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Developing Cities Need Cash. Land Value Capture Can Help

  • Cities
  • infrastructure
  • land use
  • development
  • Finance
  • Urban Development
People walk on and around an outdoor escalator at a train station in Shenzhen.
  • Cities
  • infrastructure
  • land use
  • development
  • Finance
  • Urban Development

5 Big Ideas to Address the Climate Crisis and Inequality in Cities

  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Climate Resilience
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Transformations
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • Urban Development
  • COP26
People gather in the middle of a Monterrey street during sunset
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Climate Resilience
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Transformations
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • Urban Development
  • COP26
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  • Cities
  • low carbon development
  • Urban Development
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Green Space: An Underestimated Tool to Create More Equal Cities

  • Climate Resilience
  • Forests
  • coronavirus
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • natural infrastructure
  • Urban Development
People walking through a park.
  • Climate Resilience
  • Forests
  • coronavirus
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • natural infrastructure
  • Urban Development

A Fairer and More Sustainable Post-COVID World in Latin America

  • biking
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • infrastructure
  • sanitation
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Finance
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
  • transportation
  • Freshwater
Silhouette of a person with a bicycle overlooking Belo Horizonte's skyline. Photo by Mariana Gil/WRI.
  • biking
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • infrastructure
  • sanitation
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Finance
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
  • transportation
  • Freshwater
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Prize for Cities Update: 250 Applications Received From 50+ Countries

  • Climate Resilience
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Urban Development
Children playing in a water fountain
  • Climate Resilience
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Urban Development
Update

WATCH: Cities at the Frontlines of COVID-19 Impact and Recovery

  • coronavirus
  • Urban Development
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  • coronavirus
  • Urban Development
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Safer, More Sustainable Transport in a Post-COVID-19 World

  • coronavirus
  • transportation
  • Equity & Governance
  • Health & Road Safety
New York City transit workers sanitize subway cars and stations
  • coronavirus
  • transportation
  • Equity & Governance
  • Health & Road Safety
Initiatives

Coronavirus Recovery

<h2>WRI Statement in Response to COVID-19</h2><p>Statement from Dr. Andrew Steer, CEO and President of World Resources Institute, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>
Initiatives

Air Quality

City skyline.
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The Most Successful Air Pollution Treaty You’ve Never Heard Of

  • Equity & Governance
  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • climate change
Scooter-riders with face masks in Hanoi, Vietnam
  • Equity & Governance
  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • climate change

TheCityFix Labs México Refines Financing Strategies for Sustainable Infrastructure

  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Development
News
  • Urban Development
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Delhi’s Deadly Smog: Policy Paralysis Around a Preventable Problem

  • Air Quality
  • agriculture
  • fires
Some of Delhi's dangerous air pollution comes from crop burning in neighboring states. Photo by Neil Palmer/CIAT.
  • Air Quality
  • agriculture
  • fires