According to the World Resources Institute, a lack of snow could also threaten the future of Winter Olympic Games.

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The World Resources Institute, the Clean Air Task Force and Duke Energy have started this work, with great prospects for results.

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One participant, Jennifer Morgan from the World Resources Institute told me there was likely to be more heat than light in Doha.

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On December 11, 2012, Glenfiddich will partner with The World Resources Institute (WRI), for the final auction of Janet Sheed Roberts Reserve in Los Angeles.

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Among the key findings of the World Resources Institute's Reefs at Risk report is that 58 percent of the world's reefs are potentially threatened by human activities.

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Leaders of respected environmental outfits such as Environmental Defence and the World Resources Institute have recently made positive noises about nuclear power as part of a response to global warming.

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The map was drawn up by the World Resources Institute, South Dakota University and IUCN, for the Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration ahead of the launch of the United Nations International Year of Forests 2011.

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Lauretta Burke who heads the project for the World Resources Institute is enthusiastic about the way in which interactive maps have enabled her team to gain more information and show it in an informative and engaging way.

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The World Resources Institute estimate that if all the credits were translated into genuine pollution cuts it would lead to the equivalent of perhaps 23% American reductions on 1990 levels, which is very much in line with Europe's 20% offer.

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