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Amman, Auckland, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Mexico City, Oslo, Sacramento and more cities representing over 164 million residents join Cities4Forests initiative
Forests—both near and far—are immensely valuable to cities and their residents.
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. Concerns about drinking water are growing from Bogota to Johannesburg to Jakarta. Rising sea levels threaten Miami and Mumbai alike. Now, a coalition of cities has emerged to protect their residents from these threats by deploying a highly underrated resource: forests.
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Sarika Panda (WRI India), OP Agarwal (WRI India), Jamshyd Godrej (Godrh & Boyce), Amitabh Kant (NITI Aayog) and Madhav Pai (WRI India) at the MOVE Summit.
NEW DELHI (September 8, 2018) — At the inaugural session of the MOVE Summit, Dr. OP Agarwal, CEO of WRI India, presented a report on the future of shared mobility in India to Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi.
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WRI India hosts Unlock Bengaluru 2018
Unlock Bengaluru 2018. Photo by WRI India
BENGALURU (July 21, 2018) — Bengaluru’s trajectory of unprecedented urbanization and economic growth has brought with it the chaos of haphazard development that is negatively impacting human and environmental health. On July 21, WRI India convened urban experts for Unlock Bengaluru 2018.
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Da Nang, Vietman. Photo by Cambodia, P.l. Network
WASHINGTON (May 24, 2018)— World Resources Institute (WRI) announced a $2 million grant from the Global Environmental Facility to scale up the efforts of the Building Efficiency Accelerator (BEA) in its second phase. The funding will help the Accelerator – one of Sustainable Energy for All’s initiatives to support specific sector-based energy efficiency – scale up national engagement from local cities, deepen partnerships with existing cities, and expand the network to new cities.
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The informal economy accounts for 50-80 percent of urban employment in cities across the global south
Photo by Iniciativa Regional para el Reciclaje Inclusivo (IRR)/SmugMug
WASHINGTON (May 29, 2018) — Informal workers represent 50 to 80 percent of urban employment in the global south – from street vendors and waste pickers, to workers manufacturing goods at home – and generate up to
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Sir David Adjaye, Lord Norman Foster, Jean Liu, Rahul Mehrotra, Yousef Al Otaiba, Sheela Patel, Marinela Servitje, Steve Strongin, and Jim Umpleby join Stephen M. Ross on jury
The WRI Ross Prize for Cities celebrates transformative urban projects.
WASHINGTON (May 8, 2018) — Nine distinguished urban leaders from diverse backgrounds and geographies joined Chairman Stephen M. Ross on the jury of the WRI Ross Prize for Cities today, lending decades of experience in architecture, business and social advocacy to the competition’s inaugural search.
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WRI China Sustainable Cities and Transport Program Director Daizong Liu presents at the training in Beijing. Photo by Shiyong Qiu/WRI
BEIJING (April 13, 2018) – In 2015, more than half of the Chinese population was exposed to unhealthy air, and around 1 million premature deaths were attributed to outdoor pollution. A key contributor to harmful air pollution is the transport sector.
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Challenge to Explore Innovations to Improve India’s Public Bus Systems
Photo by FedEx
NEW DELHI (April 5, 2018) — WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, with support from FedEx Express, the world’s largest express transportation company and a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX), today announced the “Better Bus Challenge,” a competition to augment the quality, safety and efficiency of public bus systems in India.
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Learning platform centralizes access to training, guides, tools for urban professionals
Photo by Connie/Flickr
NEW DELHI (April 4, 2018) — City leaders and professionals around the world face a crush of converging pressures. They are being asked to improve urban mobility, housing, equity and access to opportunity – all while accommodating more residents, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and making streets safer and healthier. More infrastructure and funds alone are not enough to take on these challenges; cities need help making better decisions too.
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Financing Sustainable Cities Forum. Photo by C40 Cities/Flickr
On April 10, mayors, senior city officials, finance industry leaders and NGO partners will gather at the third-annual Financing Sustainable Cities Forum to discuss new solutions for accelerating investment in more resilient, prosperous, and sustainable cities. Hosted by C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, and the Citi Foundation, this one-day event in the heart of Manhattan’s financial district will explore why, in today’s world, green investment is smart investment.