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    Cities Food Loss and Waste greenhouse gas accounting human rights sustainable development goals
    Cities
    Insights
    February 15, 2023

    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
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 1, 2019

    What Chile’s Protests Reveal About the Country’s Transport Inequalities

    • Urban Mobility
    • human rights
    • transportation
    Chile protests
    • Urban Mobility
    • human rights
    • transportation
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    April 5, 2019

    Urban Transformations: In Durban, Informal Workers Design Marketplaces Instead of Getting Displaced by Them

    • Urban Transformations
    • Cities
    • human rights
    • Urban Development
    Warwick Junction
    • Urban Transformations
    • Cities
    • human rights
    • Urban Development
    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
    Asia
    Insights
    March 25, 2019

    Urban Transformations: In Pune, India, Waste Pickers Go from Trash to Treasure

    • Cities
    • Urban Transformations
    • waste
    • human rights
    • poverty
    Members of a waste-pickers cooperative push collection carts along the streets of Pune, India
    • Cities
    • Urban Transformations
    • waste
    • human rights
    • poverty
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    October 28, 2016

    Habitat III: Milestone for the World’s Cities or Business as Usual?

    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • Cities
    • Paris Agreement
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Quito and clouds
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • Cities
    • Paris Agreement
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Cities
    Latin America Asia
    Insights
    July 25, 2016

    Thinking “Incrementally:” Addressing the Global Housing Deficit by Engaging the Poor

    • Buildings
    • Cities
    • human rights
    • poverty
    Slum in Bangkok,
    • Buildings
    • Cities
    • human rights
    • poverty
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    May 12, 2016

    What Can We Learn from Thailand’s Inclusive Approach to Upgrading Informal Settlements?

    • human rights
    • poverty
    • Urban Development
    Housing along the canals in Bangkok.
    • human rights
    • poverty
    • Urban Development
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    January 14, 2016

    6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2016

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • Green Climate Fund
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. policy
    • stories to watch
    Andrew Steer
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • Green Climate Fund
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. policy
    • stories to watch
    Cities
    Insights
    January 13, 2016

    Transforming Transportation: From Global Targets to Local Action

    • Cities
    • climate change
    • road safety
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Bus rapid transit (BRT) in Curitiba, Brazil
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • road safety
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Climate
    Insights
    December 6, 2015

    Sustainable Transport: Building Equitable and Low-Carbon Cities

    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • Urban Mobility
    • COP21
    • public transit
    • human rights
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    BRT and bike lane
    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • Urban Mobility
    • COP21
    • public transit
    • human rights
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Climate
    Insights
    December 4, 2015

    Through Compact of Mayors, 360 Cities Will Cut Their Emissions 17% by 2030

    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • COP21
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • climate impacts
    Rio de Janeiro
    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • COP21
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • climate impacts
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    October 19, 2015

    Jump-starting the SDGs: 4 Lessons from Early Adopters

    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • GHG emissions
    • climate policy
    • NDC
    • sustainable development goals
    Photo Credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/14610739@N07/15625929161/">versello</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">cc</a>
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • GHG emissions
    • climate policy
    • NDC
    • sustainable development goals
    Equity & Governance
    News
    September 25, 2015

    WRI Calls SDGs "A Bold New Agenda For International Development"

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    Food
    Insights
    April 16, 2015

    How Food Waste Costs Our Cities Millions

    • Cities
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • GHG emissions
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • Urban Development
    Seoul, South Korea is one of several cities experimenting with new waste management policies that will encourage people not to buy food they don’t need. Photo by Seoul Korea/Flickr.
    • Cities
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • GHG emissions
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • Urban Development
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    January 9, 2015

    6 Stories to Watch in 2015: Global Climate Deal, Sustainable Development Goals, Rising Water Risks and More

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • UNFCCC
    • United Nations
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    • stories to watch
    Andrew Steer presented 2015's Stories to Watch before a packed house at the Press Club in Washington, D.C. Photo by Bill Dugan/WRI
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • UNFCCC
    • United Nations
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    • stories to watch
    Climate
    Latin America Asia
    News
    December 8, 2014

    RELEASE: Launch of First Global Standard to Measure Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Cities

    • Cities
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • Urban Development
    • Cities
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • Urban Development
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    December 8, 2014

    Hundreds of Cities Poised to Replicate Rio’s Approach to Measuring and Reducing Emissions

    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    Rio de Janeiro pilot-tested the Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Inventories (GPC). Photo by Rodrigo Soldon/Flickr
    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    Asia
    Insights
    September 24, 2013

    New Greenhouse Gas Accounting Tool Will Help China’s Cities Pursue Low-Carbon Development

    • Business
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • GHG Protocol
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • greenhouse gases
    Nanjing Road, Shanghai. Photo credit: Austronesian Expeditions, Flickr
    • Business
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • GHG Protocol
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • greenhouse gases

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