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Why Now Is the Time to Make Energy Access in Cities a Top Priority

  • Cities
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • electric grid
  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • low carbon development
Street in Nouakchott, Mauritânia
  • Cities
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • electric grid
  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • low carbon development
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RELEASE: WRI Welcomes Jennifer Layke as Global Director for its Energy Program

  • Buildings
  • Energy Access
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy
  • Buildings
  • Energy Access
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy

Rio Olympics’ Legacy: Urban Mobility

  • Urban Mobility
  • public transit
  • transportation
Highway in Brazil
  • Urban Mobility
  • public transit
  • transportation
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As Clouds Head for the Poles, Time to Prepare for Food and Water Shocks

  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • agriculture
  • Energy Access
  • industry
  • water risk
  • extreme weather
Lake Michigan sunrise
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • agriculture
  • Energy Access
  • industry
  • water risk
  • extreme weather
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Creating a Common Narrative for Financing a Sustainable Urban Future

  • Cities
  • public transit
  • Finance
  • transportation
TransMilenio
  • Cities
  • public transit
  • Finance
  • transportation

DC’s Metro Closure Shows Why Creating Trust in Public Transit Matters

  • public transit
  • health
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • health
  • transportation
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4 Keys to Unlock Innovative Urban Services for All

  • Urban Mobility
  • public transit
  • road safety
  • transportation
Two people crossing with luggage in front of tramway, Historic Peninsula, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Urban Mobility
  • public transit
  • road safety
  • transportation
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How Open Data Can Help Electrify India—and the World

  • electric grid
  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • renewable energy
Neighborhood in India
  • electric grid
  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • renewable energy
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Real-Time Transit Data Is Good for People and Cities. What’s Holding This Technology Back?

  • Urban Mobility
  • public transit
  • transportation
Residents away a bus in the port city of Saint Denis
  • Urban Mobility
  • public transit
  • transportation
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Transforming Our Cities into the Cities We Need

  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • Urban Mobility
  • public transit
  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • Urban Mobility
  • public transit
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After COP21, Time to Use Sustainable Transport to Make Good on Climate Commitments

  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • COP21
  • public transit
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • transportation
  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • COP21
  • public transit
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • transportation
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Sustainable Transport: Building Equitable and Low-Carbon Cities

  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • Urban Mobility
  • COP21
  • public transit
  • human rights
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
BRT and bike lane
  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • Urban Mobility
  • COP21
  • public transit
  • human rights
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
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Can Clean Distributed Energy Solutions Close Africa’s Access Gap?

  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • Business
  • Economics
  • development
  • low carbon development
  • renewable energy
Solar speciality shop in Gulu, Uganda. Photo by James Anderson/Flickr.
  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • Business
  • Economics
  • development
  • low carbon development
  • renewable energy
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How to Make Cities Safer by Design

  • public transit
  • road safety
  • health
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
  • public transit
  • road safety
  • health
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety

Mexico City’s Car Congestion Slows Economic Growth, Costs Businesses

  • public transit
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
Motorized vehicles are responsible for nearly half of Mexico City's greenhouse gas emissions. Photo by Curt Carnemark / World Bank
  • public transit
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety

3 Ways Sao Paulo's Companies Helped Curb Traffic Congestion

  • public transit
  • transportation
Sao Paulo is partnering with private companies to reduce the number of cars on the road, making streets more people-oriented. Photo by Mariana Gil/EMBARQ Brasil
  • public transit
  • transportation

4 Inspirations for Sustainable Transport from Rio de Janeiro

  • Urban Mobility
  • public transit
  • Cities
  • transportation
 BRT in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo by Benoit Colin/EMBARQ.
  • Urban Mobility
  • public transit
  • Cities
  • transportation