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Equitable and inclusive climate action in cities must focus on residents of informal settlements. Photo by Alfarnas Solkar/Unsplash.
  • Vulnerable Communities

Let’s curb pollution, a silent killer, for our children’s sake

  • Clean Air
  • Climate Smart Cities
  • Livable Neighbourhoods
  • health and road safety
  • low carbon cities
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
A child at the protest against growing air pollution in Gurugram, at Leisure Valley Park, Sector 29, in Gurugram, on Sunday, November 17, 2019. (Yogendra Kumar/HT PHOTO)
  • Clean Air
  • Climate Smart Cities
  • Livable Neighbourhoods
  • health and road safety
  • low carbon cities
  • low carbon development
  • transportation

Raahgiri 2.0: Re-Engineering Car-Free Days for Smaller Cities in India

  • Cities
  • Safe Roads
  • health and road safety
  • low carbon cities
  • sustainability initiative
Raahgiri Day in Jhajjar not only celebrates road safety, but also includes social messages, encouraging women and girls of all ages to participate. Photo by Deputy Commissioners Office, Jhajjar, India
  • Cities
  • Safe Roads
  • health and road safety
  • low carbon cities
  • sustainability initiative

Can Delhi's Bike Sharing System Help Mainstream Cycling in India?

  • Innovations
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Planning
  • low carbon cities
  • Road Safety
  • transportation
  • Innovations
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Planning
  • low carbon cities
  • Road Safety
  • transportation
Blogs

A First Step Down the Road to Zero-Carbon Buildings in India

  • Cities
  • low carbon cities
  • low carbon development
India taps into zero-carbon buildings’ climatic, economic and social benefits, decreasing energy demand and increasing efficiency and access. Photo by Adam Cohn/Flickr
  • Cities
  • low carbon cities
  • low carbon development

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

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

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

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

Increasing Mode Share of Bus Transport in Indian Cities

  • low carbon cities
  • transportation
EMBARQ India is releasing Bus Karo 2.0, which analyzes bus services in cities across India and will inform urban planners, designers, and bus operators in order to help increase bus mode share. Photo by Benoit Colin/EMBARQ.
  • low carbon cities
  • transportation

What will it take to create smart cities in India?

  • bus rapid transit (BRT)
  • India
  • low carbon cities
  • transportation
With the right priorities and development strategies, India’s smart cities initiative has the potential to make cities more sustainable, inclusive, and safe. Photo by rebel/Flickr.
  • bus rapid transit (BRT)
  • India
  • low carbon cities
  • transportation

Building the Sustainable City of The Future in India

  • low carbon cities
  • low carbon development
  • low carbon cities
  • low carbon development

From traffic flow to pedestrian access: Shifting Mumbai’s parking policy

  • low carbon cities
  • low carbon development
  • low carbon cities
  • low carbon development

Introducing the Hub: Bringing Connectivity and Collaboration to Indian Cities

  • bus rapid transit (BRT)
  • low carbon cities
  • low carbon development
EMBARQ India leads knowledge sharing initiative to advance sustainable transport and urban development in India. Photo by EMBARQ/Flikr
  • bus rapid transit (BRT)
  • low carbon cities
  • low carbon development
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Sustainable Cities