Rhys Gerholdt

Senior Communications Manager

Bio

Rhys Gerholdt is the Communications Manager for the Global Climate Program at World Resources Institute. He brings expansive knowledge of WRI’s issues and skills as a communications strategist, with more than eight years of communications experience, and six years with environmental organizations.

Rhys joined WRI from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), where he managed communications and media relations on a range of topics including international and domestic climate policy, deforestation, climate adaptation and the issues in the Mekong River basin.

Prior to WWF, Rhys was Communications Manager for U.S. Climate Action Network, a coalition of organizations advancing ambitious climate action in the United States and through the United Nations.

Rhys holds a Master’s in Communication from The Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor’s in Government from New Mexico State University. He lives in Washington, DC with his wife Jennifer.

Blog Posts

Message from Bonn: The World is Committed to Climate Action and Paris Agreement
by Yamide Dagnet, Eliza Northrop, Cynthia Elliott, Kathleen Mogelgaard, Joe Thwaites and Rhys Gerholdt - May 19, 2017
Climate negotiations just concluded in Bonn, and negotiators delivered a clear message: International climate action will not be deterred by shifting political winds in any one country.
Achieving India’s Ambitious Renewable Energy Goals: A Progress Report
by Katherine Ross and Rhys Gerholdt - May 12, 2017
As climate negotiators met in Bonn this week, Indian Energy Minister Shri Piyush Goyal offered a bold assertion, saying India would stand by its climate commitments under the Paris Agreement "irrespective of what happens in the rest of the world." Here's a progress report on India's progress toward its renewable energy goals.
Mail on Sunday’s Misleading Claims on Climate Change
by Kelly Levin and Rhys Gerholdt - February 07, 2017
The climate denier engine is revving up again. Last weekend, an article in the Mail on Sunday attempted to cast doubt on the strength of climate science, and it has been taken up by the U.S. House Science Committee, which has been prone to promoting more climate denial than sound science. The news article doesn't just misinform; it is not grounded in facts.
Tillerson’s Hearing Fails to Assure the American Public on Climate Change
by Andrew Light, C. Forbes Tompkins, Rhys Gerholdt and Christopher Henderson - January 13, 2017
At his Senate confirmation hearing, Rex Tillerson, the former CEO of ExxonMobil who has been nominated as the next secretary of State, provided measured and carefully crafted answers, but did little to reassure the American public that he would lead on climate change.
INSIDER: Untangling Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) for the Paris Agreement
by Neelam Singh and Rhys Gerholdt - August 30, 2016
You can’t change what you can’t measure. That’s true whether you’re talking about losing weight, improving your race time or reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

When it comes to climate action, measuring countries’ emissions and the progress they make toward reducing...
5 Big Developments from Day 1 of the Paris Climate Conference
by Jennifer Morgan, David Waskow, Rhys Gerholdt, Eliza Northrop and Joe Thwaites - December 01, 2015
More than 150 heads of state converged in Paris to kick off COP21 climate negotiations and show their resolve to tackle the climate challenge. In their opening speeches, leaders made it clear that they came to act. Many national leaders from developing and developed countries joined together to launch major new initiatives, some in partnership with the private sector.
Australia Offers Lackluster 2030 Climate Target
by Rhys Gerholdt and Mengpin Ge - August 11, 2015
Australia’s just-announced plan for tackling climate change over the next decade proposes to cut emissions 26-28 percent from 2005 levels by 2030.
Snapshots of Miami Sea Level Rise
by Rhys Gerholdt - May 02, 2014
Miami ranks as the most vulnerable city in the world to the risk of coastal flooding caused by sea level rise.

Despite Miami’s vulnerability to sea level rise, there is reason to be hopeful: Many of the city’s local leaders and community residents are emerging as innovators in local climate action.

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Message from Bonn: The World is Committed to Climate Action and Paris Agreement

Achieving India’s Ambitious Renewable Energy Goals: A Progress Report

Mail on Sunday’s Misleading Claims on Climate Change

Tillerson’s Hearing Fails to Assure the American Public on Climate Change

INSIDER: Untangling Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) for the Paris Agreement

5 Big Developments from Day 1 of the Paris Climate Conference

Australia Offers Lackluster 2030 Climate Target

Snapshots of Miami Sea Level Rise

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