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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
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  • climate change
  • sustainable cities
  • sustainable urban mobility
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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
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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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The Resilience of Indonesia's Electricity System

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  • energi terbarukan
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  • energy security
Ilustrasi listrik. Kredit foto: Fre Sonneveld/Unsplash
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WRI Indonesia’s team in a tree planting offset project in West Java, March 2019. Photo credit: WRI Indonesia
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Flight Decisions Matter for Climate Change

  • Cities & Transport
  • sustainability initiative
For years, airlines have experimented with biofuels, aiming to reduce both carbon emissions and their reliance on fossil fuels. It’s been a turbulent journey buffeted by inconsistent investment and the periodic lure of cheap oil. (Bloomberg/The Jakarta Post/File)
  • Cities & Transport
  • sustainability initiative

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

  • cities
  • governance
  • poverty
  • urban development
Informal settlements at the edge of Mumbai, India. Photo by Johnny Miller/Unequal Scenes
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  • governance
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  • urban development

Reaching 3 Global Goals Means Major Change for Cities

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  • urban development
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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
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  • urban development

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

  • health
  • health and road safety
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  • sustainable cities
  • urban development
  • health
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ASEAN Countries Must Act Together to Confront Climate Change

  • Climate
  • Asia
  • climate agreement
  • climate change
  • climate policy
  • emissions
  • greenhouse gas emissions
  • greenhouse gasses (GHG)
  • international climate policy
  • Climate
  • Asia
  • climate agreement
  • climate change
  • climate policy
  • emissions
  • greenhouse gas emissions
  • greenhouse gasses (GHG)
  • international climate policy

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

  • Cities & Transport
  • cities
  • renewable energy
  • urban development
  • Cities & Transport
  • cities
  • renewable energy
  • urban development

The Roadmap to Decarbonization Won’t Go Far without Land

  • Climate
  • agriculture
  • agroforestry
  • Asia
  • carbon
  • climate
  • climate change
  • degraded land
  • food
  • Climate
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Towards a More Equal City

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Solving the Fresh Water Crisis

  • equity
  • gender
  • urban development
  • water
  • water risk
  • equity
  • gender
  • urban development
  • water
  • water risk

Indonesian Fires Create “Hazardous” Levels of Air Pollution in Singapore

  • emissions
  • fire
  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • Haze
  • Indonesia forest fires
Singapore during the 2013 haze crisis. Photo by Choo Yut Shing/Flickr.
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  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • Haze
  • Indonesia forest fires