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    Equity Insights
    Cities
    Insights
    August 31, 2017

    Winner Take All? Richard Florida’s ‘New Urban Crisis’ Part of Growing Global Focus on Unequal Cities

    • housing
    • development
    • Equity
    Bridge across creek in Kibera, Nairobi.
    • housing
    • development
    • Equity
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    July 12, 2017

    Confronting the Urban Housing Gap

    • Towards a More Equal City
    • housing
    • Equity
    • Urban Development
    Informal housing in Dhaka, Bangladesh
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • housing
    • Equity
    • Urban Development
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    March 7, 2017

    1.2 Billion People Lack Electricity. Increasing Supply Alone Won’t Fix the Problem

    • Equity
    • Energy
    • electric grid
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Pharmacy in Monrovia
    • Equity
    • Energy
    • electric grid
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Energy
    Asia Africa
    Insights
    February 8, 2017

    “Pay-As-You-Go” Solar Could Electrify Rural Africa

    • Equity
    • Energy
    • Business
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Tanzania solar
    • Equity
    • Energy
    • Business
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    October 6, 2016

    World Resources Report: Towards a More Equal City - Framing Opportunities and Challenges

    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Climate
    • Equity
    • Urban Development
    Kite seller in Surat
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Climate
    • Equity
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    Insights
    September 20, 2016

    Improving Life for the Urban Under-Served Makes Cities Better for All – But That’s Not the Only Reason to Do It

    • Cities
    • Equity
    • Urban Development
    Joan Clos, Executive Director of UN Habitat, at preparatory meeting for Habitat III in Surabaya, Indonesia
    • Cities
    • Equity
    • Urban Development
    Equity
    Insights
    July 28, 2016

    Why Are Women Left Out of Land Decisions, Despite Gender Equity Laws?

    • Equity
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    Indigenous women, Philippines
    • Equity
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    Energy
    Insights
    May 16, 2016

    Renewable Energy Is Soaring. Are We Ready?

    • Equity
    • Energy
    • electric grid
    • regulation
    • renewable energy
    Housekeeper cleaning solar thermal panels in India
    • Equity
    • Energy
    • electric grid
    • regulation
    • renewable energy
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    May 13, 2016

    The Rise of the Urban Energy “Prosumer”

    • Equity
    • Energy
    • Cities
    • renewable energy
    Solar panel on roof
    • Equity
    • Energy
    • Cities
    • renewable energy
    Equity
    Asia
    Insights
    May 10, 2016

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

    • Equity
    • Water
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Water plant in Flint, Mich.
    • Equity
    • Water
    • 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
    • environmental democracy
    • Air Quality
    • pollution
    • Water
    • water risk
    Air pollution in China's Shaanxi Province. Photo by Gilad Rom/Flickr
    • Environmental Rights
    • Equity
    • environmental democracy
    • Air Quality
    • pollution
    • Water
    • water risk
    Europe
    Insights
    July 8, 2015

    Sustainable Development Goals: From Rhetoric to Reality

    • Equity
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • united nations
    Kenyan farmers plant rust-resistant wheat. Photo by Petr Kosina / CIMMYT
    • Equity
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • united nations
    Equity
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    March 18, 2015

    3 Ways to Tackle the Global Problem of Insecure Land Rights

    • Equity
    • Forests
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    When land rights are weak, indigenous peoples can lose access to critical resources like forests. Photo by rbairdpccam/Flickr
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Equity
    Africa
    Insights
    March 11, 2015

    Q&A with Cécile Ndjebet: Empowering Women Is Key to Better Forest Management in Cameroon

    • Equity
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Gender
    • land rights
    Women in Cameroon prepare to plant saplings. Photo by Cameroon Ecology.
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Gender
    • land rights
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    February 24, 2015

    By the Numbers: Economic Impacts of Climate Change in the Lower Mekong Basin

    • Equity
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • Economics
    The Lower Mekong River Basin (LMB) spans Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam, and supports **60 million people**. The region is also widely recognized as highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Photo credit: William Cho, Flickr
    • Equity
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • Economics
    Climate
    Insights
    February 10, 2015

    What Does the “Pathway to Paris” Mean for Adaptation?

    • International Climate Action
    • Equity
    • Climate Resilience
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • COP20
    • extreme weather
    A growing number of studies show that communities around the world are already experiencing the effects of climate change in the form of extreme heat, unpredictable weather and sea level rise. (Punjab region, Pakistan) Photo by Tariq Saeed/IRIN.
    • International Climate Action
    • Equity
    • Climate Resilience
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • COP20
    • extreme weather

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