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Climate
Insights
March 17, 2021

A Green Recovery Starts with Cities

  • Cities
  • Climate Resilience
  • infrastructure
  • resilience
  • climate policy
  • cities
  • Climate
  • climate finance
  • finance
  • green infrastructure
  • sustainable cities
  • Cities
  • Climate Resilience
  • infrastructure
  • resilience
  • climate policy
  • cities
  • Climate
  • climate finance
  • finance
  • green infrastructure
  • sustainable cities
Asia
News
March 17, 2021

RELEASE: National governments can reap $12 trillion in returns, create millions of new jobs, reduce emissions through low-carbon investments in cities

  • urban policy
  • Urban Transformations
  • cities
  • governance
  • low carbon cities
  • sustainable cities
  • Urban Development
  • urban policy
  • Urban Transformations
  • cities
  • governance
  • low carbon cities
  • sustainable cities
  • Urban Development
Cities
News
March 15, 2021

ADVISORY: New Global Partnership to Focus on Solutions to the World’s Top Health and Climate Threat: Air Pollution

  • air pollution
  • Air Quality
  • cities
  • sustainable cities
  • air pollution
  • Air Quality
  • cities
  • sustainable cities
North America
News
February 19, 2021

STATEMENT: New Coalition Calls for the US To Go "All In" on Climate Action

  • US Climate Initiatve
  • paris agreement
  • climate policy
  • Business
  • cities
  • united states
  • US Climate Initiatve
  • paris agreement
  • climate policy
  • Business
  • cities
  • united states
Cities
Insights
February 9, 2021

INSIDER: How Land Use Paints a Clearer Picture of Urban Life

  • data map
  • INSIDER
  • land use
  • data
  • cities
  • maps
  • mapping
  • sustainable cities
An aerial view of Mexico City.
  • data map
  • INSIDER
  • land use
  • data
  • cities
  • maps
  • mapping
  • sustainable cities
Cities
Africa Latin America
Insights
December 18, 2020

Developing Cities Need Cash. Land Value Capture Can Help

  • Cities
  • findings
  • infrastructure
  • land use
  • development
  • cities
  • finance
  • Urban Development
People walk on and around an outdoor escalator at a train station in Shenzhen.
  • Cities
  • findings
  • infrastructure
  • land use
  • development
  • cities
  • finance
  • Urban Development
Energy
North America
Insights
October 29, 2020

How Some U.S. Cities Are Working to Align Energy Markets with Their Clean Energy Goals

  • decarbonization
  • electricity
  • cities
  • climate change
  • Energy
  • markets
  • renewable energy
  • renewables
  • sustainable cities
Power lines at sunset.
  • decarbonization
  • electricity
  • cities
  • climate change
  • Energy
  • markets
  • renewable energy
  • renewables
  • sustainable cities
Insights
September 18, 2020

As the UN Turns 75, Countries Should Embrace a Shared Vision of a Fairer, Safer and More Sustainable Future

  • Commentary
  • coronavirus
  • Urban Mobility
  • paris agreement
  • Business
  • cities
  • climate change
  • governance
  • international climate policy
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable business
  • sustainable cities
  • transportation
  • united nations
Country flags leading to the entrance of the United Nations.
  • Commentary
  • coronavirus
  • Urban Mobility
  • paris agreement
  • Business
  • cities
  • climate change
  • governance
  • international climate policy
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable business
  • sustainable cities
  • transportation
  • united nations
Cities
Latin America
Insights
August 5, 2020

A Fairer and More Sustainable Post-COVID World in Latin America

  • biking
  • cities for all
  • Commentary
  • infrastructure
  • sanitation
  • cities
  • equity
  • finance
  • Latin America
  • low carbon cities
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
  • sustainable cities
  • transport
  • water
Silhouette of a person with a bicycle overlooking Belo Horizonte's skyline. Photo by Mariana Gil/WRI.
  • biking
  • cities for all
  • Commentary
  • infrastructure
  • sanitation
  • cities
  • equity
  • finance
  • Latin America
  • low carbon cities
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
  • sustainable cities
  • transport
  • water
Forests
North America
Insights
July 24, 2020

Brooklyn Bridge Could Be a Landmark for Forest Conservation

  • case study
  • cities
  • Forests
Rendering of the proposed Brooklyn Bridge Forest
  • case study
  • cities
  • Forests
Governance
Insights
June 29, 2020

Collaboration on Nature-Based Solutions is Key to Resilient City Infrastructure

  • Economics
  • Climate Resilience
  • Commentary
  • infrastructure
  • resilience
  • economy
  • cities
  • governance
  • green infrastructure
  • natural infrastructure
  • sustainable cities
Cross-agency collaboration and investing in blue-green infrastructure resulted in Singapore’s redesigned Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park.
  • Economics
  • Climate Resilience
  • Commentary
  • infrastructure
  • resilience
  • economy
  • cities
  • governance
  • green infrastructure
  • natural infrastructure
  • sustainable cities
Governance
Insights
February 21, 2020

City Leaders Must Prioritize Climate Resilience of Vulnerable Communities

  • Cities
  • adaptation
  • cities
  • climate change
  • poverty
Penjaringan, North Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Cities
  • adaptation
  • cities
  • climate change
  • poverty
Cities
Latin America North America
Insights
December 12, 2019

How to Prevent City Climate Action from Becoming "Green Gentrification"

  • Climate Equity
  • adaptation
  • cities
  • environmental justice
  • people-oriented cities
Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, New York. Photo by Robert Wolcheck/Flickr
  • Climate Equity
  • adaptation
  • cities
  • environmental justice
  • people-oriented cities
Cities
Research
January 14, 2019

The Evolution of Bike Sharing

Stack of street sharing bikes
Governance
Asia
Research
December 17, 2018

Prepared Communities

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