EMBARQ - The WRI Center for Sustainable Transport is headquartered at the World Resources Institute, one of the world’s most prestigious environmental research and policy organizations. WRI offers EMBARQ in-house access to technical and research expertise, as well as linkage to a global network of experts in the fields of geography, energy, air quality, natural resource management, and transportation. Furthermore, EMBARQ and its partners share WRI’s commitment to the principles of integrity, transparency, accountability, and equity in all of their work.
The World Resources Institute organizes its work around four key programmatic goals:
- People & Ecosystems
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems and assure their capacity to provide humans with needed goods and services. - Governance
Empower people and support institutions to foster environmentally sound and socially equitable decision-making. - Climate Protection
Protect the global climate system from further harm due to emissions of greenhouse gases and help humanity and the natural world adapt to unavoidable climate change. - Markets & Enterprise
Harness markets and enterprise to expand economic opportunity and protect the environment.




