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Confronting the Urban Housing Gap

  • Towards a More Equal City
  • housing
  • Equity
  • Urban Development
Informal housing in Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • housing
  • Equity
  • Urban Development
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Careers at WRI

  • Forests
  • Food
  • Water
  • Ocean
  • Business
  • Equity
  • Forests
  • Food
  • Water
  • Ocean
  • Business
  • Equity
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Energy Access

Meenakshi Dewan tends to maintenance work on the solar street lighting in her village of Tinginaput, India. Huge pylons run across these hills, supplying power to the big cities – but rural areas like this are not connected to the main grid.
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1.2 Billion People Lack Electricity. Increasing Supply Alone Won’t Fix the Problem

  • Equity
  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • Energy Access
  • renewable energy
  • low carbon development
Pharmacy in Monrovia
  • Equity
  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • Energy Access
  • renewable energy
  • low carbon development
Insights

“Pay-As-You-Go” Solar Could Electrify Rural Africa

  • Equity
  • Energy
  • Business
  • Energy Access
  • renewable energy
  • low carbon development
Tanzania solar
  • Equity
  • Energy
  • Business
  • Energy Access
  • renewable energy
  • low carbon development
Insights

World Resources Report: Towards a More Equal City - Framing Opportunities and Challenges

  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Climate
  • Equity
  • Urban Development
Kite seller in Surat
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Climate
  • Equity
  • Urban Development
Insights
Joan Clos, Executive Director of UN Habitat, at preparatory meeting for Habitat III in Surabaya, Indonesia
  • Cities
  • Equity
  • Urban Development
Insights

Why Are Women Left Out of Land Decisions, Despite Gender Equity Laws?

  • Equity
  • Gender
  • human rights
  • land rights
Indigenous women, Philippines
  • Equity
  • Gender
  • human rights
  • land rights
Research
Insights

Renewable Energy Is Soaring. Are We Ready?

  • Equity
  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • regulation
  • renewable energy
Housekeeper cleaning solar thermal panels in India
  • Equity
  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • regulation
  • renewable energy
Insights

The Rise of the Urban Energy “Prosumer”

  • Equity
  • Energy
  • Cities
  • renewable energy
Solar panel on roof
  • Equity
  • Energy
  • Cities
  • renewable energy
Insights

Environmental Justice and Democracy Failures at the Heart of Flint’s Water Crisis

  • Equity
  • Water
  • environmental democracy
  • environmental justice
  • human rights
  • Water Quality
  • water risk
Water plant in Flint, Mich.
  • Equity
  • Water
  • environmental democracy
  • environmental justice
  • human rights
  • Water Quality
  • water risk
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