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STATEMENT: UN Water Conference Delivers Some Game-Changing Commitments, Yet Far More Action and Finance Needed to Address Global Water Crisis

  • Freshwater
  • Water Security
  • urban water resilience
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • Freshwater
  • Water Security
  • urban water resilience
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • Cities
  • Urban Development

South African Cities Show Commitment to Accelerate Water Resilience at 2023 UN Water Conference

  • Freshwater
  • Water Security
  • Cities
  • urban water resilience
  • Urban Development
Aerial view of Johannesburg
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water tower in Johannesburg, South Africa
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  • Urban Development
  • Freshwater
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5 Priorities for Urban Climate Action in 2023 and Beyond

  • transportation
  • electric mobility
  • Freshwater
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • nature-based solutions
  • poverty
  • human rights
A new electric bus in New Delhi, India
  • transportation
  • electric mobility
  • Freshwater
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • nature-based solutions
  • poverty
  • human rights
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Paris’ Vision for a ‘15-Minute City’ Sparks a Global Movement

  • Cities
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • transportation
A street closed off for pedestrians to explore a market in Paris
  • Cities
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • transportation

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
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How Forests Near and Far Benefit People in Cities

  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Water Quality
  • Water Security
  • health
  • Climate
  • biodiversity
urban forest
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RELEASE: WRI and Partners Launch Fund to Help African Cities Build Water Resilience

  • COP27
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • urban water resilience
  • adaptation
  • Climate Resilience
  • COP27
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • urban water resilience
  • adaptation
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Stakeholder Engagement Underpins a Bold Roadmap to Zero-carbon Buildings in Türkiye

  • low carbon development
  • Cities
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Buildings
A photo of Istanbul, Turkey from the water
  • low carbon development
  • Cities
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Buildings

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
Cherokee Boys Club’s electric school bus as it prepares its first climb in mountainous terrain.
  • transportation
  • electric school bus series
  • Cities
  • Towards a More Equal City
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7 Major Transformations to Solve Urban Inequality

  • Urban Development
  • Urban Transformations
  • land use
  • data
  • infrastructure
  • Equity & Governance
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • COP26
An aerial view of a cluster of small homes next to luxury buildings, all surrounded by trees.
  • Urban Development
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  • infrastructure
  • Equity & Governance
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RELEASE: New Research Finds Bridging ‘Urban Services Divide’ Can Create More Equal, Sustainable Cities

  • Cities
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  • world resources report
  • Cities
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • world resources report
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How More Equal Cities Can Be Climate and Development Solutions

  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Towards a More Equal City
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Systems Change Lab

Person in crowd holding sign that reads "SYSTEM CHANGE NOT CLIMATE CHANGE" with Earth image on cardboard sign.