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    December 18, 2019

    RELEASE: Safe, Affordable Sanitation a Pipe Dream for Too Many Households in Global South

    • Towards a More Equal City
    • sanitation
    • waste
    • Cities
    • health
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • sanitation
    • waste
    • Cities
    • health
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Research
    December 17, 2018

    Prepared Communities

    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    August 24, 2018

    Thanks to Climate Change, Oranges Are Becoming the New Coffee in Some Parts of Costa Rica

    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    Coffee farmer Don Luis explains incremental adaptation measures he’s undertaken, like planting new coffee varieties resistant to coffee leaf rust and introducing shade trees. Photo: Rebecca Carter/WRI
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    February 3, 2015

    Transport Plays a Key Role in Urban Air Quality

    • public transit
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • road safety
    • health
    • transportation
    Transport plays a growing role in both the global climate and public health in cities like Londrina, Brazil. Photo by Mariana Gil/EMBARQ Brasil.
    • public transit
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • road safety
    • health
    • transportation
    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
    Climate
    Africa Asia Europe Latin America North America
    Insights
    December 23, 2013

    5 Big Energy Stories of 2013

    • Equity & Governance
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    President Barack Obama at the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center (Photo Credit: Wikipedia)
    • Equity & Governance
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    April 15, 2013

    An Action Plan for Environmental Justice in Latin America and the Caribbean

    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • poverty
    • public participation
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • poverty
    • public participation
    Forests
    Africa Latin America
    Insights
    March 18, 2013

    5 Lessons for Sustaining Global Forests

    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • public participation
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • public participation
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Research
    December 1, 1999

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