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Training will help entrepreneurs pilot and scale sustainability solutions for more efficient cities
Hyderabad metro. Photo by Rajesh Pamnani/Flickr
HYDERABAD, India (October 8, 2018) – WRI India Ross Center, with support from the Citi Foundation, convened TheCityFix Labs policy dialogue today in Hyderabad on “Accelerating Innovation: Water | Waste | Energy.” This one-of-a-kind initiative is aimed at establishing a platform to help coordinate investors, entrepreneurs and the state for public good by connecting the innovation ecosystem.
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A global movement to support the transition to electric vehicles
Photo by Kārlis Dambrāns/Flickr
WASHINGTON, DC (September 17, 2018) — WRI Ross Center is committed to accelerating the adoption of more energy-efficient solutions for the transport sector, including electrification of vehicle fleets. As scientists ring the warning bells about the need to step up climate ambition, WRI is joining the EV30@30 Campaign to help bring more electric vehicles to the world’s largest markets.
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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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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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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.
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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).
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Juiz de Flora. Photo Credit: Mariana Gil/WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities
Habitat III, the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, will convene in Quito, Ecuador in October 2016. The conference will bring together national governments, sub-national actors and decision-makers and civil society to create a vision for the next 20 years of sustainable, equitable, prosperous urban development – a document referred to as the New Urban Agenda.
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The event focused on the opportunity of vehicle standards for improving air quality and reducing emissions in cities
Streets of Manila. Photo Credit: Stefan Munder/Flickr
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 3.7 million premature deaths resulted from outdoor air pollution in 2012. A major share of this air pollution comes from vehicle emissions in cities. In the Southeast Asia region, for example, traffic produces 36 percent of the city’s local air pollution.
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C40, the Citi Foundation and WRI to convene public & private sectors for financial collaboration April 5-7 at the Museum of Tomorrow
Photo by Christian Haugen/Flickr.
Rio de Janeiro (16 March, 2016) – Today, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40) and the City of Rio de Janeiro announced a first-of-its-kind global financing forum to accelerate city climate action. The C40 Financing Sustainable Cities Forum – hosted along with the Citi Foundation and WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities – will bring together senior decision-makers from financial institutions, the private sector and more than a dozen city governments from across the globe.
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Decision makers and city leaders discussed the Compact of Mayors as a platform for local action in Fortaleza, Brazil
Experts and representatives of cities debate the commitment of municipalities to climate change through initiatives such as the Compact of Mayors ( Photo Credit: Mariana Gil/WRI Brazil Sustainable Cities)
COP21 in Paris was an historic landmark for the fight against climate change, uniting 196 nations under a long-term goal to keep the rise in global temperatures at 1.5°C by 2100. However, many cities made their own commitments as well. Over 400 cities have joined the Compact of Mayors in a pledge to reduce emissions.
