In an exclusive interview, Jaime Lerner talks about the challenges that public transportation is facing in Brazil and his expectations for the III SIBRT Conference.
Pedestrians in mid-town Manhattan, New York City. By moriza.
Pedestrian Safety is the theme the United Nations’ second annual Global Road Safety Week, May 6-12, 2013.
- accident prevention
- brazil
- Centre for Traffic Safety
- Decade of Action for Road Safety
- Global Road Safety Week
- Health + Road Safety
- pedestrian fatalities
- pedestrian safety
- Porto Alegre
- Priscila Pacheco
- Quality of Life
- road safety
- São José do Rio Preto
- Sao Paulo
- TheCityFix Brasil
- Traffic Fatalities
- United Nations
- World Health Organization
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p>Fourteen Latin American and Caribbean countries adopted an ambitious Plan of Action to improve access rights in the region, including access to information, public participation, and access to justice.
- Access Initiative
- access to information
- access to justice
- Argentina
- Bahamas
- belize
- brazil
- caribbean
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- equity
- freedom of information
- governance
- Governance + Access
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- latin america
- Mexico
- panama
- paraguay
- peru
- Principle 10
- south america
- st lucia
- The Access Initiative (TAI)
- tobago
- Venezuela
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p>The World Resources Institute, led by its sustainable transport center, EMBARQ, and the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40) established a partnership today that will further their mutual goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from urban transportation.
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p>WRI will host its 10th annual Stories to Watch event on Tuesday, January 15, 2013, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Dr.
- adaptation
- Africa
- agriculture
- brazil
- business
- China
- cities
- Climate Change
- Climate Legislation
- coal
- deforestation
- ecosystem services
- energy
- EPA
- extreme weather
- forests
- governance
- international policy
- low carbon development
- renewable energy
- shale gas
- sustainable business
- sustainable development
- United Kingdom
- United States
- us policy
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