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Clean Air under Jakarta's New Leadership

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Langit biru Jakarta
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Red Alert: 3 Strategies for Reducing Toxic Ozone Pollution

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

  • cities
  • climate change
  • sustainable cities
  • sustainable urban mobility
  • urban development
The DistritoTec project in Monterrey, Mexico is drawing people back to a denser, safer and livable inner city. Photo by Tecnológico de Monterrey
  • cities
  • climate change
  • sustainable cities
  • sustainable urban mobility
  • urban development

Collaboration on Nature-Based Solutions is Key to Resilient City Infrastructure

  • sustainable cities
  • sustainable cities initiative
  • urban development
Departments that work together on projects and use natural infrastructure, like the Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park in Singapore, can achieve a variety of benefits. Photo by Stefano/Flickr.
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  • sustainable cities initiative
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Too Many Cities Are Growing Out Rather than Up. 3 Reasons That’s a Problem

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  • governance
  • poverty
  • urban development
Informal settlements at the edge of Mumbai, India. Photo by Johnny Miller/Unequal Scenes
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5 Ways the G20 Can Support Climate Action and Sustainable Development

  • adaptation
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  • finance
  • green infrastructure
  • international climate policy
Buenos Aires from the Rio de la Plata. Flickr/Mariano Mantel
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  • international climate policy

Reaching 3 Global Goals Means Major Change for Cities

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Curbing Climate Change and Preventing Deaths from Air Pollution Go Hand-in-Hand

  • adaptation
  • air quality
  • climate change
  • Paris Agreement
Curbing short-lived climate pollutants can also reduce air pollution-related deaths. Photo by Nicolò Lazzati/Global Panorama/Flickr
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  • Paris Agreement
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3 Charts Explain One of the Most Overlooked Opportunities to Address Climate Change and Poverty

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  • sustainable development goals
Air conditioning units in Hong Kong. Flickr/Niall Kennedy
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Moving Beyond “Take, Make, Waste”: Developing Cities Show the Possibilities of the Circular Economy

  • Cities & Transport
  • economy
  • sustainable cities
  • urban development
  • Cities & Transport
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  • urban development

From Tree-Planting Drones to Shade-Grown Tea: Businesses Are Making Money by Reforesting the Planet

  • Climate
  • business
  • climate
  • finance
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • investment
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  • Climate
  • business
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  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • investment
  • landscape restoration

Bad Air to Better Oceans: 6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2018

  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • air quality
  • climate change
  • forest restoration
  • international climate policy
  • oceans
  • oil and gas
  • Paris Agreement
  • pollution
  • UNFCCC
  • water risk
  • water stress
  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • air quality
  • climate change
  • forest restoration
  • international climate policy
  • oceans
  • oil and gas
  • Paris Agreement
  • pollution
  • UNFCCC
  • water risk
  • water stress

We Know How to Save Millions from Dying on the World’s Roads

  • health
  • health and road safety
  • road safety
  • sustainable cities
  • urban development
  • health
  • health and road safety
  • road safety
  • sustainable cities
  • urban development

Restoration: One of the Most Overlooked Opportunities for Economic Growth

  • agriculture
  • deforestation
  • degraded land
  • economics
  • finance
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • landscape restoration
  • agriculture
  • deforestation
  • degraded land
  • economics
  • finance
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • landscape restoration

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

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  • transport
  • transportation
  • urban development
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  • urban development