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E-Buses: Operational Tests and Customer Surveys Facilitate Transition and Highlight Benefits

  • Cities
  • Electric Mobility
  • transportation
  • Integrated Transport
People wait under umbrellas at a bus stop in Brazil
  • Cities
  • Electric Mobility
  • transportation
  • Integrated Transport
Insights

More Critical Minerals Mining Could Strain Water Supplies in Stressed Regions

  • Freshwater
  • water pollution
  • water quality
  • Water Quality
Workers extracting lithium in Bolivia.
  • Freshwater
  • water pollution
  • water quality
  • Water Quality
Insights

Mobility-as-a-Service Platforms: A New Trend in Low-carbon Transport

  • Urban Mobility
  • Electric Mobility
  • Cities
  • transportation
  • Integrated Transport
A woman holds onto a yellow shared bicycle.
  • Urban Mobility
  • Electric Mobility
  • Cities
  • transportation
  • Integrated Transport

10 Cities Shortlisted in $9-Million Global Challenge to Drive Innovation in City Mobility

  • Cities
  • Urban Mobility
  • Integrated Transport
  • transportation
Train in Bengaluru, India.
  • Cities
  • Urban Mobility
  • Integrated Transport
  • transportation

From Minibuses to “Boda Bodas,” Informal Transport Systems Could Be an Untapped Climate Change Solution

  • Urban Mobility
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • Cities
  • Integrated Transport
Passengers on a busy Bangkok street ride on colorful three-wheeled tuk-tuks.
  • Urban Mobility
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • Cities
  • Integrated Transport
News

STATEMENT: UN’s Global Stocktake Report Offers a Damning Report Card for Global Climate Effort

  • International Climate Action
  • COP28
  • adaptation
  • Integrated Transport
  • Finance
  • Food
  • Energy
  • International Climate Action
  • COP28
  • adaptation
  • Integrated Transport
  • Finance
  • Food
  • Energy
Insights

25 Countries, Housing One-quarter of the Population, Face Extremely High Water Stress

  • Freshwater
  • Water Quality
  • Aqueduct
  • water risk
Women collect water near Arba Minch, Gamo Gofa Zone, Ethiopia,
  • Freshwater
  • Water Quality
  • Aqueduct
  • water risk
Update
Fisherman in Tanzania lake
  • Freshwater
  • Water Quality
  • Water Security
Insights

UN Water Conference 2023: Not Enough Game-changing Commitments

  • Corporate Water Stewardship
  • Water Quality
  • water risk
  • floods
  • drought
Girls collect water in Rajasthan, India
  • Corporate Water Stewardship
  • Water Quality
  • water risk
  • floods
  • drought
Insights

5 Priorities for Urban Climate Action in 2023 and Beyond

  • transportation
  • electric mobility
  • Freshwater
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • nature-based solutions
  • poverty
  • human rights
A new electric bus in New Delhi, India
  • transportation
  • electric mobility
  • Freshwater
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • nature-based solutions
  • poverty
  • human rights

Restoring a Degraded Ethiopian Watershed for Water and Livelihood Security

  • food security
  • agriculture
  • poverty
  • Climate Equity
  • Freshwater
This view of the degraded Minzir 01 watershed shows evident signs of gully formation and low stream flow.
  • food security
  • agriculture
  • poverty
  • Climate Equity
  • Freshwater
Insights

An Innovative Jobs Program in Odisha, India Helped Informal Workers Through COVID-19 and Beyond

  • poverty
  • coronavirus
  • Climate Resilience
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
Workers build steps in Odisha, India
  • poverty
  • coronavirus
  • Climate Resilience
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
Insights

How Forests Near and Far Benefit People in Cities

  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Water Quality
  • Water Security
  • health
  • Climate
  • biodiversity
urban forest
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Water Quality
  • Water Security
  • health
  • Climate
  • biodiversity

Small Reservoirs More Vulnerable to Climate Extremes

  • Freshwater
  • Water Quality
  • Water Security
  • water pollution
A manmade reservoir with powerlines in the background
  • Freshwater
  • Water Quality
  • Water Security
  • water pollution
Update

Spain’s National Strategy to Transition Coal-Dependent Communities

  • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
  • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
Herd of sheep by windmills on mountains
  • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
  • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
Update

South Africa: Strong Foundations for a Just Transition

  • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
  • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
Men in safety attire walking with others out of store
  • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
  • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
A landscape view of Vila Velha in Espírito Santo, Brazil
  • Water Security
  • Water Quality
  • water risk

Tonawanda, New York, United States: The Closure of the Huntley Generating Station and Community-led Efforts for a Prosperous Future

  • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
  • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
  • JT Sector: Finance
River with bridge and kayaks
  • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
  • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
  • JT Sector: Finance
Update

Italy: Enel’s Just Transition Framework and Futur-e project

  • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
  • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
Industrial energy production
  • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
  • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
Update

Germany: The Ruhr Region’s Pivot from Coal Mining to a Hub of Green Industry and Expertise

  • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
  • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
View of industrial structures with view of city
  • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
  • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction