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    Insights
    September 23, 2022

    The Health, Economic and Community Benefits of Zero-carbon Buildings

    • Climate
    • Buildings
    • Cities
    • renewable energy
    An apartment building roof in Manhattan has been converted to offer residents the opportunity to garden.
    • Climate
    • Buildings
    • Cities
    • renewable energy
    News
    June 22, 2021

    RELEASE: WRI, UNEP, GEF and Partners Launch Zero Carbon Building Accelerator

    • Buildings
    • energy efficiency
    • Cities
    • Buildings
    • energy efficiency
    • Cities
    Cities
    Africa Latin America
    Insights
    January 30, 2020

    PODCAST: A Mother for Road Safety with Zoleka Mandela

    • podcasts
    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • Health & Road Safety
    Zoleka Mandela speaking out at Global Road Safety Week. Photo by makeroadssafe/Flickr
    • podcasts
    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    News
    January 16, 2020

    RELEASE: Vision Zero Challenge to Save Lives from Traffic Deaths

    • road safety
    • Health & Road Safety
    • road safety
    • Health & Road Safety
    Asia
    Insights
    October 24, 2019

    Buildings Are a Hidden Source of Indian Cities’ Extreme Heat

    • Energy
    • Cities
    • Buildings
    Tight-packed buildings in Chennai, India
    • Energy
    • Cities
    • Buildings
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    September 30, 2019

    PODCAST: Amid Increasingly Dangerous Streets, India Passes Cutting-Edge Road Safety Law

    • podcasts
    • Urban Mobility
    • road safety
    • Health & Road Safety
    Riding in Bengaluru.
    • podcasts
    • Urban Mobility
    • road safety
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Asia
    News
    September 19, 2019

    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
    August 6, 2019

    India Has the Worst Road Safety Record in the World. A New Law Aims to Change That

    • Cities
    • Sustainable Development Goal 11
    • health
    • road safety
    • Health & Road Safety
    busy street from Charminar
    • Cities
    • Sustainable Development Goal 11
    • health
    • road safety
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Europe
    Insights
    June 28, 2019

    Eskisehir, Turkey Leads on Energy-Efficient Buildings

    • Buildings
    • Unlocking Climate Action
    • Cities
    • Energy
    • energy efficiency
    Eskişehir, Turkey
    • Buildings
    • Unlocking Climate Action
    • Cities
    • Energy
    • energy efficiency
    Cities
    Insights
    May 6, 2019

    Is Your City Really Serious About Road Safety? Look for These 3 Things

    • health
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Washington, DC
    • health
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Insights
    May 3, 2019

    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
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    April 17, 2019

    Q&A: One Woman Aims to Save Kids’ Lives by Redesigning the Roads They Walk

    • Urban Transformations
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • road safety
    • poverty
    • health
    • Health & Road Safety
    Ayikai Charlotte Poswayo
    • Urban Transformations
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • road safety
    • poverty
    • health
    • Health & Road Safety
    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
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 13, 2018

    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
    Insights
    October 3, 2018

    6 Road Design Changes That Can Save Lives

    • Cities
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    A roundabout in Frise, Netherlands.
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Insights
    September 6, 2018

    Can Housing Be Affordable Without Being Efficient?

    • Buildings
    • housing
    Minha Casa, Minha Vida affordable housing project in Brazil
    • Buildings
    • housing
    Cities
    Insights
    July 26, 2018

    Amid Climate Uncertainty, Zero-Carbon Buildings Offer a Guiding North Star

    • Buildings
    • Cities
    • climate change
    Mumbai
    • Buildings
    • Cities
    • climate change
    Insights
    June 4, 2018

    Q&A: What Is the Future of Green Building?

    • Buildings
    • Cities
    • energy efficiency
    Looking into Toronto. Unsplash/Sandra Schuh
    • Buildings
    • Cities
    • energy efficiency
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    April 5, 2018

    “Life Is Sacred”: The Surprising Link Between Reducing Homicide and Traffic Fatalities in Bogotá

    • road safety
    • Health & Road Safety
    Traffic in Bogotá
    • road safety
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    News
    March 23, 2018

    RELEASE: Cities Can Have Safer Roads; The Misperception That They Can’t Is Killing Us

    • road safety
    • Health & Road Safety
    • road safety
    • Health & Road Safety

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