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Porto Alegre, Brazil. Photo Credit: Benoit Colin/WRI
PARIS (December 3, 2015) – At the Paris climate conference (COP21), building efficiency took center stage with the launch of the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction.
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Global Environment Facility pledges $2 million to WRI to expand building efficiency policies and actions at the subnational level
Chapultepec Castle views Mexico City. Photo Credit: Boris G/Flickr
Today (December 3), during the COP21 Buildings Day, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) pledged a $2 million grant to WRI to support the implementation of local building efficiency policies and actions in cities around the world. Announcing the partnership was Dr. Naoko Ishii, CEO and Chairperson of GEF, and Andrew Steer, President and CEO of WRI.
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Opportunity for young thinkers to advance transformational research on sustainable transport and energy efficiency
The Lee Schipper Memorial Scholarship for Sustainable Transport and Energy Efficiency is awarded annually to up to two extraordinary candidates to honor the legacy of Dr. Leon J. Schipper, pictured above, co-founder of EMBARQ. Photo by EMBARQ.
Looking for an opportunity to catalyze sustainable, people-centered urban mobility? The Lee Schipper Memorial Scholarship wants to help you transform ideas into reality.
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Marine Drive, Mumbai, India. Photo Credit: Benoit Colin/WRI
PARIS (December 2, 2015)– The 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) initiative today announced new signatories to the 10% Resilience Pledge, with a total of 19 mayors and city leaders committing to dedicate 10 percent of their city's annual budget toward resilience-building activities throughout their term in office.
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Decision makers across Turkey convened to learn about how to make cities more livable
The Third Livable Cities Symposium, in Istanbul. Photo by WRI Turkey Sustainable Cities.
WRI Turkey Sustainable Cities organized the third Livable Cities Symposium on November 19-20 in Istanbul, with over 400 representatives from local governments, the private sector, NGOs and universities in attendance. The Symposium focused on creating smart and energy efficient cities—hosting a total of 45 speakers from 13 different countries.
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The Transport Community Comes Together in Support of Accelerating Action on Climate Change - Photo: Beijing Metro - Credits: Benoit Colin/WRI
Shanghai, PRC and Paris, France 24th November, 2015
Transport is one of the fastest growing sources of CO2 world-wide and is the largest energy consuming sector in 40% of countries worldwide while being the second largest in most of the remaining countries. Action to limit global average temperature rise to less than 2°C, as recommended by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) without including the transport sector is unrealistic.
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São Paulo, Brazil Photo Credit: Mariana Gil/WRI Brasil Cidades Sustentáveis
BRASILIA, BRAZIL (November 19, 2015) - The World Health Organization (WHO) released the Declaration from the Second Global High-level Conference on Road Safety: Time for Results. The Declaration recommends a set of actions to improve road safety through stronger management, legislation and enforcement.
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Announcement Supports UN Sustainable Development Goals 3 and 11 and Second Global High-Level Conference on Road Safety
Claudia Adriazola-Steil. (Photo Credit: Maria Fernanda Cavalcanti, WRI Brasil Cidades Sustentáveis)
According to the 2015 World Health Organization (WHO) Global status report on road safety, 1.25 million people die every year from traffic crashes, with a majority of fatalities occurring in developing countries.
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The initiative will help the city, businesses, and employees improve productivity and save money
Photo credit: EMBARQ Mexico
The Santa Fe business district in the west of Mexico City is known as a “3D” area—distant, dispersed, and disconnected. Employees spend an average of 2.6 hours a day (26 days a year) stuck in traffic attempting to access the district. Intense traffic congestion affects other areas like Insurgentes Sur to the south of the Mexican capital, and Reforma-Centro in the center of the city. And in the Polanco-Lomas business center, average rush hour speeds reach a low of 7.5 km/h (4.66 mph), and traveling just 500 meters can take up to half an hour.
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A seminar and workshop in São Paulo gathered experts to share ideas from the Latin American experience
São Paulo, October 28, 2015. Photo credit: Mariana Gil/WRI Brasil Cidades Sustentáveis
Transit-oriented development (TOD) brings together both urban and transport planning and has been proven a model for creating compact and connected urban communities. However, despite its economic benefits, TOD still faces financing barriers in many Brazilian cities.