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

People gather in the middle of a Monterrey street during sunset

A Fairer and More Sustainable Post-COVID World in Latin America

Silhouette of a person with a bicycle overlooking Belo Horizonte's skyline. Photo by Mariana Gil/WRI.

Tackling Inequality in Cities is Essential for Fighting COVID-19

Mumbai, India

We're Underestimating How Many People Lack Sanitation Services—and Ignoring the Best Solution for Many Cities

Polluted waterways carry impacts of poor sanitation citywide. Photo by SusanA Secretariat/Flickr

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

One of the many informal settlements the city of Surabaya, Indonesia has upgraded since the 1960s with participation from residents. Photo by Peter Edelman.

We're Grossly Underestimating the World's Water Access Crisis

We are far from universal water access. Flickr/Sarel Kromer

People Move to Cities for Better Jobs and Opportunities. Impossible Commutes Are Getting in the Way

Aerial view of streets in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia. Flickr/UN Photo

Public Space for Recreation Is Good for Cities. Guadalajara, Mexico Shows Us 3 Reasons Why.

Guadalajara, Mexico

Too Many Cities Are Growing Out Rather than Up. 3 Reasons That’s a Problem

Mumbai, India

Johannesburg Fights Inequality with Transit-Oriented Development

Contrasting high and low income housing juxtaposed in Bloubosrand, Johannesburg, June 2016. Photo: Christina Culwick

Putting the Poor First to Improve Sanitation in Kampala

Sanitation entrepreneur in Kampala. Photo: Water for People.

Equitable Planning in Ahmedabad: Beyond Eminent Domain

Ahmedabad uses a special process for acquiring land to make sure new developments receive city services.

India's Boom Pushed Cities to Their Limits. Here's How Pune Coped.

Waste collection door-to-door by the members of the SWaCH cooperative in Pune, India. Photo Credit: Brodie Talbot

What if Citizens Set City Budgets? An Experiment That Captivated the World—Participatory Budgeting—Might Be Abandoned in its Birthplace

Informal Workers Make Cities Work For All: 3 Stories from Thailand, India and Colombia

Choral Mauladia, a street vendor and trade unionist in Ahmedabad. Photo: Getty Images Reportage.

The Crisis in Affordable Housing Is a Problem for Cities Everywhere

Affordable housing for all. Flickr/Bernard Spragg

Powering Cities in the Global South: How Energy Access for All Benefits the Economy and the Environment

Improving energy access improves environmental and economic outcomes. Flickr/Francesco Terzini

Confronting the Urban Housing Gap

Informal housing in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Why Now Is the Time to Make Energy Access in Cities a Top Priority

Street in Nouakchott, Mauritânia

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

Kite seller in Surat

Q&A with Ani Dasgupta: What’s at Stake for Cities at Habitat III?

People walking in Bangalore
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