World Resources Institute
For Support Of The Sustainable Urban Mobility Program
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Amount$675,000
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Program
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Date Awarded9/3/2016
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Term36 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Program
Overview
The goal of World Resources Institute’s Sustainable Urban Mobility program in India is to make cities more accessible, equitable, and livable. India’s urban population will be about 600 million by 2030, and transportation is the fastest growing sector contributing to carbon emissions. World Resources Institute is working to scale up private-sector innovation and remove barriers to safe, reliable, affordable, and low-carbon transportation options for millions of urban citizens. While focusing on transport, the program also addresses problems of air pollution, safety for women, road fatalities, unequal access to economic opportunities, traffic congestion, and urban sprawl.
About the Grantee
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Address
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Grants to this Grantee
for promoting zero-emission mobility through low-emission areas pilot projects
The World Resources Institute (WRI) will leverage the expertise, networks, and lessons accumulated from China’s first low-emission zone in Beijing to pilot zero-emission zones in Chinese cities and provinces. Further, WRI will build on the existing work on charging infrastructure expansion to scale up zero-emission zones in China. (Substrategy: Electrification)
for advancing the renewable energy private sector and international communication to green China’s overseas investment
This project of the World Resource Institute seeks to support China in implementing its commitment to stop overseas coal financing to the fullest extent through realistic yet ambitious pathways. The institute will work with Chinese partners to build domestic regulatory safeguards to ensure that China fulfills its pledge on halting new coal abroad; diagnose the key barriers that impede China’s public and private investors from overseas investment in renewable energy, identifying pathways to address them; and foster deeper and more objective understanding of China’s support to BRI countries by reinforcing strategic communications and strengthened engagement in international events. (Substrategy: China National Policy)
