Catalyzing Solutions for Sustainable Cities

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with the 11th goal particularly relevant to cities.

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Cultural Heritage, Sustainable Tourism and Urban Regeneration: Capturing Lessons and Experience from Japan with a Focus on Kyoto

The World Bank Group (WBG) has long recognized that the restoration and preservationof cultura

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The State of African Cities 2018: The geography of African investment

The aim of The State of African Cities 2018: The geography of African investment report is to contribute to development policie

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Multilevel climate action: The path to 1.5 degrees

This is a synthesis report of data from the carbonn Climate Registry.

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Opportunity 2030: Benefits of Climate Action in Cities

This reports provides an approach to quantify the benefits of city-level measures in buildings, transport and energy supply.

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Summary for Policy Makers: What the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 C Degrees Mean for Cities

The Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C identifies cities and urban areas as one of four critical global systems that can accelerate and upscale climate action, but recognizes this will requi

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Technology Pathways for Creating Smarter, More Prosperous and Greener Cities

For the past seven years, Siemens Cities Center of Competence (CoC) has been collaborating with more than 15 cities across North America to s

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EO4SD-Urban Project: Bhopal City Report

 
GPSC is providing cities with urban extent imagery to facilitate a finer-grained understanding of urban expansion.

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EO4SD-Urban Project: Vijayawada City Report

GPSC is providing cities with urban extent imagery to facilitate a finer-grained understanding of urban expansion.

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[DATASET] Resource Watch

More data are available today than ever before.

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[DATASET] WRI Datasets

WRI produces and curates data sets as part of our commitment to turn information into action.

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Water, Security and Conflict

This paper summarizes our current understanding of water and security threats and their links to conflict, migration, and food insecurity.

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Projects and Programs Manual to Encourage Cycling in Communities

Cycling is already an important part of daily life many of Brazil’s urban residents.

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Financing Sustainable Cities Initiative

In 2015, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities and C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, funded by the Citi Foundation, teamed up for a new partnership to leverage the expertise of our three orga

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Financial Returns from Restoration

The annual economic benefits of restoring degraded and deforested land globally are an estimated $84 billion.

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Municipality-led Circular Economy Case Studies

This reports provides examples of many different and novel approaches that municipalities are beginning to take to move to a more circular economy.  In this publication, C40 Cities have mapped

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Data speak louder than words

The aggregated data by and for cities provides a strong justification for diplomacy around adaptation at key events, such as the High-Level Political Forum. The report targets local and region

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[VIDEO] WRI Explains: 6 Road Design Changes That Can Save Lives

WRI Brasil explains six simple road design changes that can significantly improve road safety.

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From Planning to Action: Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation Into Development

As extreme weather events become more frequent and stronger, it is critical that policymakers and development practitioners incorporate climate change adaptation objectives into their sectoral poli

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What a Waste 2.0 : A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to 2050

By 2050, the world is expected to generate 3.40 billion tons of waste annually, increasing dra

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