News
-
New research from WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities and the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy highlights the need to improve transit networks and provides recommendations for how to get there
25 percent of São Paulo residents live near public transit, but, with the implementation of the city’s Master Plan and Metropolitan Corridors Program, that number is expected to grow to 70 percent by 2025. Photo credit WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities / Flickr
On September 13th, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities and the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP Brasil) released a study showing that only 25 percent of São Paulo residents live near a public transit station—a strikingly low number compared to the global average.
-
Negotiators should focus on stronger commitments, reporting, and follow-up in Habitat III’s final stages
Pedestrians Walk by Housing Complexes in Mumbai, India. Photo by Adam Cohn / Flickr
The third session of the Preparatory Committee of the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) in Surabaya, Indonesia in July was an opportunity for delegations to come together, finalize the text of the New Urban Agenda and focus on questions of implementation. From the meetings emerged the Surabaya Draft of the New Urban Agenda, and WRI is pleased to provide the following commentary in support of the upcoming negotiations in New York.
-
The city of Rio Grande in southern Brazil has been collaborating with WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities to make transit-oriented development equitable for all
Future residents of Junção, in Rio Grande, express happiness and hope for the change that their new homes will bring. Photo by Mariana Gil/WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities.
On August 20, 2016 the Junção Project, a low-income housing project in Rio Grande, Brazil signed contracts to begin construction of houses and apartments for 1,287 families.
-
New guide for urban planners and policymakers provides specific design elements to limit traffic crashes and make better, healthier cities.
Bangkok, Thailand. Photo Credit: Philip Roeland/Flickr.
Key Points:
-
WRI experts provide feedback to latest version of the Zero Draft
Quito, Ecuador. Photo Credit: Marcio Ramalho/Flickr
Habitat III has released its third version of the Zero Draft of the New Urban Agenda. Our experts have analyzed the newest version and have drafted a response to the document here.
The following are high-level takeaways following the review of the most recent version of the Zero Draft:
-
The city’s new construction regulations will make its energy use more sustainable
Mexico City. Photo Credit: Kasper Christensen/Flickr
-
The Mayor of Cali and urban development professionals gathered to discuss how to achieve sustainable urban transformation in Colombia’s third-largest city
Cali, Colombia. Photo Credit: ITDP
On June 20, 2016, the Mayor of Cali, Maurice Armitage, opened the “Forum on Transit-Oriented Development for a Sustainable Cali” by positioning the “Green Corridor” at the heart of Cali’s transformation into a sustainable city.
-
WRI's experts provided feedback to Habitat III's newest Zero Draft
Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Photo Credit: Mariana Gil/WRI Brasil
Habitat III, the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Development, has released an updated Zero Draft of the New Urban Agenda, the document that will be released following the October event in Quito, Ecuador. -
Wudaokou, Beijing, China. Photo Credit: Jens Schott Knudsen/Flickr.
BEIJING (June 8, 2016)— At the second China-US Climate Smart / Low Carbon Cities Summit, representatives from more than 50 cities came together to enhance cooperation on low-carbon development. Twelve Chinese cities pledged to peak their carbon emissions earlier than China’s national target of 2030, joining the 11 founding cities and provinces of the Alliance of Peaking Pioneer Cities (APPC).
-
New cities and states join UN Sustainable Energy for All program to double the rate of energy efficiency by 2030
Curitiba, PR, Brazil. Photo Credit: Mariana Gil/WRI Brasil
Key points: