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RELEASE: 5 Finalists for 2020-21 Prize for Cities Show How to Tackle Climate Change and Inequality Together
Press Release - December 16, 2020
Projects from Argentina, India, Kenya, Mexico and the United Kingdom chosen for demonstrated impact on climate risk, resilience and socioeconomic inequality
WASHINGTON, DC (December 16, 2020) WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities announced five projects as finalists for the 2020-2021 WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities today for showing how cities can address both climate change and inequality together.
This year’s Prize for Cities theme of climate and equity drew more than 260 applications from around the world. The five finalists are initiatives from Rosario, Argentina; Ahmedabad, India; Nairobi, Kenya; Monterrey Mexico; and London, UK. From curbing transport emissions to urban agriculture and flood prote
MonterreyNuevo-leóxMexicoUnited-statesUnited-kingdomArgentinaWashingtonCongoBrazilChinaSarsaiGujaratThe DistritoTec project in Monterrey, Mexico is drawing people back to a denser, safer and livable inner city. Photo by Tecnológico de Monterrey
City life can be deeply unfair. This was true before the coronavirus pandemic exposed just how differently the rich and poor are able to cope with lockdowns, from the ability to work from home to access to green space. The pandemic s devastating impacts on vulnerable groups have only widened existing fault lines tied to income, race and postal codes.
Cities face much longer-term trends underlying vulnerability for hundreds of millions of people. Even as poverty has declined globally, the share of poor people living in urban areas is rising worldwide. Meanwhile, cities are more likely to experience flooding and extreme heat than in years past, and the poorest residents are hardest hit by these events. Increasingly, cities need solutions that address both climate change and inequality together.
MexicoKenyaMonterreyNuevo-leóxIndiaUnited-kingdomArgentinaMahilaRajasthanNgongRift-valleyNairobiThe DistritoTec project in Monterrey, Mexico, is drawing people back to a denser, safer, more livable inner city. Photo by Tecnológico de Monterrey
City life can be deeply unfair. This was true before the COVID-19 pandemic exposed just how differently the rich and poor are able to cope with lockdowns, from ability to work from home to access to green space. The pandemic’s devastating impacts on vulnerable groups have only widened existing fault lines tied to income, race and postal codes.
Cities face much longer-term trends underlying vulnerability for hundreds of millions of people. Even as poverty has declined globally, the share of poor people living in urban areas is on the rise worldwide. Meanwhile, cities are more likely to experience flooding and extreme heat than in years past, and the poorest residents are hardest hit by these events. Increasingly, cities need solutions that address both climate change and inequality together.
MexicoKenyaMonterreyNuevo-leóxIndiaUnited-kingdomArgentinaMahilaRajasthanNgongRift-valleyNairobi