Heading to AFS Forum 2024 to discuss revolutionizing food systems in🌍! Learn how a circular food economy is impacting lives through our Circular Food Systems for Rwanda program👇. Join our side event today at Lemigo Hotel (Muhabura Rm) at 3PM: bit.ly/4e7vgXj #AFSForum

What kind of infrastructure and policy environment can incentivise increased investments in #GreenMobility? Join the conversation on #UrbanMobility as experts explore how to advance #GreenMobility in fast-urbanizing cities. 🗓️ Thurs,5th Sep ⏲️ 4-6PM EAT 🔗bit.ly/4fRkp5A

🚀At AFS Forum this week, our Food team launched the #ACE4Food outcomes on co-creating a thriving circular food economy for East Africa! Our side event featured experts like Ministry of Agriculture & Animal Resources |Rwanda PS Dr. Olivier Kamana to explore the power of circularity in Africa's food systems. #AFSForum

🏙️💻 How can data platforms drive better urban planning in Africa? Join WRI tomorrow at the #AfricaUrbanForum for more about the data-driven solutions helping to accelerate urban sustainability, inclusivity, and resilience. 🕓 16:00-17:30 (GMT +3) 📍 Hidase Hall | Adwa Memorial

🚵 Don't miss the Kampala Car Free Day this weekend! Let's celebrate safe streets where all of us can move freely and safely. Come and enjoy your day with us! Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA)💃🚲 🧘‍♀️ ▶️ bit.ly/47bLa0B #SafeStreets #CarFreeDay

JCPZ celebrates Arbor Month Today, we are in Lombardy East, Region E to celebrate #arbormonth by planting 100 trees and distributing 200 trees to the community. In addition, JCPZ and the City of Johannesburg have partnered with the Internatnational Institute of Sustainable

Thank you The Earthshot Prize. Few prizes have the opportunity to catalyze change at scale. By bringing together a diverse global community, the #EarthshotPrize has potential to drive solutions to the world's most pressing environmental challenges is #inspiring. World Resources Institute

📢Coming up next week: together with USAID Kenya, we're launching new air quality monitoring stations in Nairobi 🇰🇪. The new stations will generate air quality data and inform strategies designed to reduce #AirPollution. Stay tuned! 👇 #WorldCleanAirDay #CleanAirNow

🌆 A Hopeful Path Forward: WRI is thrilled to have hosted such a critical conversation around the future of urban planning in Africa at #AUF2024. The message was clear: open-source urban data platforms will drive Africa’s journey towards thriving, resilient cities. 🌍 #SDG11

Happy #WorldCleanAirDay! 🍃 Air pollution is the world's no. 1 environmental health risk, contributing to approximately 7 million deaths every year. World Resources Institute invests in #CleanAirNow by advancing data-driven solutions for cleaner air 👉 bit.ly/47iRW4w

Thank you to everyone who came out to the Kampala #CarFreeDay on Saturday. It was a blast!! 🚴‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Until next time...👋 Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA)

🌱 Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly recently visited Alexandra Township, Johannesburg, to see the #SUNCASA project in action! 🌍 Learn how nature-based solutions are tackling pollution & flood risks along the #JukskeiRiver. Read more: bit.ly/4ed46Pr

#ICYMI: Our sustainable mobility study tour happened in Nairobi last week hosted by World Resources Institute' DT4A & 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️🚴🚍⚡. We were joined by 15 transport experts from across Africa to explore the transformative power of data in advancing sustainable #UrbanMobility. 👇

🌱 We're thrilled to have participated in Johannesburg's #ArborMonth kickoff last week. Led by City of Joburg & #SUNCASA partner JoburgParksZoo, we planted 100 trees and delivered 200 more to communities in Lombardy East. 👉 For more about SUNCASA: bit.ly/4d0lvct

📣HAPPENING TODAY: Together with USAID Kenya, @CleanAirCaC & Nairobi City County Government, we're launching 2 reference-grade air quality monitoring stations in Nairobi. The new stations will provide air quality data to inform strategies to reduce #AirPollution. #CleanAirNow

Happening Now: Environment and Climate Change Principal Secretary Dr. Eng. Festus K. Ng'eno is presiding over the launch of the Regulatory Air Quality Monitoring Sites at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital in Nairobi County.

Launching two new #AirQuality monitoring stations in Nairobi today! Nairobi City County Government is a key partner in addressing air quality challenges in the city and we appreciate H.E. H.E.Njoroge Muchiri DG Nairobi for championing this agenda! #CleanAirNow

Nairobi aims to reduce emissions by 51% by 2035! The new regulatory air quality monitors installed in Nairobi are a critical part of this mission. Here's what WRI Africa's Wanjira Mathai said about the launch of these monitoring sites 👇 #CleanAirNow #CleanAirForAll

Air quality monitors play a pivotal role in driving #CleanAirAction by providing real-time data on air pollution. Our Head of Air Quality George Mwaniki says, today's launch of the two air quality monitoring sites in Nairobi marks a bold step toward a healthier future for the city.

What an exciting day launching our first regulatory air quality monitoring stations Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital Nairobi City County! Thank you to USAID Kenya, AirQo, NEMA Kenya, and all other partners who supported this initiative. More on our #AirQuality work ➡️ bit.ly/4gogKMD