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    Equity & Governance transportation water risk Insights
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    January 27, 2023

    Electric School Buses Can Fight — or Further — Inequity in the US

    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • Equity & Governance
    Young children board a school bus
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • Equity & Governance
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    July 29, 2022

    Electric School Buses Win Big in US State Legislative Sessions

    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • Urban Mobility
    • Equity & Governance
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Schools
    school buses
    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • Urban Mobility
    • Equity & Governance
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Schools
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    June 21, 2022

    For Vibrant US Cities, Invest in Multi-modal Transportation

    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    • electric mobility
    • Equity & Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. policy
    • Climate
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cyclist using the bike lane in a busy urban street.
    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    • electric mobility
    • Equity & Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. policy
    • Climate
    • Health & Road Safety
    Freshwater
    Latin America
    Insights
    August 30, 2021

    Improving Water Security Helps Reduce the Gender Gap in Mexico City

    • Forests
    • Gender
    • drought
    • infrastructure
    • water risk
    A woman selling snacks from a cart in the middle of a busy plaza in Mexico City.
    • Forests
    • Gender
    • drought
    • infrastructure
    • water risk
    Cities
    Europe
    Insights
    June 11, 2021

    How London Uses Road Fees to Tackle Air Pollution and Inequality

    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Cities
    • Urban Transformations
    • transportation
    • Equity & Governance
    A woman bikes on a London cycle lane. Red public buses are seen in the background.
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Cities
    • Urban Transformations
    • transportation
    • Equity & Governance
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    August 5, 2020

    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
    Cities
    Insights
    April 23, 2020

    Safer, More Sustainable Transport in a Post-COVID-19 World

    • coronavirus
    • transportation
    • Equity & Governance
    • Health & Road Safety
    New York City transit workers sanitize subway cars and stations
    • coronavirus
    • transportation
    • Equity & Governance
    • Health & Road Safety
    Climate
    Insights
    February 10, 2020

    5 Strategies that Achieve Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Simultaneously

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • restoration
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • wetlands
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Reroroja village
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • restoration
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • wetlands
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    October 18, 2018

    Women Are the Secret Weapon for Better Water Management

    • Freshwater
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Sustainable Development Goal 6
    • Water Security
    • Gender
    • water risk
    • Freshwater
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Sustainable Development Goal 6
    • Water Security
    • Gender
    • water risk
    Insights
    January 16, 2018

    Bad Air to Better Oceans: 6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2018

    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • stories to watch
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • international climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • stories to watch
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • international climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    August 10, 2017

    Addressing Women’s Burdens from Water Risks Could Help Reduce World Hunger

    • Freshwater
    • Gender
    • water risk
    woman in African village
    • Freshwater
    • Gender
    • water risk
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    May 10, 2016

    Environmental Justice and Democracy Failures at the Heart of Flint’s Water Crisis

    • Equity & Governance
    • Freshwater
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Water plant in Flint, Mich.
    • Equity & Governance
    • Freshwater
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Cities
    Insights
    September 28, 2015

    In Order to Solve Pollution, We Must First Solve Governance Challenges

    • Environmental Rights
    • Equity & Governance
    • environmental democracy
    • Air Quality
    • pollution
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Air pollution in China's Shaanxi Province. Photo by Gilad Rom/Flickr
    • Environmental Rights
    • Equity & Governance
    • environmental democracy
    • Air Quality
    • pollution
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    January 9, 2015

    6 Stories to Watch in 2015: Global Climate Deal, Sustainable Development Goals, Rising Water Risks and More

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • UNFCCC
    • United Nations
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    • stories to watch
    Andrew Steer presented 2015's Stories to Watch before a packed house at the Press Club in Washington, D.C. Photo by Bill Dugan/WRI
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • UNFCCC
    • United Nations
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    • stories to watch
    Climate
    Insights
    December 23, 2013

    5 Things We Learned in 2013 that Could Move the Needle on Sustainability

    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
    • Finance
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • deforestation
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • water risk
    New research shows that the world loses 50 soccer fields' of forest every minute of every day. Photo credit: Daniel Murdiyarso, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
    • Finance
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • deforestation
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • water risk
    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
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    December 19, 2013

    India’s Watershed Development Boosts Food Security, Improves Livelihoods

    • Food
    • Freshwater
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • food security
    • low carbon development
    • water risk
    India has long-battled its water scarcity issues throughout an approach called watershed development. Photo credit: M. DeFreese/CIMMYT
    • Food
    • Freshwater
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • food security
    • low carbon development
    • water risk

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