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How to Build a Circular Economy

  • Cities & Transport
  • business
  • emissions
  • food waste
  • green economy
  • greenhouse gasses (GHG)
  • natural resources
  • sustainability initiative
  • sustainable business
A circular economy can help mitigate the climate crisis, and makes social and financial sense. Photo by Aaron Minnick | WRI.
  • Cities & Transport
  • business
  • emissions
  • food waste
  • green economy
  • greenhouse gasses (GHG)
  • natural resources
  • sustainability initiative
  • sustainable business
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With Transportation Data, These Cities Became More Sustainable and Socially Inclusive

  • Cities & Transport
  • access to information
  • Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
  • transportation
Bus in Quito. Flickr/Malcolm K.
  • Cities & Transport
  • access to information
  • Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
  • transportation

As Indigenous Groups Wait Decades for Land Titles, Companies Are Acquiring Their Territories

  • deforestation
  • forest
  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • natural resources
  • palm oil
  • deforestation
  • forest
  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • natural resources
  • palm oil

The View from the Bus: Better Transportation Means Better Lives

  • Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
  • sustainable cities
  • transport
  • transportation
  • Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
  • sustainable cities
  • transport
  • transportation

Integrating Public Transport Networks to Overcome Jakarta Traffic Congestion

  • cities
  • sustainable cities
  • sustainable cities initiative
  • transportation
  • cities
  • sustainable cities
  • sustainable cities initiative
  • transportation

Tackling Climate Change is Part of Many Countries’ Sustainable Development Plans

  • Climate
  • Cities & Transport
  • climate
  • sustainable development goals
  • United Nations (UN)
  • Climate
  • Cities & Transport
  • climate
  • sustainable development goals
  • United Nations (UN)

How Cities Can Harness the Good—and Avoid the Bad—of the New Mobility Movement

  • cities
  • transport
  • transportation
  • urban development
  • cities
  • transport
  • transportation
  • urban development
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Can electric vehicles be green heroes?

  • Cities & Transport
  • cities
  • energy
  • Indonesia
  • renewable energy
  • sustainable cities
  • transportation
  • Cities & Transport
  • cities
  • energy
  • Indonesia
  • renewable energy
  • sustainable cities
  • transportation

Forest Watcher Brings Data Straight to Environmental Defenders

  • Access Initiative
  • access to information
  • akses terhadap informasi
  • deforestasi
  • deforestation
  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • Access Initiative
  • access to information
  • akses terhadap informasi
  • deforestasi
  • deforestation
  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)

Bigger Isn’t Always Better: Narrow Traffic Lanes Make Cities Safer

  • cities
  • health and road safety
  • road safety
  • traffic
  • transport
  • transportation
  • cities
  • health and road safety
  • road safety
  • traffic
  • transport
  • transportation
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Towards a More Equal City

Trial by Fire

Global Forest Watch—Join the Movement

  • Africa
  • Brazil
  • deforestation
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Africa
  • Brazil
  • deforestation
  • forests
  • Indonesia
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3 Imperatives for the Next Global Development Agenda

  • climate change
  • poverty
  • sustainable development goals
  • United Nations (UN)
The U.N.'s new development roadmap must tackle the pressing economic and environmental challenges we face. Photo credit: Gates Foundation/Flickr
  • climate change
  • poverty
  • sustainable development goals
  • United Nations (UN)

A New Approach to Feeding the World

  • Africa
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • ecosystem services
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
  • Africa
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • ecosystem services
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil