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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
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities

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

Bogotá and Cali Connect Local Action to National Ambition to Transform the Buildings Sector

  • Buildings
  • net-zero emissions
  • development
  • Cities
Aerial view of Bogota, Colombia
  • Buildings
  • net-zero emissions
  • development
  • Cities

Colombia Launches National Roadmap for Net Zero Carbon Buildings

  • Cities
  • low carbon development
  • Towards a More Equal City
Cityscape of Medellin, with buildings rising up the mountains
  • Cities
  • low carbon development
  • Towards a More Equal City
Bus depot in Colombia
  • electric mobility
  • Cities
Initiatives

TUMI E-Bus Mission

Transmilenio electric transit bus charging at an electric bus depot in Bogota, Colombia

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
Initiatives

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

  • Towards a More Equal City
  • sanitation
  • waste
  • Cities
  • health
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • sanitation
  • waste
  • Cities
  • health

How to Prevent City Climate Action from Becoming "Green Gentrification"

  • Climate Equity
  • Climate Resilience
  • Cities
  • environmental justice
Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, New York. Photo by Robert Wolcheck/Flickr
  • Climate Equity
  • Climate Resilience
  • Cities
  • environmental justice
News

RELEASE: New Report Finds National Governments Can Unlock Nearly $24 Trillion by Investing in Zero-Carbon Cities

  • Buildings
  • infrastructure
  • Urban Mobility
  • Cities
  • energy efficiency
  • low carbon development
  • Buildings
  • infrastructure
  • Urban Mobility
  • Cities
  • energy efficiency
  • low carbon development
Insights
Metrocable en el centro de Medellín
  • Urban Mobility
  • Cities
  • transportation

Unlocking Climate Action: From Bogota City Hall to the President’s Desk and Back Again

  • Buildings
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • Cities
Bogota skyline
  • Buildings
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • Cities

Cities Are Taxing Ride-Hailing Services Like Uber and Lyft. Is This a Good Thing?

  • Urban Mobility
  • Cities
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
Traffic congestion in Washington, DC.
  • Urban Mobility
  • Cities
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
Insights

Informal Workers Make Cities Work For All: 3 Stories from Thailand, India and Colombia

  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Cities
  • poverty
  • world resources report
Choral Mauladia, a street vendor and trade unionist in Ahmedabad. Photo: Getty Images Reportage.
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Cities
  • poverty
  • world resources report