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    Africa
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    March 22, 2023

    South African Cities Show Commitment to Accelerate Water Resilience at 2023 UN Water Conference

    • Freshwater
    • Water Security
    • Cities
    • urban water resilience
    • Urban Development
    Aerial view of Johannesburg
    • Freshwater
    • Water Security
    • Cities
    • urban water resilience
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    Initiatives
    June 15, 2021

    TUMI E-Bus Mission

    Transmilenio electric transit bus charging at an electric bus depot in Bogota, Colombia
    Cities
    Africa
    News
    October 30, 2020

    RELEASE: South Africa Joins WRI, Coalition for Urban Transitions in Supporting Green and Equitable Urban Recovery After COVID-19

    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    • Urban Development
    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    • Urban Development
    Freshwater
    Asia Africa
    Insights
    October 31, 2019

    Responding to Day Zero Equitably: Water Crisis Lessons from Cape Town and Chennai

    • Cities
    • drought
    • Freshwater
    Cape Town’s largest reservoir, Theewaterskloof
    • Cities
    • drought
    • Freshwater
    Freshwater
    Initiatives
    October 8, 2019

    Urban Water Resilience Initiative

    Aerial view of Dar es Salaam after flooding.
    Cities
    Asia
    News
    September 19, 2019

    RELEASE: New Report Finds National Governments Can Unlock Nearly $24 Trillion by Investing in Zero-Carbon Cities

    • Buildings
    • infrastructure
    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    • energy efficiency
    • low carbon development
    • Buildings
    • infrastructure
    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    • energy efficiency
    • low carbon development
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    May 22, 2019

    People Move to Cities for Better Jobs and Opportunities. Impossible Commutes Are Getting in the Way

    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Sustainable Development Goal 11
    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Aerial view of streets in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia.
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Sustainable Development Goal 11
    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    April 5, 2019

    Urban Transformations: In Durban, Informal Workers Design Marketplaces Instead of Getting Displaced by Them

    • Urban Transformations
    • Cities
    • human rights
    • Urban Development
    Warwick Junction
    • Urban Transformations
    • Cities
    • human rights
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    December 18, 2018

    Johannesburg Fights Inequality with Transit-Oriented Development

    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Cities
    • transportation
    • world resources report
    Contrasting high and low income housing juxtaposed in Bloubosrand, Johannesburg, June 2016. Photo: Christina Culwick
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Cities
    • transportation
    • world resources report
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    March 13, 2018

    This Man Wants to Pull 60,000 Rwandans Out of Poverty by Planting Trees

    • deforestation
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Planting trees in Rwanda
    • deforestation
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Forests
    Africa Latin America
    Insights
    February 15, 2017

    Can We Restore 350 Million Hectares by 2030?

    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    Woman in African field
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    Cities
    Asia
    News
    May 11, 2016

    RELEASE: Policy Blueprint for Building Efficiency Shows Urban Leaders How to Boost Economy and Cut Emissions

    • Cities
    • GHG emissions
    • energy efficiency
    • low carbon development
    • Cities
    • GHG emissions
    • energy efficiency
    • low carbon development
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    December 9, 2014

    Building BRICS in Restoration—The China-Brazil Landscape Restoration Exchange

    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Forests
    More than half of Brazil's native vegetation grows on private land. (Brazil) Photo by monocletophat123/Flickr.
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Climate
    Latin America Asia
    News
    December 8, 2014

    RELEASE: Launch of First Global Standard to Measure Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Cities

    • Cities
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • Urban Development
    • Cities
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • Urban Development
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    June 24, 2014

    3 Myths and Facts about Forest and Landscape Restoration

    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • deforestation
    • mapping
    In Rwanda, 85 percent of the population makes a living from subsistence farming of degraded, formerly forested lands. Photo Credit: Gates Foundation/Flickr
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • deforestation
    • mapping
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    February 18, 2014

    Lessons from the C40 Mayors Summit: Scaling Up Solutions for Resilient, Livable Cities

    • Cities
    • Climate
    • transportation
    Cape Town has a robust transport demand management (TDM) strategy that includes promoting higher vehicle occupancies. Photo Credit: Warren Rohner, Flickr 2012
    • Cities
    • Climate
    • transportation
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    October 16, 2013

    Farmer Innovation: Improving Africa’s Food Security through Land and Water Management

    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Food
    • food security
    Yacouba Sawadogo, a farmer, digs planting pits to restore degraded land. Photo credit: Chris Reij, WRI
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Food
    • food security

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