WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
The decisions that national leaders, local officials, developers, and planners make today will determine how billions of urban cities will live over the next century. Already, half the global population resides in cities. That figure is set to increase to 70 percent by 2050.
Traditional models of city development can lock us into congestion, sprawl, and inefficient resource use. However, compact, connected, and efficient growth can help ensure more competitive cities, and provide a better quality of life for citizens.
WRI aims to ensure that cities drive economic opportunity while sustaining natural resources and improving quality of life. Through our WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, we use technical expertise, cutting-edge research, and on-the-ground partnerships to design solutions that enable sustainable city growth.
Our analysis and tools allow cities to effectively manage their natural resources and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions while improving quality of life. Working across our network, we develop and support the implementation of research-based solutions in sustainable mobility, urban form, as well as urban efficiency & climate that reduce pollution, improve health, and create safe, accessible public spaces for all people to thrive.
We collaborate with local and national decision-makers in Brazil, China, India, Mexico, and Turkey to implement projects that overcome the challenges of urbanization and make for greater cities. And we partner with businesses, governments, and civil society to scale our successful pilot projects globally.
Top WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities Outcomes
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Top outcomes are WRI's biggest success stories. They occur when our analysis, solutions, or partnerships result in significant change in the world.
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Aniruddha Dasgupta
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Tools, Reporting, and Analysis for Climate (TRAC)
TRAC provides standards, tools, data, and analysis for use by countries, cities, and companies as the foundation for large-scale emissions reductions.
Experts
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Aniruddha Dasgupta
Global Director, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Adriana Lobo
Director, WRI México -
Toni Lindau
Director, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Arzu Tekir
Director, WRI Turkey Sustainable Cities -
Madhav Pai
Director, WRI India Sustainable Cities -
Daizong Liu
China Transport Program Director, WRI China Sustainable Cities -
Tina Duong
Director, Global Strategy & Management, WRI Ross Center For Sustainable Cities -
Victoria A. Beard
Fellow, World Resources Report -
Claudia Adriazola
Director, Health and Road Safety, WRI Ross Center For Sustainable Cities -
Dario Hidalgo
Director, Integrated Transport -
Rejane Fernandes
Strategic Relations Director, WRI Brasil -
Robin King
Director of Knowledge Capture and Collaboration -
Fernando Paez
Director of Transport Systems, WRI México -
Cristina Albuquerque
Urban Mobility Coordinator, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Dhawal Ashar
Senior Project Associate - Urban Transport, WRI India Sustainable Cities -
Amit Bhatt
Strategy Head - Integrated Urban Transport, WRI India Sustainable Cities -
Diego Canales
Tools and Data Innovation Associate -
Sebastian Castellanos
Energy and Climate Associate -
Jyot Chadha
Head - Initiative to Catalyze Urban Innovations, WRI India Sustainable Cities -
Radha Chanchani
Managing Associate - Research and Practice, WRI India Sustainable Cities -
Nikhil Chaudhary
Project Associate - Urban Transport, WRI India Sustainable Cities -
Larissa Da Silva
Senior Manager, Global Projects & Initiatives -
Carrie Dellesky
Global Project Management Associate -
Namrata Ginoya
Project Associate, Climate Resilience -
Sree Kumar Kumaraswamy
Managing Associate - Urban Development and Accessibility, WRI India Sustainable Cities -
Umang Jain
Managing Associate – Urban Transport, WRI India -
Erendira Maldonado
Administrative Assistant - Transport Systems, WRI México -
Tanushri Gupte
Executive Assistant to Director, WRI India Sustainable Cities -
Zainab Kakal
Project Lead, Initiative to Catalyse Urban Innovations, WRI India Sustainable Cities -
Erika Kulpa
Road Safety Analyst, WRI México -
Prashanth Kumar Bachu
Project Manager - Urban Transport, WRI India Sustainable Cities -
Anjali Mahendra
Acting Research Director -
Erick Morales
Integrated Transport Systems, WRI México -
Vineet John
Research Analyst and Project Coordinator -
Wei Li
Research Analyst, Sustainable Transport, WRI China Sustainable Cities -
Eric Mackres
Manager, Building Efficiency -
Daniela Facchini
Global Operations Director -
Priyanka Vasudevan
Senior Project Associate - Urban Transport, WRI India Sustainable Cities -
Su Song
Research Associate, WRI China Sustainable Cities -
Jesus Ríos
Integrated Transport Systems Analyst, WRI México -
Roshni Thomas
Project Associate - Institutional Development -
Ying Wang
Research Associate II, WRI China Sustainable Cities -
Celal Tolga Imamoglu
Road Safety Projects Manager, WRI Turkey Sustainable Cities -
Brenda Medeiros
Urban Mobility Director, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Lulu Xue
Research Associate, Sustainable Transport, WRI China Sustainable Cities -
Miguel Ríos
Road Safety Manager, WRI México -
Mariana Barcelos
Urban Mobility Analyst, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Marta Obelheiro
Road Safety Coordinator, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Rafaela Machado
Road Safety Specialist, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Prerna Vijaykumar Mehta
Manager - Urban Development and Accessibility, WRI India Sustainable Cities -
Mariana Orloff
Associate II -
Ayesha Dinshaw
Associate, Climate Resilience -
Guillermo Petzhold
Urban Mobility Specialist, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Shannon Hilsey
Project Coordinator, Building Efficiency Initiative -
Anne Maassen
Energy, Climate, and Finance Associate -
Paula Manoela dos Santos
Active Mobility Coordinator, WRI Brasil -
Drew Morrison
Transport and Climate Research Intern -
Mark Robinson
Global Director, Governance -
Sebastián I. Varela
Manager, Strategy Development & Performance -
Ben Welle
Global Health & Road Safety Manager -
Shiyong Qiu
Research Assistant, Sustainable Cities -
Nate Aden
Senior Fellow -
Xiangyi Li
Research Analyst I -
Hui Jiang
Research Assistant, WRI China Sustainable Cities -
Retno Wihanesta
Research Analyst/Urban Transport Planner -
Kira Austin
Executive Assistant to the Global Director, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Kim Beng Lua
Senior Associate, WRI China Sustainable Cities -
Sachi Aggarwal
Associate - Marketing and Communications, WRI India Sustainable Cities -
Fei Ye
Communications Officer -
Letícia Liechavicius
Contracts Specialist, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Sunita Vaswani
Senior Project Associate – Operations, WRI India Sustainable Cities -
Jaya Dhindaw
Strategy Head - Integrated Urban Planning, WRI India Sustainable Cities -
Divya Kottadiel
Manager, Marketing and Communications, WRI India -
Zhufang Shi
Project Coordinator, WRI China Sustainable Cities -
Tuğçe Üzümoğlu
Project Assistant -
Erin Cooper
Research Associate, Integrated Transport -
Srikanth Shastry
Principal Associate - Urban Transport, WRI India Sustainable Cities -
Henrique Evers
Urban Development Coordinator, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Bruno Rizzon
Road Safety Intern, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Debbie Weyl
Manager, Building Efficiency -
Felipe Perez Martinez
Institutional Relations Analyst, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Cibele Soares
Administrative Assistant, WRI Brasil -
Bruno Felin
Communications Specialist, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Daniela Lichtler Cassel
Urban Governance Analyst, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Matheus Jotz
Urban Mobility Intern, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Fabricio Pietrobelli
Climate And Transport Analyst, WRI Brasil -
Ari Santillan
Editor, WRI México -
Pawan Mulukutla
Manager - Urban Transport, WRI India Sustainable Cities -
Valeria Lvovna Gelman
Project Coordinator II -
Paula Tanscheit
Communications Analyst, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Ettore Arpini
PPER Intern -
Nandana Nair
Project Associate - Urban Transport & Road Safety, WRI India -
Mauricio Brito
Urban Development Analyst -
Merve Aki
Urban Planner, WRI Turkey Sustainable Cities -
Seth Contreras
Associate Urban Transport Planner -
Berta Pinheiro
Urban Mobility and Climate Specialist, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Amegh Gopinath
Project Associate - Urban Transport & Road Safety, WRI India -
Cigdem Cörek
Urban Development and Accessibility Projects Manager, WRI Turkey Sustainable Cities -
Christopher Moon
Transport and Urban Finance Intern -
Bruno Batista
Urban Development Intern, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Bibhu Panigrahi
Enterprise Knowledge Manager -
Hande Dönmez
Strategic Communications Coordinator -
Emily Schmidlin
Urban Development Intern -
Daniel Hunter
Visual Communication Assistant, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Michael Westphal
Senior Associate, Sustainable Finance -
Priyanka Sulkhlan
Senior Project Associate - Cities & Transport, WRI India Sustainable Cities -
Adna Karabegovic
Project Coordinator, Research Tools and Economics Team -
Schuyler Null
Communications Associate -
Andressa Ribeiro
Road Safety Intern, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Emily Kaldjian
Communications Manager, Coalition for Urban Transitions -
Raj Bhagat Palanichamy
Senior Project Associate -
Talia Rubnitz
Communications Assistant -
Jillian Du
Sustainable Cities Research Intern -
Nívea Oppermann
Urban Development Director, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Diogo Dias Lemos
Analyst, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Nick Godfrey
Director, Coalition for Urban Transitions -
Matthew Kessler-Cleary
Executive Assistant to the Director of Strategy and Global Policy, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Tejas Pande
Research Assistant -
Lara Caccia
Urban Development Specialist, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Steven Rogers
Energy & Climate Research Assistant -
Saritha Sudhakaran
Consultant - Research & Practice -
Jorge Macias
Urban Development Director, WRI México -
Andreea Culian
Global Fund Development Manager -
Meltem Bayraktar
Building Efficiency Technical Advisor, WRI Turkey Sustainable Cities -
Nikita Luke
Sustainable Transport Intern -
Cíntia Freitas
Institutional Relations Coordinator, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Sonja Heiles
Operations Associate -
Anand Mishra
Senior Manager, Global Communications, WRI Ross Center For Sustainable Cities -
Linus Platzer
Climate & Energy Intern -
Rodrigo Kalikoski
Project Analyst, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Thet Hein Tun
Transportation Research Analyst -
Jessica Seddon
Director of Integrated Urban Strategy -
Daniely Votto
Urban Governance Manager, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Laura Azeredo
Urban Development Analyst, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Marco Priego
Deputy Director of Urban Mobility, WRI México -
Terra Virsilas
Urban Development Associate -
Anna Bray Sharpin
Urban Planner/Transportation Associate -
Ariadne Samios
Urban Development Analyst, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Luiza Oliveira
Cities Coordinator, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Zoey Cawiezell
Program Coordinator, Integrated Transport -
Rita Tomilin
Project Coordinator, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Gülcan Orak
Project Assistant, WRI Turkey Sustainable Cities -
Luana Betti
Urban Economics Specialist, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Kate Owens
Urban Development Manager -
Priscila Pacheco
Communications Analyst, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Camila Fernandes
Urban Development Assistant, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Chaitanya Kanuri
Research Analyst -
Camila Ramos
Transport and Urban Finance Research Assistant -
Virgínia Tavares
Urban Mobility Analyst, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Carlos Eduardo Silva
Urban Mobility Intern, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Prayash Giria
Senior Project Associate - Capacity Building, WRI India -
Céline Jacquin
Manager of Research and Development, WRI México -
Bilgesu Güneş Yerli
Operations Manager, WRI Türkiye Sustainable Cities -
Chihsin Wang
Financial Analyst/Project Coordinator III