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Pictured from left to right: Hellen Wanjohi, Resilience African Cities Lead for WRI Africa; Kobie Brand, Regional Director for ICLEI Africa; Bernard Barth, Climate Change & Urban Environment Coordinator for UNHabitat; Michael Doust, Director of Urban Efficiency & Climate for WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities; Yunus Arikan, Director of Global Advocacy for ICLEI; Gino Van… ....
Motorists were slammed as a photo was shared showing parked cars leaving a tiny gap over a speed bump blocking access for passing vehicles on Clare Terrace in Falmouth, Cornwall. ....
WASHINGTON, DC (August 23, 2022) World Resources Institute is pleased to announce that Felipe Ramírez will join WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities as Director of Urban Mobility in September, leading the program’s work to help cities build sustainable, equitable and high-quality transportation. ....
RELEASE: Rogier van den Berg Becomes Acting Global Director for WRI Ross Center; Michael Doust Joins as Director of Urban Efficiency & Climate wri.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wri.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Among the cities assessed to be on course to hit their emissions reductions targets are: Houston, Texas, a city known as a centre for the US oil and gas industries, which is aiming to build 500 miles (800km) of new cycle lanes and establish 50 green energy companies by 2025, as well as plant 4.6m trees in the next 10 years. It also has a large-scale flood protection programme following devastating hurricanes, which includes turning a golf course into a series of ponds and flood basins. Rio de Janeiro is doubling tree cover in the city’s streets, squares and parks, rehousing residents that live in high flood risk areas, and has pledged to be carbon neutral by 2050. It is also recommending the use of low-carbon concrete for future building projects and is planning a network of new bike lanes connecting residential areas to the centre. ....