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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
  • urban development
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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.
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  • business
  • emissions
  • food waste
  • green economy
  • greenhouse gasses (GHG)
  • natural resources
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  • sustainable business

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 Coronavirus Pandemic Could Give Business Leaders a Broader Mandate for Sustainability

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The COVID-19 crisis could be a turning point for business. Photo by Cicero Group/Flickr
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Responding to Coronavirus: Low-carbon Investments Can Help Economies Recover

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  • low carbon cities
  • low carbon development
Taking bold climate action, such as increasing renewable energy capacity, can stimulate economic growth while reducing air pollution. Photo by Hahaheditor12667/Wikimedia Commons
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  • low carbon
  • low carbon cities
  • low carbon development

An Indonesian Green New Deal

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  • Green Climate Fund
  • green economy
  • low carbon
  • low carbon development
The Green New Deal aims to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, create high-paying jobs, ensure that clean air, clean water and healthy food are available as basic human rights and end all forms of oppression. Photo credit: JP/Dhoni Setiawan
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Personalizing Carbon-Footprint from Our Travels to Mobilize Climate Action

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  • cities
  • low carbon
  • low carbon cities
Different transport systems and use pattern lead to different emissions and offsetting potentials.Photo credit: WRI Indonesia
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  • low carbon
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Farmers in Yogyakarta. Indonesia’s government is charting a new, low carbon path to development. Photo by the International Rice Research Institute.
  • Climate
  • low carbon
  • low carbon development

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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  • urban development

Reaching 3 Global Goals Means Major Change for Cities

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  • urban development
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  • urban development

Barriers to a Circular Economy: 5 Reasons the World Wastes So Much Stuff (and Why It's Not Just the Consumer's Fault)

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  • corporate sustainability
  • economy
  • food waste
  • sustainable business
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  • corporate sustainability
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  • food waste
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Moving Beyond “Take, Make, Waste”: Developing Cities Show the Possibilities of the Circular Economy

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

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

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  • health and road safety
  • road safety
  • sustainable cities
  • urban development
  • health
  • health and road safety
  • road safety
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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
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  • renewable energy
  • urban development
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Towards a More Equal City

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Solving the Fresh Water Crisis

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