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    poverty Insights
    Finance
    Latin America Oceania
    Insights
    December 21, 2020

    To Build Back from COVID-19, Don’t Overlook Informal Workers

    • coronavirus
    • climate finance
    • climate impacts
    • poverty
    Tamil Nadu street vendor
    • coronavirus
    • climate finance
    • climate impacts
    • poverty
    Water
    Insights
    April 8, 2020

    Combating the Coronavirus Without Clean Water

    • coronavirus
    • Water Security
    • poverty
    • health
    • Water
    People getting water in India
    • coronavirus
    • Water Security
    • poverty
    • health
    • Water
    Equity
    Insights
    February 21, 2020

    City Leaders Must Prioritize Climate Resilience of Vulnerable Communities

    • Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • poverty
    Penjaringan, North Jakarta, Indonesia
    • Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • poverty
    Equity
    Asia Latin America
    Insights
    December 20, 2019

    Ensuring a "Just Transition": 5 Priorities to Make Climate Action Benefit Low-Income and Disadvantaged Groups

    • Climate
    • COP25
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    • Climate Equity
    • Equity
    • Gender
    • indigenous people
    • poverty
    A youth group marching in Paris, with a banner that says "climate justice = social justice." Photo by Andreas Link/Young FoEE
    • Climate
    • COP25
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    • Climate Equity
    • Equity
    • Gender
    • indigenous people
    • poverty
    Equity
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 27, 2019

    Chile’s Protests Offer Lessons on Social Inequality and Climate Action

    • Climate
    • COP25
    • Climate Equity
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • poverty
    Protests in Santiago, Chile
    • Climate
    • COP25
    • Climate Equity
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • poverty
    Equity
    Asia
    Insights
    November 13, 2019

    To Fix City Slums, Don't Just Knock Them Down: Involve Residents in Upgrading Efforts

    • Cities
    • cities for all
    • housing
    • poverty
    • public participation
    View of one of the many informal settlements the city of Surabaya, Indonesia has upgraded since the 1960s with input and participation from residents. Photo by Peter Edelman.
    • Cities
    • cities for all
    • housing
    • poverty
    • public participation
    Africa
    Insights
    August 14, 2019

    Closing Sub-Saharan Africa’s Electricity Access Gap: Why Cities Must Be Part of the Solution

    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • electric grid
    • poverty
    • sustainable development goals
    power line in Kenya
    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • electric grid
    • poverty
    • sustainable development goals
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    April 17, 2019

    Q&A: One Woman Aims to Save Kids’ Lives by Redesigning the Roads They Walk

    • Urban Transformations
    • Prize for Cities
    • road safety
    • poverty
    • health
    • Health & Road Safety
    Ayikai Charlotte Poswayo
    • Urban Transformations
    • Prize for Cities
    • road safety
    • poverty
    • health
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    April 3, 2019

    Urban Transformations: In Tanzania’s Capital, Safer Children Mean Better Neighborhoods

    • Urban Transformations
    • road safety
    • human rights
    • poverty
    • health
    • Urban Development
    • Health & Road Safety
    Children in Dar es Salaam
    • Urban Transformations
    • road safety
    • human rights
    • poverty
    • health
    • Urban Development
    • Health & Road Safety
    Asia
    Insights
    March 25, 2019

    Urban Transformations: In Pune, India, Waste Pickers Go from Trash to Treasure

    • Cities
    • Urban Transformations
    • waste
    • human rights
    • poverty
    Members of a waste-pickers cooperative push collection carts along the streets of Pune, India
    • Cities
    • Urban Transformations
    • waste
    • human rights
    • poverty
    Cities
    Insights
    January 31, 2019

    Too Many Cities Are Growing Out Rather than Up. 3 Reasons That’s a Problem

    • cities for all
    • Cities
    • poverty
    • Urban Development
    • world resources report
    Informal settlements at the edge of Mumbai, India. Photo by Johnny Miller/Unequal Scenes
    • cities for all
    • Cities
    • poverty
    • Urban Development
    • world resources report
    Africa
    Insights
    November 29, 2018

    How Distributed Solar Helps Pregnant Women in Rural Kenya

    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • health
    • poverty
    • renewable energy
    Maasai woman
    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • health
    • poverty
    • renewable energy
    Cities
    Insights
    October 2, 2018

    3 Charts Explain One of the Most Overlooked Opportunities to Address Climate Change and Poverty

    • Climate
    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    • pollution
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    Air conditioning units in Hong Kong. Flickr/Niall Kennedy
    • Climate
    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    • pollution
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    Equity
    Insights
    September 27, 2018

    INSIDER: Leaving No One Behind in Advancing Climate Actions: Implications and Opportunities

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • poverty
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • poverty
    Equity
    Insights
    June 15, 2018

    Climate Change Could Force 100 Million People into Poverty by 2030. 4 Ways We Can Step Up Adaptation

    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • poverty
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • poverty
    Forests
    Insights
    May 31, 2018

    For Indigenous Peoples, Losing Land Can Mean Losing Lives

    • human rights
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • poverty
    Children in Siem Reap, Cambodia
    • human rights
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • poverty
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    May 29, 2018

    Informal Workers Make Cities Work For All: 3 Stories from Thailand, India and Colombia

    • cities for all
    • Cities
    • poverty
    • world resources report
    Choral Mauladia, a street vendor and trade unionist in Ahmedabad. Photo: Getty Images Reportage.
    • cities for all
    • Cities
    • poverty
    • world resources report
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    November 22, 2017

    India’s Renewable Energy Push: A Win-Win for Job Creation and Electricity Access

    • Equity
    • Energy
    • poverty
    • renewable energy
    Solar engineers in Tinginaput, India
    • Equity
    • Energy
    • poverty
    • renewable energy
    Equity
    Insights
    September 7, 2017

    2050 is Now

    • International Climate Action
    • Climate
    • Cities
    • infrastructure
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    African farmer
    • International Climate Action
    • Climate
    • Cities
    • infrastructure
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    Equity
    Insights
    September 15, 2016

    Indigenous Peoples and Communities Face Growing Barriers to Land Ownership

    • human rights
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • poverty
    Indigenous community in Peru
    • human rights
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • poverty

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