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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
  • cities
  • governance
  • poverty
  • urban development
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3 Charts Explain One of the Most Overlooked Opportunities to Address Climate Change and Poverty

  • air quality
  • climate change
  • pollution
  • poverty
  • sustainable development goals
Air conditioning units in Hong Kong. Flickr/Niall Kennedy
  • air quality
  • climate change
  • pollution
  • poverty
  • sustainable development goals
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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

For Indigenous Peoples, Losing Land Can Mean Losing Lives

  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • poverty
  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • poverty

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

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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4 Signs to Watch at COP23

  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • adaptation
  • climate
  • climate agreement
  • climate change
  • climate data
  • climate finance
  • climate policy
  • COP
  • governance
  • Paris Agreement
  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • adaptation
  • climate
  • climate agreement
  • climate change
  • climate data
  • climate finance
  • climate policy
  • COP
  • governance
  • Paris Agreement
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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

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
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  • transportation
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Towards a More Equal City

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Reviewing Indonesia’s Emission Commitment

  • climate
  • climate agreement
  • climate finance
  • emissions
  • Fires
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • climate
  • climate agreement
  • climate finance
  • emissions
  • Fires
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
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Details of Indonesia’s Climate Plan Remain Hazy

  • climate
  • climate finance
  • Indonesia
  • landscape restoration
Wakx via Compfight cc
  • climate
  • climate finance
  • Indonesia
  • landscape restoration
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Jump-starting Clean Energy Access for the World

  • climate
  • climate finance
  • energy
  • finance
  • international climate policy
  • regulation
  • renewable energy
Solar home systems in Bangladesh. Photo by ILO/Flickr.
  • climate
  • climate finance
  • energy
  • finance
  • international climate policy
  • regulation
  • renewable energy