RELEASE: Ani Dasgupta Selected to be WRI's Next President & CEO wri.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wri.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
I’m writing this on my final day at WRI, after nearly nine very happy and productive years. Together, we’ve grown the impact and the size of WRI, we’ve internationalized our reach, and we’ve built a well-functioning global team of 1,500 professionals across more than a dozen international offices. Along the way we’ve helped reshape understanding of the relationship between the natural world and economic development, we’ve introduced important new technologies and tools, and we’ve influenced key decisions in cities, corporations, communities and countries and in the global corridors of power.
In all this we’ve helped shift the needle towards hope.
Cities contain 56% of the world’s populace and are responsible for 70% of energy-related global CO2 emissions. They are economic engines, producing 80% of global GDP. Yet they struggle with urban sprawl, traffic and air pollution, which limit access to jobs and services for those living within them. As climate shocks damage over-stretched essential infrastructure, cities must become resilient, inclusive and low-carbon.
Andrew Steer at the Courage to Lead event in 2017 in New York. Photo by Ayano Hisa.
I’m writing this on my final day at WRI, after nearly nine very happy and productive years. Together, we’ve grown the impact and the size of WRI, we’ve internationalized our reach, and we’ve built a well-functioning global team of 1,500 professionals across more than a dozen international offices. Along the way we’ve helped reshape understanding of the relationship between the natural world and economic development, we’ve introduced important new technologies and tools, and we’ve influenced key decisions in cities, corporations, communities and countries and in the global corridors of power.
Cities can spur significant climate and economic benefits through targeted low-carbon investmen panda.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from panda.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.