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Multilateral Development Bank Climate Finance in 2018: The Good, the Bad and the Urgent

  • adaptation finance
  • climate finance
  • Finance
  • multilateral development banks
Solar panel for home use in Sri Lanka. Flickr/World Bank Photo Collection
  • adaptation finance
  • climate finance
  • Finance
  • multilateral development banks
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Scooter Use Skyrocketing in Cities, But Are They Safe? A Look at the Evidence

  • biking
  • Urban Mobility
  • Cities
  • road safety
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
A man rides a scooter in Austin, Texas.
  • biking
  • Urban Mobility
  • Cities
  • road safety
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
Insights

6 Questions on Climate and Development for the World Bank Presidential Candidates

  • Climate
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • multilateral development banks
The World Bank Building in Washington, DC. Flickr/Aaron Webb
  • Climate
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • multilateral development banks
Technical Perspectives

INSIDER: 3 Ways Cities Can Harness the Benefits of the Bike-Share Revolution

  • biking
  • Urban Mobility
  • Health & Road Safety
  • biking
  • Urban Mobility
  • Health & Road Safety
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7 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2019

  • Finance
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • Forests
  • Cities
  • Business
  • biking
  • circular economy
  • stories to watch
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • Health & Road Safety
California wildfire
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • Forests
  • Cities
  • Business
  • biking
  • circular economy
  • stories to watch
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • Health & Road Safety
Technical Perspectives

INSIDER: Development Bank Investments in Electricity Transmission and Distribution Should Align with the Paris Agreement

  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate finance
  • multilateral development banks
Power tower. Flickr/Robbie V
  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate finance
  • multilateral development banks
Initiatives

Cities4Forests

Pond and trees in front of city skyline.
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MDB Climate Finance in 2017: The Good, the Bad and the Urgent

  • multilateral development banks
  • climate finance
Solar pump operator in Bangladesh.
  • multilateral development banks
  • climate finance
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Banks could be more transparent about their climate progress.
  • Finance
  • multilateral development banks
News

RELEASE: 15 Transport and Tech Companies Sign the Shared Mobility Principles for Livable Cities

  • biking
  • public transit
  • Urban Mobility
  • low carbon development
  • biking
  • public transit
  • Urban Mobility
  • low carbon development
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Chinese Cities Aim to Rein in Bike-Sharing Boom

  • biking
  • Urban Mobility
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
Bike sharing in China
  • biking
  • Urban Mobility
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
Technical Perspectives

INSIDER: Expanding the Toolbox: A Glimpse at a New Generation of MDB De-Risking Approaches

  • climate finance
  • Finance
  • multilateral development banks
Balancing funds. (Flickr/olivierterrier)
  • climate finance
  • Finance
  • multilateral development banks
Insights

Make Cycling Safer in China—By Design

  • Cities
  • biking
  • Urban Mobility
  • transportation
  • Urban Development
  • Health & Road Safety
Biking in downtown Beijing.
  • Cities
  • biking
  • Urban Mobility
  • transportation
  • Urban Development
  • Health & Road Safety
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MDB Climate Finance in 2016: The Good, the Bad and the Urgent

  • Finance
  • Climate
  • climate finance
  • multilateral development banks
Researcher pulls up mangrove roots for carbon stock assessment, Kalimantan, Indonesia
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • climate finance
  • multilateral development banks
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Are Multilateral Development Banks Supporting a Low-Carbon Future?

  • Climate
  • Finance
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
India solar panels
  • Climate
  • Finance
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
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Swapping Parking Spots for Bike Lots Can Transform India’s Cities

  • biking
  • Urban Mobility
  • transportation
Seeds for Change project in Gurugram, India
  • biking
  • Urban Mobility
  • transportation
Insights

Urban Biking Advice from Copenhagen, Portland and Beyond

  • biking
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
WRI’s Andrew Steer and Claudia Adriazola on the Pennsylvania Avenue biketrack
  • biking
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety