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PODCAST: A Mother for Road Safety with Zoleka Mandela

  • podcasts
  • Urban Mobility
  • Cities
  • road safety
  • Health & Road Safety
Zoleka Mandela speaking out at Global Road Safety Week. Photo by makeroadssafe/Flickr
  • podcasts
  • Urban Mobility
  • Cities
  • road safety
  • Health & Road Safety
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Q&A: One Woman Aims to Save Kids’ Lives by Redesigning the Roads They Walk

  • Urban Transformations
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • road safety
  • poverty
  • health
  • Health & Road Safety
Ayikai Charlotte Poswayo
  • Urban Transformations
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • road safety
  • poverty
  • health
  • Health & Road Safety
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Urban Transformations: In Tanzania’s Capital, Safer Children Mean Better Neighborhoods

  • Urban Transformations
  • road safety
  • human rights
  • poverty
  • health
  • Urban Development
  • Health & Road Safety
Children in Dar es Salaam
  • Urban Transformations
  • road safety
  • human rights
  • poverty
  • health
  • Urban Development
  • Health & Road Safety

Climate Change, Frigid Temperatures and the Polar Vortex: 3 Things to Know

  • climate science
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • climate impacts
polar vortex
  • climate science
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • climate impacts

Recent Scientific Advancements Show New Connections Between Climate Change and Hurricanes

  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • hurricanes
Hurricane Florence
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • hurricanes

RELEASE: Bipartisan City Officials Call on Federal Government to Support Local Resilience to Climate Change

  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • sea level rise
  • U.S. policy
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • sea level rise
  • U.S. policy

Weather Patterns that Fueled Great Smoky Mountains Forest Fire Could Increase with Climate Change

  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • drought
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • fires
Wildfire at Great Smoky Mountains National Park
  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • drought
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • fires

5-4-3-2-1: Counting Down Obama’s Legacy on Climate Resilience

  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate policy
  • extreme weather
Barack Obama
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate policy
  • extreme weather

How Is Sea Level Rise Affecting Your Region?

  • U.S. Climate
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • sea level rise
  • U.S. policy
Shoreline counties are home to more than 123 million Americans, and account for nearly half the U.S. GDP. Image by WRI
  • U.S. Climate
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • sea level rise
  • U.S. policy

3 Counterintuitive Connections Between Climate Change and Extreme Weather

  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • U.S. policy
Boston received more than 98 inches of snow this season. Photo by Michael Hall/Flickr.
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • U.S. policy

RELEASE: New Design Guidelines Help Cities Save Lives On Urban Bus Corridors

  • road safety
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
  • road safety
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset