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Cities
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We're Grossly Underestimating the World's Water Access Crisis

  • Cities
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Water Security
  • development
  • Freshwater
We are far from universal water access.
  • Cities
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Water Security
  • development
  • Freshwater
Research
Women holding woven baskets with fresh vegetables and fruit
Insights

10 Breakthrough Technologies Can Help Feed the World Without Destroying It

  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Food
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • food security
food lab
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Food
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • food security
News
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • Food
  • Food Loss and Waste
Insights

5 Ways to Put Food on a Water Diet

  • Freshwater
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • water risk
African woman watering garden
  • Freshwater
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • water risk
Insights

People Move to Cities for Better Jobs and Opportunities. Impossible Commutes Are Getting in the Way

  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Urban Mobility
  • Cities
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
Aerial view of streets in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia.
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Urban Mobility
  • Cities
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
Insights

Public Space for Recreation Is Good for Cities. Guadalajara, Mexico Shows Us 3 Reasons Why.

  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Development
Guadalajara, Mexico
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Development
Insights

The Data Revolution Hasn't Yet Hit Agriculture

  • data
  • Business
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • food security
  • Forests
Farmer harvests wheat in Mojo, Ethiopia. Photo by Peter Lowe/CIMMYT
  • data
  • Business
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • food security
  • Forests
Insights

Monster Avocados and Bread Beer: 12 Technologies Fighting Food Waste

  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • Food Loss and Waste
Garbage bins
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • Food Loss and Waste
Insights

Too Many Cities Are Growing Out Rather than Up. 3 Reasons That’s a Problem

  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Cities
  • poverty
  • Urban Development
Informal settlements at the edge of Mumbai, India. Photo by Johnny Miller/Unequal Scenes
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Cities
  • poverty
  • Urban Development
Insights

Johannesburg Fights Inequality with Transit-Oriented Development

  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Cities
  • transportation
Contrasting high and low income housing juxtaposed in Bloubosrand, Johannesburg, June 2016. Photo: Christina Culwick
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Cities
  • transportation
Insights

How to Sustainably Feed 10 Billion People by 2050, in 21 Charts

  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Food
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • food security
Cambodian rice farmers
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Food
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • food security
Insights

Putting the Poor First to Improve Sanitation in Kampala

  • Towards a More Equal City
  • sanitation
Sanitation entrepreneur in Kampala. Photo: Water for People.
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • sanitation
Insights

Equitable Planning in Ahmedabad: Beyond Eminent Domain

  • Cities
  • Towards a More Equal City
Ahmedabad uses a special process for acquiring land to make sure new developments receive city services.
  • Cities
  • Towards a More Equal City