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Boom and Bus: How Public Transport Can Curb Road Deaths as Our Cities Grow

By Claudia Adriazola on September 4, 2013
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This post originally appeared in The Guardian.

What's the Impact of China's Rapid Urbanization?

By Xiaomei Tan on August 21, 2013
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China’s Urban Billion is a blog series exploring China’s urbanization process.

6 Lessons Brazilian Cities Learned from Greenhouse Gas Inventories

By Wee Kean Fong, Mary Sotos, Rachel Biderman and Charles Kent on June 7, 2013
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This piece provides insights from a recent Greenhouse Gas Protocol seminar in Brazil. The…

For the First Time, a Common Framework for Cities’ Greenhouse Gas Inventories

By Wee Kean Fong, Mary Sotos and Stacy Kotorac on March 4, 2013
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UPDATE: The deadline to apply to pilot test the Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GPC) has been extended to March 31, 2013.

Zipcar’s Purchase by Avis: Car Sharing Success or Failure?

By Clayton Lane on January 8, 2013
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This post originally appeared on TheCityFix.com.

Zipcar’s $500 million…

RELEASE: International Partners Release Pilot Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emissions

May 14, 2012
Location: Bonn, Germany

C40, ICLEI, WRI and partners achieve a significant milestone towards establishing a single standard for measuring emissions for cities

RELEASE: WRI Hosts Chinese Delegation Tour on Low-Carbon Development

January 11, 2012
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

WRI-NDRC Sign MOU for Cooperation on Sustainable Cities

PRESS RELEASE: Caterpillar Foundation Awards Major Support to World Resources Institute for Sustainable Cities Initiative

December 9, 2011
Location: Beijing, China

Five-Year Pledge of $12.5 Million Will Focus on Key Urban Centers in China, India and Brazil