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How Improved Housing in Under-served Communities Can Strengthen Climate Resilience

  • housing
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • Climate
  • Climate Equity
A row of housing in Iloilo City, Phillippines.
  • housing
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • Climate
  • Climate Equity

7 Ways Faith Organizations Are Making Cities More Sustainable and Equitable

  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Equity
  • Urban Development
People distribute food in front of a mosque
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Equity
  • Urban Development
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5 Ways to Cut Oil and Gas Use Through Clean Transportation

  • Cities
  • biking
  • public transit
  • Climate
  • fossil fuels
  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Health & Road Safety
A bike lane in NYC
  • Cities
  • biking
  • public transit
  • Climate
  • fossil fuels
  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Health & Road Safety
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3 Ways to Reimagine Public Transport for People and the Climate

  • public transit
  • Climate
  • Climate Equity
  • Air Quality
Belo Horizonte - MOVE
  • public transit
  • Climate
  • Climate Equity
  • Air Quality

How to Help Your Community Fund Electric School Buses in the US

  • Urban Mobility
  • Climate
  • Climate Equity
  • electric mobility
  • transportation
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
Kids riding in the back of a school bus.
  • Urban Mobility
  • Climate
  • Climate Equity
  • electric mobility
  • transportation
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
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5 Priorities for Cities After COP26

  • COP26
  • Cities
  • National Climate Action
  • Climate Equity
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • Health & Road Safety
Busy road in Dhaka, Bangladesh during heavy rainfall
  • COP26
  • Cities
  • National Climate Action
  • Climate Equity
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • Health & Road Safety
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More Equal Cities Can Help Bring Global Climate Goals Within Reach

  • COP26
  • Cities
  • Climate Equity
Pedestrians on crosswalk
  • COP26
  • Cities
  • Climate Equity
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RELEASE: Bike Lane Design Principles Show How to Build Safer, More Sustainable Streets

  • Cities
  • biking
  • Urban Mobility
  • Health & Road Safety
Cyclists using bike-share in New York City
  • Cities
  • biking
  • Urban Mobility
  • Health & Road Safety
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  • Urban Transformations
  • Urban Development
  • Equity & Governance
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Dockless Bike Sharing Can Create Healthy, Resilient Urban Mobility

  • biking
  • coronavirus
  • Urban Mobility
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
People riding bikes on a sidewalk in Beijing.
  • biking
  • coronavirus
  • Urban Mobility
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety

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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Insights from Big Data on How COVID-19 Is Changing Society

  • Air Quality
  • Cities
  • transportation
Bike riders in New York City's Prospect park
  • Air Quality
  • Cities
  • transportation

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
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4 Emerging Concepts that Could Transform Cities

  • biking
  • Urban Transformations
  • transportation
  • Urban Development
Sao Paulo
  • biking
  • Urban Transformations
  • transportation
  • Urban Development
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Scooter Use Skyrocketing in Cities, But Are They Safe? A Look at the Evidence

  • biking
  • Urban Mobility
  • Cities
  • road safety
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
A man rides a scooter in Austin, Texas.
  • biking
  • Urban Mobility
  • Cities
  • road safety
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
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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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Public Space for Recreation Is Good for Cities. Guadalajara, Mexico Shows Us 3 Reasons Why.

  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Sustainable Development Goal 11
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Development
  • world resources report
Guadalajara, Mexico
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Sustainable Development Goal 11
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Development
  • world resources report
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Too Many Cities Are Growing Out Rather than Up. 3 Reasons That’s a Problem

  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Cities
  • poverty
  • Urban Development
  • world resources report
Informal settlements at the edge of Mumbai, India. Photo by Johnny Miller/Unequal Scenes
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Cities
  • poverty
  • Urban Development
  • world resources report
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7 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2019

  • Finance
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • Forests
  • Cities
  • Business
  • biking
  • circular economy
  • stories to watch
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • Health & Road Safety
California wildfire
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • Forests
  • Cities
  • Business
  • biking
  • circular economy
  • stories to watch
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • Health & Road Safety

4 Ways Cities Can Build More Climate-Resilient Neighborhoods

  • Climate Resilience
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
community workshop in India
  • Climate Resilience
  • Cities
  • Urban Development