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A Green Recovery Starts with Cities

  • Cities
  • Climate Resilience
  • infrastructure
  • climate policy
  • Climate
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  • Finance
  • natural infrastructure
  • Cities
  • Climate Resilience
  • infrastructure
  • climate policy
  • Climate
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  • Finance
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A Fairer and More Sustainable Post-COVID World in Latin America

  • biking
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • infrastructure
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  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
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  • low carbon development
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Silhouette of a person with a bicycle overlooking Belo Horizonte's skyline. Photo by Mariana Gil/WRI.
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Tackling Inequality in Cities is Essential for Fighting COVID-19

  • Towards a More Equal City
  • coronavirus
Mumbai, India
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Mexico City skyline
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For People to Live and Thrive in a Changing Climate, Cities Need to Change – But How?

  • Urban Mobility
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Green city
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We're Underestimating How Many People Lack Sanitation Services—and Ignoring the Best Solution for Many Cities

  • Towards a More Equal City
  • sanitation
  • waste
  • Cities
  • world resources report
Polluter waterways carry impacts of poor sanitation citywide. Photo by SusanA Secretariat/Flickr
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • sanitation
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  • Cities
  • world resources report

RELEASE: Safe, Affordable Sanitation a Pipe Dream for Too Many Households in Global South

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  • Cities
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To Fix City Slums, Don't Just Knock Them Down: Involve Residents in Upgrading Efforts

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  • housing
  • poverty
  • public participation
View of one of the many informal settlements the city of Surabaya, Indonesia has upgraded since the 1960s with input and participation from residents. Photo by Peter Edelman.
  • Cities
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  • housing
  • poverty
  • public participation

As India Revises State Climate Plans, Who Should Have a Voice?

  • Climate Resilience
  • Climate
  • climate policy
  • Climate Equity
  • public participation
Kids carrying water in the Indian countryside. Photo by Mr. Fink/Flickr
  • Climate Resilience
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4 Emerging Concepts that Could Transform Cities

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  • Urban Transformations
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  • Urban Development
Sao Paulo
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WRI’s Courage to Lead Dinner Envisions Sustainable Cities of the Future

  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Urban Development
WRI Ross Prize for Cities
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Urban Development
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Urban Transformations: The Reinvention of Eskisehir, Turkey from Dump to Destination

  • Urban Transformations
  • pollution
  • transportation
Electric tram and pedestrians on a street in Eskişehir, Turkey
  • Urban Transformations
  • pollution
  • transportation
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Urban Transformations: In Medellín, Metrocable Connects People in More Ways Than One

  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Transformations
  • transportation
Metrocable in Medellin city center
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Transformations
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Countries and Cities in the Global South Suitable for Electrification

  • Energy
  • Cities
  • electric grid
  • climate change
  • Energy
  • Cities
  • electric grid
  • climate change

Stronger Than the Storm: 3 Lessons for Building Climate Resilience in Poor Urban Communities

  • Climate
  • Cities
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • climate impacts
Landslide in Rio de Janeiro
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Putting the Poor First to Improve Sanitation in Kampala

  • Towards a More Equal City
  • sanitation
  • world resources report
Sanitation entrepreneur in Kampala. Photo: Water for People.
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • sanitation
  • world resources report
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset