Resources

967 Resources for

Sustainable Cities

Media

October 21, 2021

Mumbai gets its First Safe School Zone

Road Safety
Urban Development

Road Safety
Urban Development

Sustainable Cities

Media

October 15, 2021

RELEASE: WRI India announces the winners of the Wave2Web Hackathon that aims to develop to predictive models to estimate reservoir water availability in advance

Urban Water
Water Security

Urban Water
Water Security

Perspectives

October 6, 2021

Moving from City-Wide Vulnerability Assessments to Localised Community Resilience Actions

Climate action in urban areas is increasingly becoming important in structuring policies and regulations for disaster mitigation and overall governance.

Perspectives

October 5, 2021

Bottlenecks for Rooftop Solar in Indian Cities and How to Address them

Indian cities have figured intermittently in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)’s solarization plans.

Energy

Media

September 25, 2021

WRI India Statement: India reaffirms ambitious renewable energy target at United Nations

Renewable Energy
Clean Energy
Energy Efficiency

Renewable Energy
Clean Energy
Energy Efficiency

Perspectives

September 3, 2021

How Indian Cities Could Become Climate Resilient

Robust urban buildings sector data will be critical inputs in India’s response to climate change and to strengthen participation of cities in the energy transition

Perspectives

August 27, 2021

‘Code Red for Humanity’: Sinking Indian cities

The principle of a warmer world is that more water will be evaporated, which will exacerbate droughts, and this enhanced water in the atmosphere will increase the amount of rain when it does rain.

Perspectives

August 27, 2021

How Water Challenges Threaten India’s Energy Security

In a country plagued by increasing droughts and floods, growing water challenges are putting India’s energy security in a precarious position. Photo by Sylvain Massuel/IRD

Perspectives

August 27, 2021

Tackling Climate Risks by Promoting NBS in Indian Cities

Bigger cities in India like Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad etc., are moving towards extensive greening of spaces but the underlying social, political and economic impacts of such land-use change is yet to be fully understood. Photo by Prima Prottasha/Unsplash

Perspectives

August 25, 2021

Green Hydrogen through Electrolysis: Fuelling the Future

Hydrogen as a form of electricity storage can help manage the vagaries of electricity from renewable sources.

Perspectives

August 19, 2021

Hydrogen holds promise as an alternative clean energy carrier

70 million metric tonnes of hydrogen

Climate, Economics and Finance

Initiatives

August 19, 2021

Towards a Climate-smart COVID-19 Recovery

Food, Land and Water

Research

August 18, 2021

Food Loss and Waste in India: The Knowns and The Unknowns

FOOD LOSS AND WASTE IN INDIA: THE KNOWNS AND THE UNKNOWNS

Research

August 13, 2021

Accelerating Innovation in Urban Service Delivery in Indian Cities: Lessons from TheCityFix labs India

Accelerating Innovation in Urban Service Delivery in Indian Cities

Perspectives

August 3, 2021

Bengaluru's ORR is not safe for pedestrians: Three ways to make it better

The lack of pedestrian infrastructure forces people to walk on the carriageway, making them vulnerable to road crashes.

Food, Land and Water

Mumbai

Media

July 26, 2021

Mumbai becomes the third Indian city to join the global Cities4Forests alliance

Cities4Forests
Forests

Cities4Forests
Forests

Media

July 21, 2021

Delhi Govt, WRI India sign MoU to redesign city roads

Sustainable Cities

Media

July 19, 2021

RELEASE: WRI India and CESL sign MoU to catalyze India’s EV journey

Net-zero emissions
EV Ecosystem
Decarbonizing Transport

Net-zero emissions
EV Ecosystem
Decarbonizing Transport

Media

July 17, 2021

CESL, WRI India sign pact to build strategy for renewable energy sector

Perspectives

July 8, 2021

Opportunity for Electric Two-wheeler (e-2W) in Hyperlocal Economy of India

During the COVID-19 pandemic, home delivery options have become the “new normal” in domains like healthcare, food, grocery, and logistics services delivery, and are expected to grow further in 2021.