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How "Complete Streets" Are Creating Safer, More Sustainable Cities in Brazil

  • Cities
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Transformations
  • Urban Development
People cross the street in Belo Horizonte
  • Cities
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Transformations
  • Urban Development
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Post-pandemic, Public Transport Needs to Get Back on Track to Meet Global Climate Goals

  • Cities
  • public transit
  • transportation
  • Urban Mobility
  • electric mobility
  • National Climate Action
People board a city tram next to a tall apartment building in Antalya, Turkey.
  • Cities
  • public transit
  • transportation
  • Urban Mobility
  • electric mobility
  • National Climate Action

From Minibuses to “Boda Bodas,” Informal Transport Systems Could Be an Untapped Climate Change Solution

  • Urban Mobility
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • Cities
  • Integrated Transport
Passengers on a busy Bangkok street ride on colorful three-wheeled tuk-tuks.
  • Urban Mobility
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • Cities
  • Integrated Transport

Ways the US Can Electrify Its Public Fleets, from City Buses to Garbage Trucks

  • electric mobility
  • Clean Energy
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • Air Quality
A blue and yellow city bus with the words "clean energy bus" on the side driving in downtown New York.
  • electric mobility
  • Clean Energy
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • Air Quality
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5 Shifts to Transform Transportation Systems and Meet Climate Goals

  • Climate
  • Cities
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • Urban Mobility
The VLT train inRio de Janeiro, Brazil is one of the city’s central modes of transport.
  • Climate
  • Cities
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • Urban Mobility
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In Iloilo City, Philippines, an Inclusive Housing Program Protects Vulnerable Communities from Flood Risks

  • Climate Resilience
  • sea level rise
  • Urban Development
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
This housing in Iloilo City, Philippines was built to provide safe shelter to people previously living in flood zones.
  • Climate Resilience
  • sea level rise
  • Urban Development
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
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How China Can Cut its Road Transportation Emissions by 95%

  • transportation
  • GHG emissions
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Electric Mobility
  • public transit
  • Air Quality
  • climatewatch-pinned
Beijing highway
  • transportation
  • GHG emissions
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Electric Mobility
  • public transit
  • Air Quality
  • climatewatch-pinned
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5 Ways to Cut Oil and Gas Use Through Clean Transportation

  • Cities
  • biking
  • public transit
  • Climate
  • fossil fuels
  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Health & Road Safety
A bike lane in NYC
  • Cities
  • biking
  • public transit
  • Climate
  • fossil fuels
  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Health & Road Safety
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5 Ways to Build an Equitable Ocean Economy

  • Equity & Governance
  • sustainable development goals
  • Economics
  • Business
  • Ocean
Traditional triangle-net fishing off the coast of Taiwan
  • Equity & Governance
  • sustainable development goals
  • Economics
  • Business
  • Ocean
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3 Ways to Reimagine Public Transport for People and the Climate

  • public transit
  • Climate
  • Climate Equity
  • Air Quality
Belo Horizonte - MOVE
  • public transit
  • Climate
  • Climate Equity
  • Air Quality
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5 Ways China’s Cities Can Drive Equitable and Sustainable Urbanization

  • Urban Development
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • nature-based solutions
  • development
  • low carbon development
A close-up of shrubbery with skyscrapers in the distant background.
  • Urban Development
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • nature-based solutions
  • development
  • low carbon development
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How Partnerships Can Turbo Charge Progress on the SDGs

  • sustainable development goals
  • Business
  • Economics
  • Finance
The inside of the European Parliament
  • sustainable development goals
  • Business
  • Economics
  • Finance
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The Impact of Organized Crime in Fisheries Extends Far Beyond the Ocean

  • sustainable development goals
  • fisheries
  • human rights
  • Ocean
A small fishing boat floating in the ocean.
  • sustainable development goals
  • fisheries
  • human rights
  • Ocean
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Missing Links Between Electricity Access and Development Priorities in Africa

  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • sustainable development goals
  • electric grid
  • development
  • agriculture
  • health
  • low carbon development
Nurses care for newborns at a maternity hospital in Sierra Leone. Photo by Dominic Chavez/World Bank.
  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • sustainable development goals
  • electric grid
  • development
  • agriculture
  • health
  • low carbon development
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5 Visible Signs of Climate Change in Antarctica

  • climate science
  • climate change
  • climate impacts
  • sea level rise
  • climate science
  • climate change
  • climate impacts
  • sea level rise
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Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • sea level rise
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It Could Only Cost 1% of GDP to Solve Global Water Crises

  • sustainable development goals
  • Sustainable Development Goal 6
  • Water Security
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
Water scarcity in Ethiopia
  • sustainable development goals
  • Sustainable Development Goal 6
  • Water Security
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
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6 Ways the Climate Changed Over the Past Decade

  • climate science
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • extreme weather
  • sea level rise
Iceberg with hole
  • climate science
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • extreme weather
  • sea level rise
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What Makes a Partnership Transformational?

  • sustainable development goals
  • Business
  • Economics
Buses
  • sustainable development goals
  • Business
  • Economics
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Closing Sub-Saharan Africa’s Electricity Access Gap: Why Cities Must Be Part of the Solution

  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • poverty
  • sustainable development goals
power line in Kenya
  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • poverty
  • sustainable development goals
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset