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    April 30, 2026

    Detroit Announces Winners of Global Sustainable Cities Challenge to Innovate in Clean Freight

    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    • Urban Development
    • electric mobility
    • Cities
    People walk inside Detroit's Eastern Market.
    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    • Urban Development
    • electric mobility
    • Cities
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    April 30, 2026

    Electric School Buses Deliver More Than Just a Clean Ride

    • electric grid
    • electric mobility
    • Air Quality
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    Four students sit in two rows of two inside an electric school bus.
    • electric grid
    • electric mobility
    • Air Quality
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    Cities
    Asia
    News
    April 20, 2026

    RELEASE: Grassroots Coalition in the Philippines Wins Global Cities Prize for Transport Reform

    • Unlocking Climate Action
    • Igniting Innovation
    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Unlocking Climate Action
    • Igniting Innovation
    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    April 20, 2026

    Shenzhen, China, Pioneers ‘Near-Zero Carbon Communities’

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • nature-based solutions
    • Solutions in Focus
    Shenzhen Talent Park in Houhai Central District
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • nature-based solutions
    • Solutions in Focus
    Cities
    Insights
    April 16, 2026

    Urban Trees: An Underused Tool for Keeping People Cool

    • extreme heat
    • Climate
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    People sit outside a church in Bogota, Colombia
    • extreme heat
    • Climate
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    April 8, 2026

    Despite Unprecedented Challenges, Clean Energy Is Still Growing in the US. The Future Is More Uncertain.

    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • renewable energy
    • electric grid
    • electric mobility
    • Electric Mobility
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
    • Climate
    • U.S. Energy
    Technician installing solar panels on roof.
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • renewable energy
    • electric grid
    • electric mobility
    • Electric Mobility
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
    • Climate
    • U.S. Energy
    Cities
    Latin America
    Update
    April 8, 2026

    Integrating Air Quality and Electric Mobility to Improve Urban Life in Latin America

    • Air Quality
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • Urban Mobility
    • Finance
    An aerial view of Bogotá, Colombia
    • Air Quality
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • Urban Mobility
    • Finance
    Cities
    Insights
    April 8, 2026

    In This Indonesian City, Community-Led Design Is Improving Water and Sanitation

    • Urban Transformations
    • housing
    • urban water resilience
    • Water Quality
    • sanitation
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Solutions in Focus
    An informal settlement with lush greenery and dry walkways.
    • Urban Transformations
    • housing
    • urban water resilience
    • Water Quality
    • sanitation
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Solutions in Focus
    Cities
    Latin America
    Update
    April 7, 2026

    Celebrating 50 Years of Bogotá’s Ciclovía and the Growth of the Open Streets Movement

    • Urban Mobility
    • Health & Road Safety
    • road safety
    • public transit
    • Cities
    People ride bikes and run on one side of a street while cars move on the other side.
    • Urban Mobility
    • Health & Road Safety
    • road safety
    • public transit
    • Cities
    Cities
    Update
    March 26, 2026

    2026 Lee Schipper Memorial Scholarship Now Open for Submissions

    • Cities
    • Urban Mobility
    Photo of Lee Schipper, co-founder of EMBARQ, standing in a bus doorway
    • Cities
    • Urban Mobility
    Cities
    Insights
    March 24, 2026

    Charted: How Could Rising Temperatures Affect Your City?

    • Cities
    • climate change
    • extreme heat
    • health
    • Energy
    • Urban Development
    Group of people walking on road during heat wave in New Delhi
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • extreme heat
    • health
    • Energy
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    Update
    March 24, 2026

    A New Community of Practice Sparks Financial Solutions for Electric School Buses

    • school bus
    • electric mobility
    School bus driving in neighborhood.
    • school bus
    • electric mobility
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    March 24, 2026

    Reviving Nairobi's Libraries Is Building Healthier Communities

    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • health
    • Urban Transformations
    • Cities
    • Solutions in Focus
    A woman looks through books on a shelf.
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • health
    • Urban Transformations
    • Cities
    • Solutions in Focus
    Cities
    News
    March 18, 2026

    RELEASE: New Global Platform Maps Urban Heat Risks Block by Block—and Shows Cities How to Cool Them

    • Climate Resilience
    • Urban Development
    • extreme heat
    • extreme weather
    • adaptation
    • Climate Resilience
    • Urban Development
    • extreme heat
    • extreme weather
    • adaptation
    Cities
    Data
    March 17, 2026

    Cool Cities Lab

    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • nature-based solutions
    • adaptation
    • infrastructure
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • extreme heat
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • nature-based solutions
    • adaptation
    • infrastructure
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • extreme heat
    Cities
    Insights
    March 17, 2026

    Most Cities Are Getting Hotter. Not All Residents Feel It Equally

    • extreme heat
    • climate change
    • Urban Development
    • nature-based solutions
    Khayelitsha, an informal settlement in Cape Town, with Table Mountain in the background
    • extreme heat
    • climate change
    • Urban Development
    • nature-based solutions