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    Environmental Rights pollution Urban Mobility
    Cities
    Insights
    May 14, 2019

    PODCAST: Transportation Is the Heart of Cities

    • podcasts
    • Sustainable Development Goal 11
    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    Dockless bikes in Los Angeles.
    • podcasts
    • Sustainable Development Goal 11
    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    Insights
    May 3, 2019

    Scooter Use Skyrocketing in Cities, But Are They Safe? A Look at the Evidence

    • biking
    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    A man rides a scooter in Austin, Texas.
    • biking
    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Africa
    Insights
    May 1, 2019

    Goldman Prize Winner Alfred Brownell Stopped Palm Oil Companies from Destroying Liberian Forests

    • Environmental Rights
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Alfred Brownell on a street in Boston, Massachusetts
    • Environmental Rights
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 22, 2019

    Climate Action Now: 3 U.S. States, 3 Cities and Puerto Rico Lead the Way

    • Urban Mobility
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    California wind turbines at sunset
    • Urban Mobility
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    Latin America
    Insights
    April 4, 2019

    Transformaciones Urbanas: En Medellín el Metrocable conecta la ciudad de diversas maneras

    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    • transportation
    Metrocable en el centro de Medellín
    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    • transportation
    Cities
    Europe
    Insights
    March 28, 2019

    Urban Transformations: The Reinvention of Eskisehir, Turkey from Dump to Destination

    • Urban Transformations
    • pollution
    • transportation
    Electric tram and pedestrians on a street in Eskişehir, Turkey
    • Urban Transformations
    • pollution
    • transportation
    Cities
    Insights
    March 26, 2019

    Public Space for Recreation Is Good for Cities. Guadalajara, Mexico Shows Us 3 Reasons Why.

    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Sustainable Development Goal 11
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Development
    • world resources report
    Guadalajara, Mexico
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Sustainable Development Goal 11
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Development
    • world resources report
    Cities
    Initiatives
    March 20, 2019

    Electric School Bus Initiative

    Children board school bus
    Cities
    Insights
    March 20, 2019

    Urban Transformations: In Medellín, Metrocable Connects People in More Ways Than One

    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Transformations
    • transportation
    Metrocable in Medellin city center
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Transformations
    • transportation
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    March 11, 2019

    127 Countries Now Regulate Plastic Bags. Why Aren't We Seeing Less Pollution?

    • Sustainable Development Goal 14
    • Ocean
    • pollution
    • Freshwater
    plastic bag pollution
    • Sustainable Development Goal 14
    • Ocean
    • pollution
    • Freshwater
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    January 24, 2019

    Land Matters: How Securing Community Land Rights Can Slow Climate Change and Accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals

    • Environmental Rights
    • sustainable development goals
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Sustainable Development Goal 2
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Sustainable Development Goal 9
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • Sustainable Development Goal 14
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • Sustainable Development Goal 11
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    indigenous-people-forest
    • Environmental Rights
    • sustainable development goals
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Sustainable Development Goal 2
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Sustainable Development Goal 9
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • Sustainable Development Goal 14
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • Sustainable Development Goal 11
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Cities
    Insights
    January 17, 2019

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

    • Cities
    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    Philadelphia bike share
    • Cities
    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    Cities
    Technical Perspectives
    January 16, 2019

    INSIDER: 3 Ways Cities Can Harness the Benefits of the Bike-Share Revolution

    • biking
    • Urban Mobility
    • Health & Road Safety
    • biking
    • Urban Mobility
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Initiatives
    December 9, 2018

    NDC Transport Initiative for Asia

    People on crosswalk across large street
    Climate
    North America
    News
    November 23, 2018

    STATEMENT: Fourth National Climate Assessment Confirms Climate Change Will Affect All Regions and All Sectors of U.S. Economy

    • Air Quality
    • Water Security
    • fires
    • climate science
    • natural infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • health
    • climate impacts
    • water pollution
    • pollution
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    • Air Quality
    • Water Security
    • fires
    • climate science
    • natural infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • health
    • climate impacts
    • water pollution
    • pollution
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    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

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