Powering Cities in the Global South: How Energy Access for All Benefits the Economy and the Environment
The latest working paper of WRI’s flagship World Resources Report, “Towards a More Equal City...
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Confronting the Urban Housing Crisis in the Global South: Adequate, Secure, and Affordable Housing
This working paper on urban housing is the latest installment of WRI’s flagship World Resources Report (WRR), “Towards a More Equitable City.” The report examines if more equitable access to core urban services improves the economy and the environment.
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Towards a More Equal City: Framing the Challenges and Opportunities
Cities are growing differently today than before. As much as 70 percent of people in emerging cities in Asia, Africa and Latin America is under-served. Furthermore, cities face challenges in four areas:
- Highest rates of urbanization are in sub-Saharan Africa, South and Southeast ...
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Can Transport Deliver GHG Reductions at Scale? An Analysis of Global Transport Initiatives
This paper examines seven global transport initiatives to reduce emissions. The initiatives are among fifteen presented as part of the Paris Process on Mobility and Climate and the Lima-Paris Action Agenda—both platforms for mobilizing non-state actors under the auspices of the UN Framework...