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Unlock Bengaluru: Five Things the City Needs to Get Right

  • Urban Development
  • electricity
  • health and road safety
  • Urban Development
  • electricity
  • health and road safety

Announcing the New Mobility Accelerator 2016 Cohort

  • Business
  • Urban Development
  • low carbon cities
  • sustainable cities initiative
  • transportation
New Mobility Accelerator 2016 Participants
  • Business
  • Urban Development
  • low carbon cities
  • sustainable cities initiative
  • transportation

Corporates, Cost of Carbon and Internalising Externalities

  • corporate sustainability
  • emissions inventories
  • coal
  • climate science
  • climate business
  • Cambio Climático
  • GHG
  • low carbon
  • world bank
Photo by Shutterstock
  • corporate sustainability
  • emissions inventories
  • coal
  • climate science
  • climate business
  • Cambio Climático
  • GHG
  • low carbon
  • world bank

India Can’t Afford to Lose Any More Lives Due to Road Crashes

  • Urban Development
  • health and road safety
  • Road Safety
  • transportation
India’s streets are notoriously dangerous. However, a new bill being passed through the Indian government offers hope to the country’s road safety problems. Photo by Gilbert Laszlo Kallenborn/Flickr
  • Urban Development
  • health and road safety
  • Road Safety
  • transportation

Delhi’s Diet Plan

  • Urban Development
  • sustainable cities initiative
The Delhi government should learn from experiences and design the details carefully.
  • Urban Development
  • sustainable cities initiative

COP 21: An Opportunity to Put Cities Squarely on the Climate Agenda

  • Climate
  • Urban Development
  • low carbon cities
  • sustainable cities initiative
COP 21 in Paris offers a big opportunity to recognize cities as being critical to overcoming the climate change challenge. Photo by Sheldon Wood/Flickr
  • Climate
  • Urban Development
  • low carbon cities
  • sustainable cities initiative

Learning from Disaster: Chennai Flood Offers a Personal Lesson for Climate Adaptation

  • Climate
  • Governance
  • Urban Development
  • extreme weather
  • Cambio Climático
Photo Credit: Pandiyan via Compfight cc
  • Climate
  • Governance
  • Urban Development
  • extreme weather
  • Cambio Climático

Beyond Mitigation: Planning for Resilience outside India’s Mega-Cities

  • Climate
  • Governance
  • Urban Development
  • fisheries
  • Cambio Climático
  • sea level rise
As India rapidly urbanizes and climate change progresses, coastal villages–like Arnala–struggle to keep traditional industries alive. Photo by World Resources Institute
  • Climate
  • Governance
  • Urban Development
  • fisheries
  • Cambio Climático
  • sea level rise

5 Key Takeaways from India’s New Climate Plan (INDC)

  • Cambio Climático
  • climate justice
  • climate legislation
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
General view of construction in Mumbai. Photo by Jiri Rezac/The Climate Group
  • Cambio Climático
  • climate justice
  • climate legislation
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC

When it Comes to Adaptation, We Need to Think Bigger

  • Governance
  • development
  • drought
  • ecosystem valuation
  • agricultura
  • sustainable agriculture
Rice farmers in India's Tiruvannamalai District. Photo by R.Amudha HariHaran/Flickr
  • Governance
  • development
  • drought
  • ecosystem valuation
  • agricultura
  • sustainable agriculture

That Dingy Bus Stop is Hindering India’s Progress - An Economic Case for Safe Public Transport

  • bus rapid transit (BRT)
  • sustainable cities initiative
A dingy bus stop, or a series of them, can thus cost more than a few dollars to the country. Photo Courtesy: EMBARQ/Flickr
  • bus rapid transit (BRT)
  • sustainable cities initiative

Don’t Miss the Bus, Delhi

  • bus rapid transit (BRT)
  • sustainable cities initiative
Photo Courtesy: EMBARQ/Flickr
  • bus rapid transit (BRT)
  • sustainable cities initiative

Don’t Miss The Bus

  • Urban Development
  • bus rapid transit (BRT)
  • low carbon cities
There were many technical reasons why Delhi’s BRT project floundered. For instance, it takes one minute for a bus to slow down and stop, for passengers to alight, and for the bus to then accelerate and leave. Photo Courtesy: EMBARQ/Flickr
  • Urban Development
  • bus rapid transit (BRT)
  • low carbon cities

Designing for Safety

  • Urban Development
  • health and road safety
  • Road Safety
Cities Safer by Design is a global reference guide to help cities save lives from traffic fatalities through improved street design and smart urban development. Photo Courtesy: jchessma/Flickr
  • Urban Development
  • health and road safety
  • Road Safety

Reimagining Mumbai

  • low carbon cities
  • sustainable cities initiative
As the national government announces its plan for Smart Cities, Mumbai too needs to visualize a smarter future.
  • low carbon cities
  • sustainable cities initiative

Three Steps to Build a Greener and Climate Resilient India

  • Climate
  • Urban Development
  • drought
  • ecosystem valuation
  • forests
  • watersheds
India’s cities are famed for their pollution, but it doesn’t have to be this way with clever planning. Photo credit: WRI/Flikr
  • Climate
  • Urban Development
  • drought
  • ecosystem valuation
  • forests
  • watersheds

Urbanising India: A Closer Look

  • Urban Development
  • sustainable cities initiative
  • transportation
Image Courtesy: Rejeet Mathews, EMBARQ India
  • Urban Development
  • sustainable cities initiative
  • transportation

The Role of Women in Climate Adaptation

  • development
  • ecosystem valuation
  • coastal ecosystems
  • fisheries
  • Cambio Climático
  • stormwater
Fisherwomen crowd around the market place at the Arnala fish market on a cold Sunday morning; photo credit: Lubaina Rangwala/ WRI India
  • development
  • ecosystem valuation
  • coastal ecosystems
  • fisheries
  • Cambio Climático
  • stormwater