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    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    October 27, 2014

    4 Keys to Scaled-up Climate Investment in Brazil

    • Finance
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • climate investment funds
    • Green Climate Fund
    São Paulo , Brazil. Photo Credit: veebruar/Flickr
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • climate investment funds
    • Green Climate Fund
    Finance
    Asia
    Research
    August 13, 2014

    Managing Environmental Impact

    Cities
    Insights
    August 13, 2014

    People-Oriented Cities: Smarter Driving, Smarter Cities

    • public transit
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Urban Development
    • Health & Road Safety
    Transport demand management strategies help wane commuters off the private car and make sustainable transport alternatives more viable, easing congestion and improving quality of life in cities. Photo Credit: Mariana Gil/EMBARQ Brasil
    • public transit
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Urban Development
    • Health & Road Safety
    Insights
    July 3, 2014

    Learning from a “Living Laboratory”: 5 Lessons for the Green Climate Fund

    • climate investment funds
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Green Climate Fund
    Tanzanian farmer with drought-affected maize.Climate change affects businesses, communities, government, and more, so it cannot be addressed without a range of actors stepping up. Photo Credit: Anne Wangalachi/CIMMYT
    • climate investment funds
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Green Climate Fund
    Climate
    Insights
    June 30, 2014

    Closing the Renewable Energy Investment Gap

    • Energy
    • climate investment funds
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • renewable energy
    Wind farm in Palmas, Brazil. The Global Status Report gives other encouraging examples of the falling cost of renewables, especially in major emerging markets. Photo Credit: Carla Wosniak/Flickr
    • Energy
    • climate investment funds
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • renewable energy
    Cities
    Insights
    June 26, 2014

    People-Oriented Cities: Designing Walkable, Bikeable Neighborhoods

    • biking
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • health
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Mexico City has created urban streetscapes around its Metrobús bus rapid transit (BRT) system that support safe bicycling and walking, connecting urban residents to mass transport. Photo by Alejandro Luna/Flickr.
    • biking
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • health
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Finance
    Africa
    Insights
    June 18, 2014

    Tracking Climate Finance in Developing Countries: Easing the Way Forward

    • Climate
    • climate investment funds
    • climate finance
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    • UNFCCC
    Kenyan farmers discussing changes in the climate and weather. The lack of an internationally agreed definition of climate finance makes it difficult to monitor and report climate finance flows. Photo Credit: CGIAR/Flickr
    • Climate
    • climate investment funds
    • climate finance
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    • UNFCCC
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    June 12, 2014

    People-Oriented Cities: 3 Key Elements for Quality Public Transport

    • public transit
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Urban Development
    • Health & Road Safety
    Quality, user-friendly public transport systems provide a viable alternative to the private car and help build livable, accessible cities. Photo Credit: Alejandro Luna/EMBARQ Mexico
    • public transit
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Urban Development
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Latin America North America
    Insights
    June 3, 2014

    Demystifying Transit-Oriented Development

    • Climate
    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    • Energy Access
    • GHG emissions
    • health
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Urban Development
    Transit-oriented development strategies can help urban areas develop sustainably, uniting land use, transport planning, and urban design to create more people-oriented cities. Pictured: Small businesses and pedestrians at a hub near Mexico City’s Metrobús bus rapid transit (BRT) system. Photo credit: Justin Swan/Flickr
    • Climate
    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    • Energy Access
    • GHG emissions
    • health
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Urban Development
    Finance
    Africa
    Insights
    June 2, 2014

    Lessons from Mexico: Mobilizing Investment in Wind Power

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • climate investment funds
    • climate finance
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Thanks to government-led programs supported by international partners, Mexico installed 1240 MW of wind generation capacity by 2012. Photo credit: neusbordas/Flickr
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • climate investment funds
    • climate finance
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    May 27, 2014

    Lessons from South Africa: Mobilizing Investment in Renewable Energy

    • Energy
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • climate investment funds
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    When it comes to renewable energy, South Africa has considerable, unrealized potential. Some estimate that wind power generation potential in South Africa could reach 80.54 TWh, which could be realized with an installed capacity of 30.6 GW. Photo credit: Lollie-Pop/Flickr
    • Energy
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • climate investment funds
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Cities
    Insights
    April 10, 2014

    World Urban Forum Highlights Opportunities for Sustainable Cities

    • Cities
    • road safety
    • Urban Development
    Experts are gathered in Medellin, Colombia this week for the World Urban Forum. Photo credit: Andrew, Flickr
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    Asia Latin America North America
    Insights
    April 4, 2014

    A Safe City is a Just City

    • Cities
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Urban Development
    • Health & Road Safety
    In Rio de Janeiro, proximity to transport is key to ensuring that residents have access to jobs and opportunities within the city. Photo Credit: EMBARQ-Brazil
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Urban Development
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    News
    November 27, 2013

    MEDIA ADVISORY: New Report and Panel Discussion on Saving Lives and Improving Traffic Safety with Sustainable Transport

    • transportation
    • road safety
    • health
    • Urban Development
    • Health & Road Safety
    • transportation
    • road safety
    • health
    • Urban Development
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    September 19, 2013

    Launching the iBus: How Public Outreach Led to Transport Success in Indore, India

    • public transit
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • transportation
    The iBus in Indore, India.
    • public transit
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • transportation
    Cities
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    Insights
    September 4, 2013

    Boom and Bus: How Public Transport Can Curb Road Deaths as Our Cities Grow

    • public transit
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    BRT system in Curitiba, Brazil. Photo credit: Guilherme Mendes Thomaz, Flickr
    • public transit
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa
    Insights
    May 16, 2013

    Strengthening Ownership and Effectiveness of Climate Finance

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • climate investment funds
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • climate investment funds
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    Asia
    Insights
    April 22, 2013

    5 Keys to Sustainable Development in Indian Cities

    • Cities
    • road safety
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    April 11, 2013

    Connecting Sustainable Transport to Urban Development in India

    • Urban Mobility
    • public transit
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    • public transit
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • low carbon development
    • transportation

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