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    land rights natural infrastructure public participation Urban Transformations
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    March 6, 2024

    How "Complete Streets" Are Creating Safer, More Sustainable Cities in Brazil

    • Cities
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Development
    People cross the street in Belo Horizonte
    • Cities
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Development
    Climate
    Insights
    December 4, 2023

    What Exactly Are "Nature-based Solutions”?

    • nature-based solutions
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • biodiversity
    • natural infrastructure
    A woman reaches up to tend to a tree she's planted.
    • nature-based solutions
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • biodiversity
    • natural infrastructure
    Cities
    Insights
    June 26, 2023

    Cities Need a Systems-change Approach to Build Climate-resilient Communities

    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Mobility
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    Looking down at city buildings, some with green roofs and the street below.
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Mobility
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    Equity & Governance
    Outcomes
    June 5, 2023

    Indonesia’s Indigenous People Secure Forest and Land Rights

    • Top Outcome: 2022
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    West Papua
    • Top Outcome: 2022
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    January 6, 2023

    Indigenous Forests Are Some of the Amazon’s Last Carbon Sinks

    • land rights
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Equity & Governance
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Man in a canoe in Ecuador's Amazon forest
    • land rights
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Equity & Governance
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    December 7, 2022

    In Barranquilla, Colombia, Urban Parks Revitalize a Declining City

    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Urban Transformations
    Parque Sagrado Corazon in Barranquilla, Colombia
    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Urban Transformations
    Freshwater
    Research
    November 29, 2022

    Better Forests, Better Cities

    Cityscape behind lush forest.
    Cities
    Insights
    August 16, 2022

    5 Cities Show How to Thrive in Turbulent Times

    • Urban Development
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Transformations
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    Children playing in a neighborhood park in Barranquilla, Colombia.
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Transformations
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    Forests
    Insights
    January 20, 2022

    6 Ways to Ensure Ecosystem Restoration Prioritizes People

    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Three woman point to a map hung on the side of a building.
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Climate
    Insights
    November 29, 2021

    It’s About Time: The Climate Community Invests in Securing Community Land

    • land rights
    • COP26
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    A large patch of lemongrass in the Chisapani Community Forest
    • land rights
    • COP26
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Cities
    Insights
    October 31, 2021

    Can Cities Thrive in Turbulent Times? 3 Questions for Cities in 2022

    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Urban Transformations
    Overhead view of a city
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Urban Transformations
    Cities
    Insights
    October 19, 2021

    7 Major Transformations to Solve Urban Inequality

    • Urban Development
    • Urban Transformations
    • land use
    • data
    • infrastructure
    • Equity & Governance
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • COP26
    An aerial view of a cluster of small homes next to luxury buildings, all surrounded by trees.
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Transformations
    • land use
    • data
    • infrastructure
    • Equity & Governance
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • COP26
    Freshwater
    Latin America
    Insights
    October 12, 2021

    3 Ways to Scale Up Nature-Based Solutions in Latin America and the Caribbean

    • infrastructure
    • natural infrastructure
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    A river flowing at the base of a large mountain in Santa Cruz de Yojoa, Honduras
    • infrastructure
    • natural infrastructure
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    August 18, 2021

    3 Benefits of Women’s Collective Land Rights

    • Gender
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • land rights
    • human rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    An all-women community forest user group in Nepal.
    • Gender
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • land rights
    • human rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

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