas Into Action podcast
WRI Podcast #25: 8 Things to Know About the IPCC 1.5 Report
06 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Every tenth of a degree matters. That's the message of the IPCC's 1.5 Degrees Report, which summarizes the distinctions between 1.5 and 2 degrees Cels...
WRI Podcast #24: Financing Climate Adaptation
10 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Maybe sustainable development and climate adaptation are two names for the same thing. In this edition of the WRI Podcast, Christina Chan (WRI Clima...
WRI Podcast #23: Using Social Network Analysis to Supercharge Sustainable Development
04 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
To restore a physical landscape, it helps to understand the social landscape. Social network analysis has been used in fields as diverse as epidemio...
WRI Podcast #22: How WRI Put Climate Change on the Public Agenda with Rafe Pomerance
01 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the early days at World Resources Institute, founder Gus Speth charged Rafe Pomerance with outreach on climate change. Pomerance went on to organiz...
WRI Podcast #21: Peter Thomson, UN Special Envoy for the Ocean
03 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Fijian diplomat Peter Thomson, UN Special Envoy for the Ocean and former President of the UN General Assembly, joins WRI Vice President for Communicat...
Embargoed Press Call: Global Forest Watch previews 2017 tree cover loss data
27 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
At the Oslo Tropical Forest Forum (June 27-28), World Resources Institute’s Global Forest Watch released brand new 2017 global tree cover loss data,...
Podcast #20: How a Deforestation Tracking App Saves Chimpanzees in Uganda
15 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Rangers in Uganda take mobile phones and tablets on their forest patrols. But they aren't bringing them to text friends, scroll Instagram, or play Tem...
WRI Podcast #19: India's Low-Carbon Transition, According to Montek Singh Ahluwalia
14 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A leading economist, Montek Singh Ahluwalia served for a decade in the Indian government, retiring in 2014 as Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commissi...
WRI Podcast #18: Why Stress About Water?
05 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the WRI Podcast, Charles Iceland, director, Global and National Water Initiatives with WRI's Food, Forests, and Water Programs, exp...
WRI Press Call On Bonn Climate Negotiations, Talanoa Dialogue
25 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Country delegates will convene in Bonn, Germany next week for the next round of UN climate negotiations (April 30-May 10). During this session, negoti...
WRI Podcast #15: Introducing Partnering for Green Growth
12 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Partnering for Green Growth (P4G) is a new partnership of global leaders that supports real-world solutions for sustainable development. We speak with...
How to Engage with the Talanoa Dialogue and Step Up Climate Action in 2018
15 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The first global stocktaking exercise of the Paris Agreement has officially begun with the opening of a new online portal for the 2018 Talanoa Dialogu...
Press Call – Leading Tech and Transport Companies to Announce Joint Vision for Livable Cities
31 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
More than a dozen of the world’s leading shared transport and technology companies will come together to announce their joint vision for the future ...
WRI Press Call: What to Expect at the International Climate Talks in Bonn, COP23
27 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On Friday, October 27, at 9:30am EDT, World Resources Institute held a press call where WRI’s president and experts on international climate policy,...
Press Call: Experts Discuss Recommendations to Improve Energy Access for the Under-Served
06 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Energy is fundamental to economic productivity and livelihoods, and cities have a major role to play in how it is provided and consumed. Cities in the...
WRI Podcast #17: Sean DeWitt and Miguel Calmon on Restoration in Brazil
28 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sean DeWitt, director of the Global Restoration Initiative, and Miguel Calmon, forests director at WRI Brazil, sit down with us to discuss the VERENA ...
WRI Podcast #13 - How We Can Clean the Chesapeake and Save Money In the Process
07 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the World Resources Institute Podcast features special guests from both inside and outside WRI. Cy Jones is a Senior Fellow in WRI’...
WRI Podcast #12 - Electrifying Africa
16 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Access to energy can help communities increase the productivity of their labor, earn more income, use household time more efficiently and enhance acce...
WRI Podcast #11: What Does the US Stand to Lose if it Pulls Out of Paris Agreement?
27 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In his first week of office, President Trump has issued orders that would implement sweeping changes to the way the United States deals with a pressin...
WRI Podcast #10 - Planning the City of the Future With Ani Dasgupta
11 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the WRI Podcast, Lawrence MacDonald sits down with Ani Dasgupta, global director of WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities. Dasgup...
WRI Podcast #8 - Discussing the Circular Economy with Stientje Van Veldhoven
03 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the World Resources Institute Podcast Stientje van Veldhoven joins Lawrence MacDonald to discuss the revolutionary idea of a circul...
WRI Podcast #9: Rising Tides with Christina DeConcini and Forbes Tompkins
22 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
WRI Podcast #9: Rising Tides with Christina DeConcini and Forbes Tompkins by WRI's Big Ideas Into Action podcast
WRI Podcast #7 -The Sounds of Sustainability
01 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the WRI Podcast, Lawrence MacDonald sits down with Chip Barber and Austin Clowes of the Forest Legality Initiative to talk about th...
WRI Podcast #6 - Preparing for COP 22 with David Waskow and Paula Caballero
04 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
WRI Podcast #6 - Preparing for COP 22 with David Waskow and Paula Caballero by WRI's Big Ideas Into Action podcast
WRI Podcast #5 - Protecting Drinking Water at the Source
28 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the WRI Podcast Lawrence MacDonald sits down with Todd Gartner, a Senior Associate with the Water team at World Resources Institute...
WRI Podcast #4 - Liz Goodwin on Reducing Food Loss and Waste—Lessons from the UK
18 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the WRI Podcast, Lawrence MacDonald interviews Liz Goodwin, a WRI senior fellow and our first director of food loss and waste. Good...
WRI Podcast #3 - Shifting Diets
29 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In a new podcast, WRI's Lawrence Macdonald chats with Janet Ranganathan and Richard Waite, authors of a new paper, Shifting Diets for a Sustainable Fo...
WRI Podcast #2: A Conversation With WRI President Andrew Steer
11 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
WRI Podcast #2: A Conversation With WRI President Andrew Steer by WRI's Big Ideas Into Action podcast
WRI Podcast #1: Jamshyd Godrej - Building a Sustainable Legacy
06 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with interviewing industrialist and philanthropist Jamshyd Godrej, the chairman and leading benefactor of WRI India.