Are the Beijing Olympics a signal that China can pursue both economic growth and a cleaner environment?

Climate change poses a major threat to the world’s 2 billion rural poor, but sustainable natural resource management can help developing countries like Niger adapt to the threat.

For those who missed it: here are the video transcripts for last week’s Energy Forum panel on energy policy for the next (U.S.) Administration, sponsored by BP and the Atlantic.

Hong Kong’s government adopts guidelines for GHG accounting in its building sectors, and announces a “carbon audit” of 10 of its buildings.

Even with half of private cars off the road, Beijing remains wrapped in a haze of smog. The real causes of Beijing’s air quality woes lie elsewhere.

The forest products sector holds an enormous stake in the coming economy defined by resource constraints, climate change policies, and shifting consumer values.

A new study by WRI and other researchers finds that much of the world’s deforestation is isolated in a handful of “hotspots,” not spread out over many nations and many locations.

Africa: Atlas of Our Changing Environment, a new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report, uses more than 300 satellite images to tell the story of Africa’s environmental transformation.

When it comes to urban transportation, ingenuity is the key to cleaner, greener, and smarter cities.

Learn more about three long-term, sustainable policy solutions that would help ease the pain of high gas prices.