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    Climate
    Insights
    September 19, 2014

    Transport Sector Key to Closing the World’s Emissions Gap

    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    Beijing bicyclists. Photo Credit: Derrick Story/Flickr
    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    July 23, 2014

    People-Oriented Cities: Mixed-Use Development Creates Social and Economic Benefits

    • public transit
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    Mixed-use development combined with pedestrianization on Mexico City’s Calle Madero promotes sustainable, prosperous communities. Photo Credit: Julius Reque/Flickr.
    • public transit
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    July 3, 2014

    To Maracanã and Beyond: World Cup Brings Sustainable Transport Benefits to Brazil

    • Urban Mobility
    • public transit
    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    Although Brazilian cities have received criticism for short-sighted World Cup infrastructure, examples like Belo Horizonte's MOVE bus rapid transit (BRT) will generate benefits long after the final whistle blows. Photo Credit: Mariana Gil/EMBARQ Brazil.
    • Urban Mobility
    • public transit
    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    Climate
    Insights
    February 4, 2014

    Sustainable Cities: From a Vision to Reality

    • Energy
    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    WRI is working in Qingdao, China to develop a "sustainability blueprint." Photo credit: Li Chao, Wikimedia Commons
    • Energy
    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    Climate
    Insights
    February 3, 2014

    New Global Campaign Aims to Deliver Sustainable Transport to World's Cities

    • Energy
    • Cities
    • Urban Mobility
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Passengers disembark from a train in Tianjin, China. A new global campaign is seeking to better integrate sustainable mobility solutions like mass transport into policy discussions on development and climate change. Photo credit: Yang Aijun/World Bank/Flickr.
    • Energy
    • Cities
    • Urban Mobility
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Finance
    Insights
    January 16, 2014

    5 Opportunities for 21st-Century Transport

    • Cities
    • Business
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    A pedestrian walkway in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Photo credit: EMBARQ
    • Cities
    • Business
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Climate
    Insights
    December 23, 2013

    WRI’s Top Outcomes of 2013

    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • food security
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • water risk
    WRI measures its success through positive, on-the-ground change. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • food security
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • water risk
    Cities
    Insights
    December 5, 2013

    Saving Lives with Sustainable Transport

    • Urban Mobility
    • public transit
    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Sustainable transport systems can improve traffic safety, while also offering a number of co-benefits.
    • Urban Mobility
    • public transit
    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    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
    Asia
    Insights
    April 22, 2013

    5 Keys to Sustainable Development in Indian Cities

    • Cities
    • road safety
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    April 11, 2013

    Connecting Sustainable Transport to Urban Development in India

    • Urban Mobility
    • public transit
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    • public transit
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    March 1, 2013

    Embracing Ecological Progress in China

    • Energy
    • Cities
    • agriculture
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • Freshwater
    • Energy
    • Cities
    • agriculture
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • Freshwater
    Cities
    Insights
    January 18, 2013

    4 Big Ideas to Revolutionize Transportation

    • public transit
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • road safety
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    • public transit
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • road safety
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    January 16, 2013

    3 Big Opportunities to Transform Transportation

    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    North America
    News
    December 21, 2012

    STATEMENT: EPA Finalizes New Clean Air Standards For Boilers - A “Gift for People and the Planet”

    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • U.S. policy
    • greenhouse gases
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • U.S. policy
    • greenhouse gases

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