Researching the security implications of transitioning international energy, industrial, and transportation systems toward green technologies.
Program Areas
PROGRAM AREAS
Improved technology, high energy prices, and climate change concerns are creating favorable markets for transforming energy systems around the world. But accelerating low-carbon economic growth requires innovative public policies and strong leadership from businesses as well as public officials. Worldwatch's Climate & Energy researchers believe that an energy revolution lies ahead that is as momentous as the emergence of oil - and electricity-based economies a century ago. The Institute's research identifies key components of energy and transportation systems that aim to de-carbonize the global economy, spur innovation and job creation, address resource scarcity, and reduce local environmental pollution.
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More than ever before, how we farm and feed ourselves is changing the world around us. Worldwatch's Food & Agriculture program highlights the benefits to farmers, consumers, and ecosystems that can flow from food systems that are flexible enough to deal with shifting weather patterns, productive enough to meet the needs of expanding populations, and accessible enough to support rural communities.
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Environment & Society
TRANSFORMING ECONOMIES,
CULTURES, AND SOCIETIES
The tendency of economies, cultures, and societies to degrade their ecosystems beyond repair is causing significant disruptions to Earth's climate and environment, and subsequently to human civilization. Worldwatch's Environment & Society program turns a critical eye to how we can harness the central institutions that shape society to shift today's economies, cultures, and societies toward sustainability.
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See Our Projects
Climate & Energy
ReVolt
A blog that provides cutting-edge commentary on international climate and energy policy as well as updates on the work of Worldwatch’s Climate & Energy team.
New Economy Council
Connecting green industry players and sustainability champions with policymakers and experts from Europe and the United States.
China Program
Helping decision makers in China and around the globe better understand China’s environmental challenges and opportunities, including in the areas of renewable energy and energy efficiency.
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Status Reports
Providing an integrated picture of the global renewable energy and energy efficiency situations, including reports for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP), and REN 21.
Natural Gas and Sustainable Energy Initiative
Investigating the latest natural gas sources and extraction technologies, their environmental impact, and their potential to reduce greenhouse gases and enable widespread adoption of renewable energy.
Environment & Society
Population, Climate Change and the Environment
Exploring the influence of population change on the world's climate and environment, and the ways that access to family planning and improving women’s lives can slow population growth.
Green Transport Jobs
Exploring policies that encourage investments in rail and transit manufacturing.
Transforming Cultures
Examining how we can shift today's consumer cultures to cultures of sustainability.
Food & Agriculture
Farming in Cities
Highlighting the innovative ways that urban gardeners and livestock keepers in cities from Accra to Rio are finding to feed their communities, as more of humanity lives in cities than rural areas for the first time in history.
Agriculture and Climate Change
Raising awareness of the food and agricultural community's important role in stabilizing the world's climate, including by eating to reduce our "foodprint" and using farming methods that create "carbon sinks.
Nourishing the Planet
Chronicling agricultural innovations from Africa and around the world that reduce rural poverty and provide safe, nutritious food to the planet's nearly 1 billion hungry people, while also enhancing ecological sustainability. Visit our blog.
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