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    Climate
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    November 22, 2023

    Decarbonizing Freight: How U.S. Policies and Investments Are Reducing Emissions in the Sector

    • Climate
    • transportation
    • public transit
    Several trains carrying freight gather on tracks
    • Climate
    • transportation
    • public transit
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    October 12, 2023

    Ways the US Can Electrify Its Public Fleets, from City Buses to Garbage Trucks

    • electric mobility
    • Clean Energy
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • Air Quality
    A blue and yellow city bus with the words "clean energy bus" on the side driving in downtown New York.
    • electric mobility
    • Clean Energy
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • Air Quality
    Cities
    Asia
    Update
    July 25, 2023

    Celebrating 10 Years of Collaboration on Public Transportation from WRI and FedEx

    • Cities
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • Urban Mobility
    Avenue in Mexico City
    • Cities
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • Urban Mobility
    Cities
    Initiatives
    June 15, 2021

    TUMI E-Bus Mission

    Transmilenio electric transit bus charging at an electric bus depot in Bogota, Colombia
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    January 28, 2021

    4 Climate Finance Priorities for the Biden Administration

    • Climate
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • development
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    • multilateral development banks
    View of the White House and surrounding Washington, D.C. streets from above.
    • Climate
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • development
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    • multilateral development banks
    Climate
    Initiatives
    August 15, 2019

    New Climate Economy

    Most of women covered by NHLP now have access to fresh vegetables for their meals and can even supply their surplus to be sold in the local market.
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    March 6, 2018

    Are We Ready for Autonomous Vehicles? The Uncertain Road Ahead

    • public transit
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    self-driving car
    • public transit
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    March 16, 2016

    DC’s Metro Closure Shows Why Creating Trust in Public Transit Matters

    • public transit
    • health
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • health
    • transportation
    Climate
    North America Latin America Africa Europe
    News
    November 30, 2015

    STATEMENT: At COP21, Heads of State and Institutions Call for Pricing Carbon

    • carbon pricing
    • COP21
    • Business
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    • carbon pricing
    • COP21
    • Business
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    April 28, 2015

    Mexico City’s Car Congestion Slows Economic Growth, Costs Businesses

    • public transit
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Motorized vehicles are responsible for nearly half of Mexico City's greenhouse gas emissions. Photo by Curt Carnemark / World Bank
    • public transit
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    April 10, 2015

    California Sleepwalks into Water Crisis

    • Aqueduct
    • drought
    • natural resources
    • U.S. policy
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    California's drought has dragged on for four years. Photo by Yana Edwin Murphy/Flickr
    • Aqueduct
    • drought
    • natural resources
    • U.S. policy
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    March 17, 2015

    $150 Million to Transform Sustainable Transport in Mexico City

    • Urban Mobility
    • public transit
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    With the new investment to modernize and expand Metrobús, Mexico City is making high quality sustainable mobility a reality for its residents. Photo by Taís Policanti/EMBARQ Mexico.
    • Urban Mobility
    • public transit
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    July 15, 2014

    Tar Sands Threaten World’s Largest Boreal Forest

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • mapping
    • natural resources
    • fossil fuels
    Canada’s boreal forests feature mountain ranges; forested plains, bogs, and peatlands; coniferous and mixed forests; and millions of waterways. Photo credit: Ken Owen, Flickr
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • mapping
    • natural resources
    • fossil fuels
    Finance
    Asia Africa Latin America North America
    News
    April 1, 2014

    ADVISORY: Can the World Bank Meet Sustainability and Governance Challenges?

    • multilateral development banks
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    November 1, 2013

    U.S. Signals the End of Public Money for Coal-Fired Power

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • multilateral development banks
    U.S. public financing for overseas coal-fired power is likely coming to an end. Photo credit: Mike_tn, Flickr
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • multilateral development banks
    Cities
    Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    September 4, 2013

    Boom and Bus: How Public Transport Can Curb Road Deaths as Our Cities Grow

    • public transit
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    BRT system in Curitiba, Brazil. Photo credit: Guilherme Mendes Thomaz, Flickr
    • public transit
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Equity & Governance
    Africa North America
    Insights
    June 13, 2013

    Ending the "Resource Curse": Canada Commits to Make Mining More Transparent

    • Business
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources
    • Business
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources

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