Alyssa Fischer

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Is the Tesla Model 3 Our Ride to a Sustainable Future?
by Eliot Metzger and Alyssa Fischer - July 11, 2017
Electric vehicles are cleaner, but they're only part of the climate solution.
Habitat III: Milestone for the World’s Cities or Business as Usual?
by Alyssa Fischer and Holger Dalkmann - October 28, 2016
Last week, 30,000 people gathered in Quito for Habitat III to adopt the New Urban Agenda, an influential vision for cities aimed at guiding national decision-making over the next 20 years while supporting the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement on climate change. Going forward, what does the Quito meeting mean for urban leaders?
Habitat III Introduces the New Urban Agenda to the World. Then What?
by Alyssa Fischer - October 14, 2016
The Habitat III conference next week will see more than 45,000 leaders, decision-makers and experts sign into force the New Urban Agenda for sustainable cities. But the Agenda and the Habitat process don't stand alone -- going forward, they will be part of intensified efforts to achieve sustainable, equal development and combat climate change.
Upcoming Habitat III Conference Offers Opportunity for Leaders to Set a New Urban Agenda
by Holger Dalkmann and Alyssa Fischer - April 14, 2015
Local, national and international leaders have come together this week in Nairobi, Kenya at Habitat III’s second Preparatory Committee. They’ll set priorities for urban development that will shape city actions for decades to come.
4 Women Leaders “Making it Happen” for Sustainable Cities
by Alyssa Fischer - March 06, 2015
International Women’s Day is on March 8, 2015, and this year’s theme is “Make It Happen.” Here are four women leaders working to improve city life by improving access to transport and jobs, making public spaces safer, improving environmental quality, or turning up the volume of their voices by increasing representation in government.

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Is the Tesla Model 3 Our Ride to a Sustainable Future?

Habitat III: Milestone for the World’s Cities or Business as Usual?

Habitat III Introduces the New Urban Agenda to the World. Then What?

Upcoming Habitat III Conference Offers Opportunity for Leaders to Set a New Urban Agenda

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