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    Climate
    Insights
    April 3, 2024

    How Improved Housing in Under-served Communities Can Strengthen Climate Resilience

    • housing
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • Climate
    • Climate Equity
    A row of housing in Iloilo City, Phillippines.
    • housing
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • Climate
    • Climate Equity
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    November 13, 2019

    To Fix City Slums, Don't Just Knock Them Down: Involve Residents in Upgrading Efforts

    • Cities
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • housing
    • poverty
    • public participation
    View of one of the many informal settlements the city of Surabaya, Indonesia has upgraded since the 1960s with input and participation from residents. Photo by Peter Edelman.
    • Cities
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • housing
    • poverty
    • public participation
    News
    January 2, 2019

    ADVISORY: WRI’s Stories to Watch 2019

    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • data
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • Business
    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • data
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • Business
    Cities
    Insights
    September 6, 2018

    Can Housing Be Affordable Without Being Efficient?

    • Buildings
    • housing
    Minha Casa, Minha Vida affordable housing project in Brazil
    • Buildings
    • housing
    Cities
    Insights
    October 2, 2017

    The Crisis in Affordable Housing Is a Problem for Cities Everywhere

    • Towards a More Equal City
    • housing
    Affordable housing for all.
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • housing
    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 & Governance
    Bridge across creek in Kibera, Nairobi.
    • housing
    • development
    • Equity & Governance
    Cities
    Africa Latin America Asia
    News
    July 12, 2017

    RELEASE: 1.2 Billion People Living in Cities Lack Access to Affordable and Secure Housing

    • housing
    • Equity & Governance
    • housing
    • Equity & Governance
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    July 12, 2017

    Confronting the Urban Housing Gap

    • Towards a More Equal City
    • housing
    • Equity & Governance
    • Urban Development
    Informal housing in Dhaka, Bangladesh
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • housing
    • Equity & Governance
    • Urban Development
    Business
    News
    March 24, 2017

    RELEASE: The Future Depends on Decoupling Business Growth from Resource Use

    • public transit
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Economics
    • Business
    • agriculture
    • public transit
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Economics
    • Business
    • agriculture
    Insights
    August 19, 2016

    4 Young People Providing Inspiring Solutions to Environmental Problems

    • climate change
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Biosphere 2 in Tucson, Arizona.
    • climate change
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Climate
    Europe
    Insights
    September 10, 2015

    Greater Efficiency in Aviation and Maritime: The Double Win Trajectory

    • Economics
    • GHG emissions
    • energy efficiency
    • greenhouse gases
    • international climate policy
    The aviation and maritime sectors are an increasingly significant source of greenhouse gas emissions. Photo by Bridget Coila/Flickr.
    • Economics
    • GHG emissions
    • energy efficiency
    • greenhouse gases
    • international climate policy
    Climate
    Insights
    July 6, 2015

    A Multi-Trillion Dollar Opportunity for Better Growth

    • Economics
    • Energy
    • international climate policy
    • restoration
    A new report calls on the world to invest at least $1 trillion a year in renewable energy, among other recommendations. Photo by David Dodge/The Pembina Institute
    • Economics
    • Energy
    • international climate policy
    • restoration

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