Governance
Transparent, effective, accountable governance is critical to ensuring that development benefits people and the planet. The Governance Center of Excellence works with civil society, governments, development agencies, businesses, and other institutions to improve decision-making processes and legal frameworks. Our goal is to empower people and strengthen institutions to foster environmentally sound and socially equitable decision-making.
In many countries, citizens and communities face social and environmental injustices that can leave them without a say in the development decisions that affect their lives and the resources they depend on.
As a global leader on environmental governance, the Governance Center uses data and research to institutionalize fundamental democratic principles - such as transparency, participation, and accountability - into decision-making processes, policies, and legal frameworks. The Governance Center is divided into five practice areas—climate resilience, environmental democracy, energy governance, natural resource governance and urban governance— where our work is concentrated on six priority issues: climate, energy, food, forests, water, and cities.
Top Governance Outcomes
What's a top outcome?
Top outcomes are WRI's biggest success stories. They occur when our analysis, solutions, or partnerships result in significant change in the world.
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Featured Expert
Davida Wood
WRI Governance
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Governance Projects
Environmental Democracy
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Strengthening the Right to Information for People and the Environment (STRIPE)
Improving communities’ health and environment through their right to access information and participate in decision-making
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Open Government Partnership
Promoting citizen-centered governance by increasing civic participation, improving transparency and strengthening accountability
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The Access Initiative (TAI)
Ensuring that citizens have the right and ability to influence decisions about their natural resources.
Climate Resilience
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Tracking Adaptation Success
Providing practical solutions for tracking the progress of adaptation initiatives in the context of sustainable development.
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Urban Climate Resilience
Building urban resilience to climate change by helping cities address their climate risks and vulnerabilities.
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International Climate Action
The International Climate Action Initiative uses analysis, innovation and partnerships to achieve effective national policies and ambitious, equitable international climate action
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Adaptation Finance
Reducing the vulnerability of local communities exposed to climate change by increasing the volume and effectiveness of finance directed towards adaptation.
Natural Resources Governance
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Land and Resource Rights
WRI’s Land and Resource Rights project aims to ensure that rural people and the urban poor have secure rights over their land and natural resources.
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The Governance of Forests Initiative
Strengthening land use laws and practices that impact forests to reduce deforestation and forest degradation and increase communities’ rights to natural resources.
Energy Governance
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Electricity Governance Initiative
A unique network of civil society organizations dedicated to promoting transparent, inclusive and accountable decision-making in the electricity sector.
Signature Initiatives
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The Access Initiative (TAI)
Ensuring that citizens have the right and ability to influence decisions about their natural resources.
Experts
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Mark Robinson
Global Director, Governance -
Tjokorda Nirarta "Koni" Samadhi
Country Director, Indonesia -
Natalie Elwell
Senior Gender Advisor -
Carole Excell
Acting Director, Environmental Democracy Practice -
Peter Veit
Director, Land and Resource Rights Initiative -
Rebecca Carter
Climate Resilience Senior Associate and Acting Director -
Davida Wood
Senior Associate, Energy Access and Governance -
Juan-Carlos Altamirano
Economist -
Arivudai Nambi Appadurai
India Adaptation Strategy Head -
Moushumi Chaudhury
Associate, Climate Resilience -
Ayesha Dinshaw
Associate, Climate Resilience -
Namrata Ginoya
Project Associate, Climate Resilience -
Bharath Jairaj
Senior Associate -
Celine Salcedo-La Viña
Research Associate II -
Elizabeth Moses
Research Analyst II, Environmental Democracy Practice -
Katie Reytar
Research Associate -
Emily Roth
Grants and Finance Coordinator -
Jessica Webb
Civil Society Engagement Manager, Global Forest Watch -
Lauren Williams
Chief of Party, SCAEMPS -
Jesse Worker
Associate, The Access Initiative -
Novita Liangga Kumala
Governance Specialist, WRI Indonesia -
Stefanie Tye
Research Analyst -
Vaishali Patel
Project Coordinator II, Natural Resource Governance Practice -
Laura Notess
Research Analyst, Land and Resources Rights -
Sophie Boehm
Communications Specialist -
Lily Odarno
Associate, Energy Access -
Kathleen Mogelgaard
Associate, Climate Resilience -
Christy Pak
Administrative Coordinator II -
Mathilde Bouyé
Associate, SDG Delivery Team -
Burhan Razi
Operations Manager, Governance and Business Centers -
Adi Pradana
Sustainable Land Use Manager -
Katerina Elias-Trostmann
Senior Research Analyst, WRI Brasil -
Joy Jackson
PREP Data Intern -
Daniely Votto
Urban Governance Manager, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Daniela Lichtler Cassel
Urban Governance Analyst, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Amala Devi
Project Associate - Governance, WRI India -
Sumedha Malaviya
Senior Project Associate -
Pamli Deka
Manager, Electricity Governance Initiative -
Lauretta Burke
Senior Associate -
Jayson VanBeusichem
Project Coordinator II, Climate Resilience Practice -
Ayushi Trivedi
Water, Food Security and Gender Intern -
Delfina Grinspan
Open Climate Working Group Intern -
Nina Hamilton
Intern, Land and Resource Rights Initiative -
Tyler Ferdinand
Research Analyst II -
Emily van Bronkhorst
Project Coordinator II -
Alejandra Rodriguez
Environmental Democracy Intern -
Christina Chan
Director, Climate Resilience Practice