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5 Numbers: What the Paris Climate Talks Have Already Delivered

  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
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COP21
  • Climate
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Sustainable Transport: Building Equitable and Low-Carbon Cities

  • International Climate Action
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  • Urban Mobility
  • COP21
  • public transit
  • human rights
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  • Health & Road Safety
BRT and bike lane
  • International Climate Action
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Through Compact of Mayors, 360 Cities Will Cut Their Emissions 17% by 2030

  • International Climate Action
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Rio de Janeiro
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Sustainable Cities and Buildings at COP21: Delivering our Future Today

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Chapultepec Castle views Mexico City
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Building Efficiency Finally Gets its Day in the Sun at COP 21

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Wall Street
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Jump-starting the SDGs: 4 Lessons from Early Adopters

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7 Proven Principles for Designing a Safer City

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Pedestrian areas like the one in New York City's Times Square reduce speeding and traffic crashes. Photo by City Clock Magazine, Flickr
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Why Africa Needs to Look to Its Cities to End Hunger

  • Cities
  • Food
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  • Urban Development
A street market in St. Lucia, South Africa. With the continent rapidly urbanizing, it’s critical that city leaders address urban food loss and waste in order to ensure sustainable development and end food insecurity. Photo by Steve Slater/Flickr.
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3 Steps to Build a Greener, Climate-Resilient India

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  • Cities
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  • Urban Development
Hyderabad, India. Photo by Kara Newhouse, Flickr
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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.
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4 Lessons from Beijing and Shanghai Show How China’s Cities Can Curb Car Congestion

  • low carbon development
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  • Cities
Traffic in Shanghai, China. Photo by Carlos ZGZ/Flickr.
  • low carbon development
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4 Inspirations for Sustainable Transport from Rio de Janeiro

  • Urban Mobility
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  • Cities
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 BRT in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo by Benoit Colin/EMBARQ.
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4 Women Leaders “Making it Happen” for Sustainable Cities

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The Road to Safety in India

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India has one of the worst road safety records in the world, with around 1,37,423 road traffic fatalities in 2013. (Bangalore, India) Photo by EMBARQ.
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Transforming Transportation 2015: Turning Momentum into Action

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2015 provides three big opportunities to build global momentum around the course for change. Photo by Mariana Gil/EMBARQ Brasil.
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Reforming 3 Systems Can Create a New Climate Economy in India

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  • Energy
  • Cities
  • Business
Traffic congestion in Calcutta, India. Photo by frederik_rowing/Flickr
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Who Needs Cars? Smart Mobility Can Make Cities Sustainable

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  • Cities
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Mexico's BRT system
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Why Cities are the Solution to Climate Change: Q&A with Ani Dasgupta

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The ‘smart city’ has become quite a buzzword, but there’s still not enough clarity around what it means for a city to be truly smart. Photo by EMBARQ/Flickr.
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