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A new report, Cities Safer by Design, offers practical guidance for designing safer streets and communities that can reduce traffic fatalities and improve people’s lives. More than 1.3 million people are killed in traffic crashes worldwide, making traffic fatalities one of the leading causes of death in cities,
Governments and businesses using hydraulic fracturing to develop shale gas could face intense water competition in the world’s largest reserves, according to a new report by the World Resources Institute (WRI).
Global Shale Gas Development: Water Availability & Business Risk is the first publicly available analysis of water availability across all potential commercial shale gas and tight oil resources worldwide.
EMBARQ India in collaboration with the Directorate of Urban Land Transport (DULT), Government of Karnataka, will host the second annual CONNECTKaro conference March 10-11 in Bangalore. Last year, more than 250 participants attended CONNECTKaro and 2,000 participants joined the sessions online.
With over 15 enriching sessions, CONNECTKaro will focus on ways
The World Resources Institute announced that Caio Koch-Weser, Vice Chairman, Deutsche Bank Group, has joined its Board of Directors. He will also serve on the Brazil and China Advisory Groups of WRI.
“Caio Koch-Weser is a highly respected thought leader who understands how to strengthen the alignment of the finance and business sectors toward sustainable economic growth,” said
The World Resources Institute announced that Her Excellency Renée Jones-Bos, Secretary General in the Dutch Foreign Ministry, will join its Board of Directors. Secretary Jones-Bos served as Ambassador of the Netherlands to the United States from August 2008 to June 2012.
“Secretary Jones-Bos is an experienced and highly-respected diplomat, who will bring her sharp insights of international affairs and development to our organization,”
China’s pollution and emissions challenges have been making headlines, but China’s leaders are taking action to respond. While some U.S. policy makers are using China’s pollution as an excuse for U.S. inaction, there are also emerging signals that China can make progress on its pollution challenges.
What is the reality? Is China heading in a new direction?
On Friday, February 28, leading China experts will join a press teleconference<
WRI India is pleased to announce that Dr. Nitin Pandit has been appointed as its first Managing Director, based in Mumbai. Pandit will direct WRI India’s program priorities and growth strategy. He will supervise WRI India’s staff in Mumbai, Bangalore, and Delhi, and work closely with its partners in government, business, civil society and academia. Pandit will be a member of the
President Obama announced today that the administration will develop new fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas (GHG) standards for medium and heavy-duty trucks by March 2016. These standards will apply to large vehicles, such as tractor-trailers, buses, and pick-up trucks for model years beyond 2018. They follow on existing standards which the White House proje
In his State of the Union address, President Obama presented his priorities for 2014, including the next steps to implement the Climate Action Plan.
Tonight, President Obama said that he would direct his administration to enact new emissions standards on existing power plants. He called for greater urgency to tackle climate change and asserted: "The debate is settled. Climate change is a fact."
Following i
Today the European Commission announced a climate and energy package for European Union (EU) heads of state to consider, which includes a domestic 40 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 (below 1990 levels), a binding target of at least 27 percent renewable energy across the EU, and measures to improve the functioning of the Emissions Trading System. In addition, a series of measures were proposed to improve t