World Resources Institute
A global research organisation behind Global Nature Watch (formerly Global Forest Watch), Climate Watch and much of the field’s open data and analysis.
- Type
- Think tank
- Also written as
- WRI
- Official website
- wri.org (opens another site)
- Projects
- 5
Projects
- Mangrove Ecosystem Restoration Solution (MERS) · Climate Solutions Partnership co-partner
- Restore Local: Lake Kivu and Rusizi River Basin (Burundi Component) · TerraFund for AFR100 co-manager
- SUNCASA in Dire Dawa · Co-lead delivery partner
- SUNCASA in Johannesburg · Co-lead delivery partner
- SUNCASA in Kigali · Co-lead delivery partner
Administers
- TerraFund for AFR100
“TerraFund for AFR100 is managed by World Resources Institute, One Tree Planted, Realize Impact, and Barka in support of the AFR100 Initiative.”
Stated in TerraFund for AFR100 | AFR100 (opens another site)
Documents it published
- Financing Restoration Implementation (WRI Africa) · Sector assessment
- Growing Resilience: Unlocking the Potential of Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa · Sector assessment, February 2025
Sources
- Page on its own siteWorld Resources Institute (opens another site)
- Page on its own sitewri.org/insights/restoring-africas-lake-kivu-rusizi-river-basin (opens another site) on Restore Local: Lake Kivu and Rusizi River Basin (Burundi Component)
- Named inSUNCASA programme, IISD (opens another site) on SUNCASA in Kigali
- Named inSUNCASA in Kigali, IISD (opens another site) on SUNCASA in Kigali
- Named inSAVi Kigali assessment (January 2026) (opens another site) on SUNCASA in Kigali
- Named inScaling nature-based solutions in Kigali (November 2024) (opens another site) on SUNCASA in Kigali
- Named inYear one of SUNCASA progress (March 2025) (opens another site) on SUNCASA in Kigali
- Named inNursery work and childcare (March 2026) (opens another site) on SUNCASA in Kigali
- Named inBuilding climate resilience in three cities (April 2026) (opens another site) on SUNCASA in Kigali
- Named inInternational Institute for Sustainable Development (opens another site) on SUNCASA in Kigali
- Named iniisd.org/publications/report/nature-based-solutions-johannesburg (opens another site) on SUNCASA in Johannesburg
- Named insse.aucegypt.edu (opens another site) on Mangrove Ecosystem Restoration Solution (MERS)