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    Cities
    Insights
    January 17, 2019

    New Mobility is Coming to a City Near You – Will It Be Sustainable?

    • Cities
    • transportation
    Philadelphia bike share
    • Cities
    • transportation
    Insights
    January 11, 2019

    7 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2019

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Business
    • biking
    • circular economy
    • stories to watch
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • Health & Road Safety
    California wildfire
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Business
    • biking
    • circular economy
    • stories to watch
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • Health & Road Safety
    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
    Equity
    Insights
    December 17, 2018

    4 Ways Cities Can Build More Climate-Resilient Neighborhoods

    • Climate Resilience
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    community workshop in India
    • Climate Resilience
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    Equity
    Asia
    Research
    December 17, 2018

    Prepared Communities

    Cities
    Insights
    December 12, 2018

    5 Cities Show What Urban Transformation Really Looks Like

    • Urban Transformations
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Health & Road Safety
    Children crossing street in Tanzania
    • Urban Transformations
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Health & Road Safety
    Equity
    Latin America
    Insights
    December 4, 2018

    Stronger Than the Storm: 3 Lessons for Building Climate Resilience in Poor Urban Communities

    • Climate
    • Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • climate impacts
    Landslide in Rio de Janeiro
    • Climate
    • Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • climate impacts
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 13, 2018

    Unlocking Climate Action: From Bogota City Hall to the President’s Desk and Back Again

    • Buildings
    • Unlocking Climate Action
    • Cities
    Bogota skyline
    • Buildings
    • Unlocking Climate Action
    • Cities
    Cities
    Insights
    October 31, 2018

    IPCC 1.5° Report: We Need to Build and Live Differently in Cities

    • climate science
    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    Wiping down rooftop solar panels in Mumbai.
    • climate science
    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    Cities
    Insights
    October 29, 2018

    Curbing Climate Change and Preventing Deaths from Air Pollution Go Hand-in-Hand

    • Climate
    • Air Quality
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • emissions
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    China air pollution
    • Climate
    • Air Quality
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • emissions
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Cities
    Insights
    October 3, 2018

    6 Road Design Changes That Can Save Lives

    • Cities
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    A roundabout in Frise, Netherlands.
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Insights
    October 2, 2018

    3 Charts Explain One of the Most Overlooked Opportunities to Address Climate Change and Poverty

    • Climate
    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    • pollution
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    Air conditioning units in Hong Kong. Flickr/Niall Kennedy
    • Climate
    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    • pollution
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 25, 2018

    Help for São Paulo’s Complex Water Woes: Protect and Restore Forests

    • Forests
    • Water
    • Climate Resilience
    • Water Security
    • drought
    • Cities
    • restoration
    The Atibainha reservoir in Cantareira System in São Paulo during drought.
    • Forests
    • Water
    • Climate Resilience
    • Water Security
    • drought
    • Cities
    • restoration

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