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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.
  • sustainable cities
  • sustainable cities initiative
  • urban development
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3 Reasons to Invest in Renewable Energy Now

  • energy
  • oil and gas
  • renewable energy
  • solar
  • wind
Research shows that renewable energy investments yield a high return and create jobs. Photo by Roland Balik/U.S. Air Force
  • energy
  • oil and gas
  • renewable energy
  • solar
  • wind

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

Reaching 3 Global Goals Means Major Change for Cities

  • cities
  • urban development
  • cities
  • urban development

Power Plants Use Water, But We Have No Idea How Much

  • Climate
  • coal
  • Mapping
  • oil and gas
  • water
  • water risk
  • water stress
  • Climate
  • coal
  • Mapping
  • oil and gas
  • water
  • water risk
  • water stress

Integrating Public Transport Networks to Overcome Jakarta Traffic Congestion

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

Moving Beyond “Take, Make, Waste”: Developing Cities Show the Possibilities of the Circular Economy

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

3 Steps for Tackling Food Loss and Waste

  • Climate
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • economics
  • food loss
  • food security
  • food waste
  • hunger
Rotten fruits.
  • Climate
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • economics
  • food loss
  • food security
  • food waste
  • hunger
Life at WRI Indonesia

Extraction Custom in Mangun Jaya Village, South Sumatra

  • Climate
  • forests
  • oil and gas
  • palm oil
  • Life at WRI Indonesia
  • Climate
  • forests
  • oil and gas
  • palm oil
  • Life at WRI Indonesia

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

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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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
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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.
  • emissions
  • fire
  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • Haze
  • Indonesia forest fires

Preventing Forest Fires in Indonesia: Focus on Riau Province, Peatland, and Illegal Burning

  • Climate
  • fire
  • forests
  • Haze
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
A comprehensive, proactive fires prevention plan, with a special emphasis on key subdistricts in Riau Province—involving government, business, and NGOs—can help ensure that Indonesia’s forests continue generating economic, social, and environmental benefits for years to come. Photo credit: Wakx/Flickr
  • Climate
  • fire
  • forests
  • Haze
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires