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World Resources Institute Podcasts Plus

"Big Ideas Into Action" is the relaunched podcast from the World Resources Institute, bringing you the big ideas that combat the world's most pressing environmental and developmental challenges. You'l... Read more

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Big Ideas Into Action #64: four Stories To Watch for 2023

Big Ideas Into Action #64: four Stories To Watch for 2023

What are the big stories to watch for 2023? In this World Resources Institute podcast Ani Dasgupta and Nicholas Walton d... Read more

2 Feb 2023

18mins

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Big Ideas Into Action #63: COP15 and Mexico's biodiversity

Big Ideas Into Action #63: COP15 and Mexico's biodiversity

What is being done to stop marine biodiversity loss? Marine ecosystems are essential for all life on earth, providing be... Read more

20 Dec 2022

20mins

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Big Ideas Into Action #62: Climate-vulnerable countries and COP27

Big Ideas Into Action #62: Climate-vulnerable countries and COP27

The evidence continues to mount that the climate crisis is urgent, and action needs to be taken now to avert it and to m... Read more

4 Nov 2022

15mins

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Big Ideas Into Action #61: the circular economy and climate action

Big Ideas Into Action #61: the circular economy and climate action

Tackling climate change and its impacts is complex and multifaceted, and involves everything from simply reducing the fo... Read more

3 Nov 2022

20mins

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Big Ideas Into Action #60: Fiji and the Climate Finance challenge

Big Ideas Into Action #60: Fiji and the Climate Finance challenge

Why is climate finance such an important issue, and how does it affect the world's most climate-vulnerable countries? In... Read more

28 Oct 2022

16mins

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Big Ideas Into Action #59: 40 years of climate action at WRI

Big Ideas Into Action #59: 40 years of climate action at WRI

The World Resources Institute is now 40 years old, but how have the world's climate challenges changed in that time? And... Read more

14 Sep 2022

24mins

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Big Ideas Into Action #58: Iraq and the Water Peace and Security Quarterly Update

Big Ideas Into Action #58: Iraq and the Water Peace and Security Quarterly Update

Is it possible to predict conflict? That's what the Water, Peace and Security Partnership's machine learning early warni... Read more

25 Aug 2022

9mins

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WRI Big Ideas Into Action #57: international implications of the Inflation Reduction Act

WRI Big Ideas Into Action #57: international implications of the Inflation Reduction Act

The Inflation Reduction Act that has been signed into law by President Biden is seen as good news for US efforts to comb... Read more

22 Aug 2022

9mins

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WRI Big Ideas Into Action #56: Just Transition in India

WRI Big Ideas Into Action #56: Just Transition in India

Some cases of just transition are obvious - such as finding replacement jobs and taxation money when a local coal-fired ... Read more

6 Jul 2022

11mins

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WRI Big Ideas Into Action #55: Just Transition in the United States

WRI Big Ideas Into Action #55: Just Transition in the United States

When a coal-fired power station near the US-Canada border closed, what happened to the local community, shorn of its job... Read more

30 Jun 2022

12mins

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