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Paris’ Vision for a ‘15-Minute City’ Sparks a Global Movement

  • Cities
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • transportation
A street closed off for pedestrians to explore a market in Paris
  • Cities
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • transportation

5 Big Ideas to Address the Climate Crisis and Inequality in Cities

  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Climate Resilience
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Transformations
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • Urban Development
  • COP26
People gather in the middle of a Monterrey street during sunset
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Climate Resilience
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Transformations
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • Urban Development
  • COP26
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People Move to Cities for Better Jobs and Opportunities. Impossible Commutes Are Getting in the Way

  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Sustainable Development Goal 11
  • Urban Mobility
  • Cities
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
Aerial view of streets in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia.
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Sustainable Development Goal 11
  • Urban Mobility
  • Cities
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
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Johannesburg Fights Inequality with Transit-Oriented Development

  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Cities
  • transportation
  • world resources report
Contrasting high and low income housing juxtaposed in Bloubosrand, Johannesburg, June 2016. Photo: Christina Culwick
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Cities
  • transportation
  • world resources report
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Bonn Climate Talks Yield Some — But Not Enough — Progress Putting the Paris Agreement Fully Into Motion

  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Latest round of climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC

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
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Hot Week for Climate Action During Bonn Talks

  • U.S. Climate
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Bonn climate talks
  • U.S. Climate
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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Germany Becomes First Country to Release a 2050 Emissions-Reduction Plan

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • international climate policy
  • renewable energy
  • UNFCCC
Wind turbines
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • international climate policy
  • renewable energy
  • UNFCCC

If Climate Change Is the Existential Crisis of Our Age, Why Isn’t it Getting More Attention?

  • climate science
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • food security
  • sea level rise
  • U.S. policy
California drought
  • climate science
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • food security
  • sea level rise
  • U.S. policy

What’s Next? EU, US and Colombia Show They’re Moving Forward with the Paris Agreement

  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy
Going Green Conference
  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy