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How Forests Near and Far Benefit People in Cities

  • Freshwater
  • Cities
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  • health
  • Climate
  • biodiversity
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  • Freshwater
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  • health
  • Climate
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3 Essentials for Integrated Urban Climate Action

  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • low carbon development
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  • Cities
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  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
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5 Ways China’s Cities Can Drive Equitable and Sustainable Urbanization

  • Urban Development
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  • nature-based solutions
  • development
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As the UN Turns 75, Countries Should Embrace a Shared Vision of a Fairer, Safer and More Sustainable Future

  • coronavirus
  • Urban Mobility
  • Paris Agreement
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A Fairer and More Sustainable Post-COVID World in Latin America

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Silhouette of a person with a bicycle overlooking Belo Horizonte's skyline. Photo by Mariana Gil/WRI.
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4 Investment Areas to Stimulate China's Economy After COVID-19

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  • low carbon development
  • natural infrastructure
  • renewable energy
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  • Economics
  • Health & Road Safety
Installation of solar photovoltaic panels on the roofs of the Hongqiao Passenger Rail Terminal in Shanghai, China.
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COVID-19 Could Affect Cities for Years. Here Are 4 Ways They’re Coping Now.

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New York city transit
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RELEASE: Safe, Affordable Sanitation a Pipe Dream for Too Many Households in Global South

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  • Towards a More Equal City
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To Clean Delhi’s Air, Reform Its Transport System

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  • health
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New Delhi's air quality, already poor, tends to plummet as Diwali ends and winter begins. Photo by Sumita Roy Dutta/Wikimedia Commons.
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RELEASE: New Report Finds National Governments Can Unlock Nearly $24 Trillion by Investing in Zero-Carbon Cities

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ADVISORY: Press Call on How National Governments Can Capture Major Economic Benefits by Investing in Zero-Carbon Cities

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

  • Cities
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  • health
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  • Health & Road Safety
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5 Under-recognized Impacts of Air Pollution

  • Climate
  • Cities
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  • Sustainable Development Goal 3
  • health
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
Visible air pollution in Delhi, India
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Is Your City Really Serious About Road Safety? Look for These 3 Things

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  • road safety
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
Washington, DC
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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
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Ayikai Charlotte Poswayo
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Urban Transformations: In Tanzania’s Capital, Safer Children Mean Better Neighborhoods

  • Urban Transformations
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  • human rights
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Children in Dar es Salaam
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4 Creative Ways Cities Are Transitioning to a Clean Energy Future

  • Energy
  • Cities
  • low carbon development
  • renewable energy
Solar in Washington, DC. Flickr/Adam Fagen
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Electrification Doesn't Make Sense Everywhere—Yet

  • electric grid
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  • climate change
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  • renewable energy
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Where cities have relatively clean grids, they should electrify as much as possible.
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Optimize, Electrify, Decarbonize: The 3 Steps to Thriving, Zero-Carbon Cities

  • Cities
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
  • electric mobility
  • Unlocking Climate Action
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