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1982: Gus Speth Launches WRI

The MacArthur Foundation provides a $15 million investment to enable Gus Speth to lead the world’s first organization dedicated to solving global environmental problems and improving people’s lives. 1982: Gus Speth Launches WRI.

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1982: Gus Speth Launches WRI

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  1. The MacArthur Foundation provides a $15 million investment to enable Gus Speth to lead the world’s first organization dedicated to solving global environmental problems and improving people’s lives. 1982: Gus Speth Launches WRI

  2. In Villach, Austria, WRI helps organize the first international meeting on the build up and effects of CO2 and other “greenhouse gases” in the atmosphere. 1985: Putting Greenhouse Gases on the Global Agenda

  3. WRI and AES undertake the world’s first carbon offset project in Guatemala. This innovative concept has evolved to a commonly-used strategy for addressing climate change. 1989: Carbon Offsets, Pioneering a New Strategy

  4. A UN-commissioned study by WRI leads to the creation of the Global Environment Facility. The GEF has provided $6.2 billion in grants and generated over $20 billion in financing to support over 1,800 projects that produce global environmental benefits in developing countries in transition. 1990: Laying the Groundwork for the Global Environment Facility

  5. Using case studies from nine U.S. companies, WRI’s Green Ledgers demonstrates that incorporating environmental costs into corporate accounting can improve the bottom line and business sustainability. 1995: Protecting the Environment and the Bottom Line

  6. WRI’s Guide to the Perplexed, explains why different economic models reach different conclusions about the costs of reducing GHG emissions. The Guide is widely cited among policy makers in preparing the U.S. positions going into the negotiations that led to the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change. 1997: Explaining the Costs of Climate Protection

  7. Building on WRI’s ground-breaking work to map the world’s large, remaining, intact natural forests, WRI launches Global Forest Watch to protect the forests. Using satellites, the network now maps 90% of the world’s primary forests and provides technical expertise to governments, businesses, and environmental groups. 2000: Improving the Management of the World’s Forests

  8. A WRI study catalyzes a four-year, $25 million effort to analyze the health of Earth’s ecosystems. This Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, managed under the U.N., involved 1,400 scientists from 95 countries. Its findings are changing the way society manages the living systems upon which life depends. 2001: First “Global Check-Up” of Earth’s Ecosystems

  9. WRI helps establish The Access Initiative, an international coalition of governments, international organizations, and civil society groups working together to advance the rights of people to influence decisions about the natural resources they depend on. 2002: Giving Citizens an “Environmental Voice”

  10. Mexico City’s new fleet of 80 new low-pollution busses carry 250,000 passengers per day, reducing 47,000 tons of CO2 emissions per year and cutting travel time from the far north of the city to the south in half. The bus system is the centerpiece of a partnership between Mexico City and EMBARQ - the WRI Center for Sustainable Transport – and a cost-effective model for other large, polluted cities. 2005: Mexico City on the Move

  11. A key outcome of this was WRI’s report with Citigroup Investment Research, which looked broadly at investment opportunities in technologies that lower GHG emissions or increase energy efficiency. Earlier work with Merril Lynch examined the auto industry. WRI’s Capital Markets team has worked worked with financial institutions for years to embed climate opportunities and risk into financial analysis and investment decisions. 2006: Modeling Climate Opportunity and Risk

  12. The U.S. Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) calls on the federal government to quickly enact strong national legislation that requires significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. USCAP issues consensus principles and recommendations on a policy framework to meet GHG targets. USCAP includes: WRI, NRDC, Environmental Defense, The Pew Center, Alcoa, BP America, Caterpillar, Duke Energy, DuPont, FPL Group, GE, Lehman Brothers, PC&E, and PNM Resources. 2007: US Climate Action Partnership

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