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From Minibuses to “Boda Bodas,” Informal Transport Systems Could Be an Untapped Climate Change Solution

  • Urban Mobility
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • Cities
  • Integrated Transport
Passengers on a busy Bangkok street ride on colorful three-wheeled tuk-tuks.
  • Urban Mobility
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • Cities
  • Integrated Transport
Update

Celebrating 10 Years of Collaboration on Public Transportation from WRI and FedEx

  • Cities
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • Urban Mobility
Avenue in Mexico City
  • Cities
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • Urban Mobility
Insights

How China Can Cut its Road Transportation Emissions by 95%

  • transportation
  • GHG emissions
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Electric Mobility
  • public transit
  • Air Quality
  • climatewatch-pinned
Beijing highway
  • transportation
  • GHG emissions
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Electric Mobility
  • public transit
  • Air Quality
  • climatewatch-pinned
Insights

5 Ways China’s Cities Can Drive Equitable and Sustainable Urbanization

  • Urban Development
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • nature-based solutions
  • development
  • low carbon development
A close-up of shrubbery with skyscrapers in the distant background.
  • Urban Development
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • nature-based solutions
  • development
  • low carbon development
Initiatives

Digital Transport for Africa

Busy street between buildings with vans, cars, motorcycles, and pedestrians
Initiatives

TUMI E-Bus Mission

Transmilenio electric transit bus charging at an electric bus depot in Bogota, Colombia
Insights

Mass Transit Is a Public Good. Everyone—Not Just Riders—Should Pay For It.

  • Urban Mobility
  • Cities
  • transportation
  • public transit
Looking out onto the Delhi Metro tracks in Badarpur. Flickr/Axel Drainville
  • Urban Mobility
  • Cities
  • transportation
  • public transit
Insights

How Did Shenzhen, China Build World’s Largest Electric Bus Fleet?

  • public transit
  • transportation
Electric buses in China
  • public transit
  • transportation
Insights

The Road to Safety in India

  • public transit
  • Cities
  • road safety
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
India has one of the worst road safety records in the world, with around 1,37,423 road traffic fatalities in 2013. (Bangalore, India) Photo by EMBARQ.
  • public transit
  • Cities
  • road safety
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
Research

Going in the Right Direction?

3 Promising Pathways to Finance Sustainable Cities

  • Cities
  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • COP20
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
  • Paris Agreement
  • transportation
Leaders at COP20 can explore a range of sources for financing low-carbon urban development including multilateral investment banks, private investors, and innovative initatives like the Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions or climate-themed bonds. (Mexico City, Mexico) Photo by Boris G/Flickr.
  • Cities
  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • COP20
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
  • Paris Agreement
  • transportation

What Would Success Look Like at COP 20 in Lima?

  • COP20
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Lima is a major milestone on the path to Paris and the 2015 climate agreement. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
  • COP20
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC

Opportunities in New Climate Economy

  • Climate
  • climate change
  • COP20
  • Economics
  • GHG emissions
  • Paris Agreement
Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Barack Obama. Photo by U.S. Embassy, The Hague/Flickr.
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • COP20
  • Economics
  • GHG emissions
  • Paris Agreement

The China-U.S. Climate Agreement: By the Numbers

  • International Climate Action
  • COP20
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • UNFCCC
China plans to increase the share of non-fossil fuels in primary energy consumption to around 20 percent by 2020. (Yunnan, China) Photo by Mingjia Zhou/Flickr.
  • International Climate Action
  • COP20
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • UNFCCC
Insights

People-Oriented Cities: Mixed-Use Development Creates Social and Economic Benefits

  • public transit
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
Mixed-use development combined with pedestrianization on Mexico City’s Calle Madero promotes sustainable, prosperous communities. Photo Credit: Julius Reque/Flickr.
  • public transit
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset