Luis Antonio Lindau is the Director of WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, where he leads and provides technical guidance to a team of professionals working for the implementation of projects under WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities’ strategy. He also provides input to worldwide...
Rejane D. Fernandes is the Strategic Relations and Development Director of WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities. She works to achieve WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities' mission by developing key partnerships, disseminating sustainable transportation and urban development best practices and strengthening...
Daniela (Dani) is the Global Operations Director for the WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities. She leads the operational strategy, planning processes and human resources within the global team in Washington-DC and provides guidance to the country offices in Mexico, Brazil, India, Turkey and...
According to the World Health Organization, 1.2 million people die every year in traffic crashes worldwide and 90 percent of deaths happen in low and middle-income countries. Almost half of these deaths are pedestrians, bicyclists and motorcyclists. Road fatalities are expected to become the...
Climate change is a global phenomenon, but the impacts are distributed locally and unevenly in cities. The urban poor are the most affected by climate change and are more likely to live in areas that lack sufficient infrastructure to respond to climate risks.
WRI has developed the Urban...
Decisions made in cities today will determine whether humans succeed in creating a sustainable future. To refine our approach to this opportunity and challenge, this year, WRI Ross Center completed a new five-year strategy.
This report is a summary of our highlights from 2017-18,...
SAN FRANCISCO (September 12, 2018) — Floods and landslides are wreaking havoc on cities from Bangkok to Bangalore. Urban heat islands are exacerbating sweltering temperatures from Los Angeles to São Paulo.
This case study in the World Resources Report, “Towards a More Equal City,” examines transformative urban change in Porto Alegre, Brazil, through the lens of participatory budgeting. The research focuses on whether and how transformative change has taken...
A small but growing number of cities are adopting more inclusive approaches to informal workers and this offers important lessons for cities that seek a more equal, productive and environmentally sustainable future.
Informal workers account for 50 to 80 percent of urban employment and...
