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    Africa Latin America poverty public transit
    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
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    November 7, 2023

    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
    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
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Update
    January 27, 2023

    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
    Cities
    Initiatives
    December 7, 2021

    Digital Transport for Africa

    Busy street between buildings with vans, cars, motorcycles, and pedestrians
    Cities
    Initiatives
    June 15, 2021

    TUMI E-Bus Mission

    Transmilenio electric transit bus charging at an electric bus depot in Bogota, Colombia
    Finance
    Latin America Oceania
    Insights
    December 21, 2020

    To Build Back from COVID-19, Don’t Overlook Informal Workers

    • coronavirus
    • climate finance
    • climate impacts
    • poverty
    Tamil Nadu street vendor
    • coronavirus
    • climate finance
    • climate impacts
    • poverty
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Latin America
    Insights
    December 20, 2019

    Ensuring a "Just Transition": 5 Priorities to Make Climate Action Benefit Low-Income and Disadvantaged Groups

    • Climate
    • COP25
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    • Climate Equity
    • Equity & Governance
    • Gender
    • poverty
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    A youth group marching in Paris, with a banner that says "climate justice = social justice." Photo by Andreas Link/Young FoEE
    • Climate
    • COP25
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    • Climate Equity
    • Equity & Governance
    • Gender
    • poverty
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 27, 2019

    Chile’s Protests Offer Lessons on Social Inequality and Climate Action

    • Climate
    • COP25
    • Climate Equity
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • poverty
    Protests in Santiago, Chile
    • Climate
    • COP25
    • Climate Equity
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • poverty
    Africa
    Insights
    August 14, 2019

    Closing Sub-Saharan Africa’s Electricity Access Gap: Why Cities Must Be Part of the Solution

    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • electric grid
    • poverty
    • sustainable development goals
    power line in Kenya
    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • electric grid
    • poverty
    • sustainable development goals
    Energy
    Initiatives
    June 14, 2019

    Energy Access Explorer

    kutch sunset.jpg
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    April 17, 2019

    Q&A: One Woman Aims to Save Kids’ Lives by Redesigning the Roads They Walk

    • Urban Transformations
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • road safety
    • poverty
    • health
    • Health & Road Safety
    Ayikai Charlotte Poswayo
    • Urban Transformations
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • road safety
    • poverty
    • health
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    April 3, 2019

    Urban Transformations: In Tanzania’s Capital, Safer Children Mean Better Neighborhoods

    • Urban Transformations
    • road safety
    • human rights
    • poverty
    • health
    • Urban Development
    • Health & Road Safety
    Children in Dar es Salaam
    • Urban Transformations
    • road safety
    • human rights
    • poverty
    • health
    • Urban Development
    • Health & Road Safety
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Research
    December 17, 2018

    Prepared Communities

    Africa
    Insights
    November 29, 2018

    How Distributed Solar Helps Pregnant Women in Rural Kenya

    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • health
    • poverty
    • renewable energy
    Maasai woman
    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • health
    • poverty
    • renewable energy

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