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Asia
News
March 17, 2021

RELEASE: National governments can reap $12 trillion in returns, create millions of new jobs, reduce emissions through low-carbon investments in cities

  • urban policy
  • Urban Transformations
  • cities
  • governance
  • low carbon cities
  • sustainable cities
  • Urban Development
  • urban policy
  • Urban Transformations
  • cities
  • governance
  • low carbon cities
  • sustainable cities
  • Urban Development
Governance
Asia Africa
Multimedia
February 22, 2021

Promoting Locally Led Adaptation In Climate Action

  • Climate Resilience
  • podcasts
  • Climate Resilience
  • podcasts
Governance
Insights
December 23, 2020

Promoting Locally Led Adaptation In Climate Action | Big Ideas Into Action Podcast

  • Climate Resilience
  • podcasts
  • Climate Resilience
  • podcasts
Cities
Africa
News
October 30, 2020

RELEASE: South Africa Joins WRI, Coalition for Urban Transitions in Supporting Green and Equitable Urban Recovery After COVID-19

  • Cities
  • low carbon development
  • South Africa
  • sustainable cities
  • Urban Development
  • Cities
  • low carbon development
  • South Africa
  • sustainable cities
  • Urban Development
Water
Asia Africa
Insights
October 31, 2019

Responding to Day Zero Equitably: Water Crisis Lessons from Cape Town and Chennai

  • Cities
  • drought
  • India
  • South Africa
  • water
Cape Town’s largest reservoir, Theewaterskloof
  • Cities
  • drought
  • India
  • South Africa
  • water
Water
Initiatives
October 8, 2019

Urban Water Resilience in Africa

Children hanging by stream in African township
Cities
Africa
Insights
May 22, 2019

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

  • cities for all
  • Sustainable Development Goal 11
  • Urban Mobility
  • urban policy
  • Cities
  • South Africa
  • transit-oriented development (TOD)
  • transport
  • transportation
Aerial view of streets in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia.
  • cities for all
  • Sustainable Development Goal 11
  • Urban Mobility
  • urban policy
  • Cities
  • South Africa
  • transit-oriented development (TOD)
  • transport
  • transportation
Cities
Africa
Insights
December 18, 2018

Johannesburg Fights Inequality with Transit-Oriented Development

  • cities for all
  • Cities
  • transit-oriented development (TOD)
  • world resources report
Contrasting high and low income housing juxtaposed in Bloubosrand, Johannesburg, June 2016. Photo: Christina Culwick
  • cities for all
  • Cities
  • transit-oriented development (TOD)
  • world resources report
Africa
Africa
Insights
February 15, 2018

3 Things Cities Can Learn from Cape Town’s Impending “Day Zero” Water Shut-Off

  • Water
  • Aqueduct
  • drought
  • maps
  • natural infrastructure
  • South Africa
  • water
  • water risk
  • water stress
Cape Town, South Africa
  • Water
  • Aqueduct
  • drought
  • maps
  • natural infrastructure
  • South Africa
  • water
  • water risk
  • water stress
Cities
Latin America
News
May 11, 2016

RELEASE: Policy Blueprint for Building Efficiency Shows Urban Leaders How to Boost Economy and Cut Emissions

  • Cities
  • emissions
  • energy efficiency
  • low carbon development
  • Cities
  • emissions
  • energy efficiency
  • low carbon development
Climate
Africa
Insights
October 1, 2015

South Africa Pledges to Peak Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2025

  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • Climate
  • greenhouse gases
  • INDC
  • international climate policy
  • South Africa
  • UNFCCC
South Africa is the first country to apply a carbon budget approach to determine whether its INDC represents a fair share of global emission reductions. Photo by Lollie-Pop/Flickr.
  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • Climate
  • greenhouse gases
  • INDC
  • international climate policy
  • South Africa
  • UNFCCC
Climate
Africa
News
September 25, 2015

WRI Calls South Africa INDC Submission "Encouraging"

  • international climate policy
  • South Africa
  • UNFCCC
  • international climate policy
  • South Africa
  • UNFCCC
Food
Initiatives
April 1, 2015

Food and Land Use Coalition

Women community members plant newly matured seedlings in Sumatra, Indonesia
Climate
Latin America Asia
News
December 8, 2014

RELEASE: Launch of First Global Standard to Measure Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Cities

  • Cities
  • emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • sustainable cities
  • Urban Development
  • Cities
  • emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • sustainable cities
  • Urban Development
Energy
Africa
Insights
October 1, 2014

Finding Solutions for South Africa’s Coal-Fired Energy and Water Problems

  • Water
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • coal
  • Africa
  • fossil fuels
  • South Africa
  • Water Quality
  • water risk
  • water stress
A communal water tap in Soweto, South Africa. Photo credit: E. Muench, Wikimedia Commons
  • Water
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • coal
  • Africa
  • fossil fuels
  • South Africa
  • Water Quality
  • water risk
  • water stress
Energy
Latin America Asia North America Africa Europe
News
September 2, 2014

RELEASE: New Analysis Finds 38% of World’s Shale Resources Face Water Stress

  • Water
  • Business
  • Energy
  • shale gas
  • water stress
  • Water
  • Business
  • Energy
  • shale gas
  • water stress

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