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    Africa
    Update
    July 2, 2026

    Restoring Nature Helps Accelerate Soweto’s Green Economy

    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • adaptation
    • extreme heat
    • floods
    • Climate Equity
    • Urban Development
    A group people plant a tree during a restoration project in Johannesburg, South Africa
    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • adaptation
    • extreme heat
    • floods
    • Climate Equity
    • Urban Development
    Climate
    Insights
    June 30, 2026

    How Is the World Coping with Extreme Heat?

    • extreme heat
    • adaptation
    • health
    • Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • Urban Development
    People cool down and fill up water bottles at a public water dispenser in Paris, France
    • extreme heat
    • adaptation
    • health
    • Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    Europe
    Insights
    June 30, 2026

    Europe’s Soaring Heat and the Great Air Conditioning Dilemma

    • extreme heat
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    • climate policy
    • Urban Development
    Visitors stroll between spires on the rooftop of Milan Cathedral, some seeking shade under hats or umbrellas during a hot summer day
    • extreme heat
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    • climate policy
    • Urban Development
    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
    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
    Initiatives
    March 20, 2026

    Cool Cities Lab

    Mountains and city.
    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
    Insights
    December 17, 2025

    Our Biggest Stories of 2025: From Climate Politics to AI and Beyond

    • Climate
    • climate change
    • International Climate Action
    • extreme heat
    • fires
    • Clean Energy
    • transportation
    • adaptation
    • restoration
    • development
    • data visualization
    A group of people walks in front of a digital city thermometer reading 35 degrees celsius.
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • International Climate Action
    • extreme heat
    • fires
    • Clean Energy
    • transportation
    • adaptation
    • restoration
    • development
    • data visualization
    Cities
    Insights
    November 25, 2025

    Why COP30 Was a Breakthrough for Cities

    • Cities
    • COP30
    • NDC
    • extreme heat
    • housing
    • transportation
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Aerial view of a city boulevard lined by skyscrapers.
    • Cities
    • COP30
    • NDC
    • extreme heat
    • housing
    • transportation
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America Europe
    News
    November 12, 2025

    STATEMENT: COP30 Elevates Major Efforts to Unite Local, Regional and National Governments on Climate Action

    • COP30
    • NDC
    • National Climate Action
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • extreme heat
    • Urban Development
    • Cities
    • COP30
    • NDC
    • National Climate Action
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • extreme heat
    • Urban Development
    • Cities
    Cities
    Latin America
    Update
    November 11, 2025

    WRI Joins New Beat the Heat Initiative on Cooling Solutions for Cities, Launched at COP30

    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • extreme heat
    • COP30
    Beat the Heat Initiative launch in Belem, Brazil
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • extreme heat
    • COP30
    Cities
    Initiatives
    September 30, 2025

    Urban Heat Solutions Accelerator

    People sitting under trees.
    Cities
    Update
    September 12, 2025

    2025 Lee Schipper Memorial Scholarship Awarded for Research on Electrifying Minibuses, Transport Poverty and Gender-Responsive Walkability

    • Urban Mobility
    • public transit
    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • extreme heat
    • Gender
    • Cities
    Graham Montanari / Shutterstock
    • Urban Mobility
    • public transit
    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • extreme heat
    • Gender
    • Cities
    Forests
    Insights
    August 1, 2025

    5 Graphics Explain the Climate-Fire Feedback Loop

    • fires
    • Forests
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • GHG emissions
    • extreme heat
    Forest fire fighters battling a blaze near a road.
    • fires
    • Forests
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • GHG emissions
    • extreme heat
    Cities
    Insights
    July 16, 2025

    Cities Are Heating Up. Better Infrastructure Can Cool Them Down.

    • extreme heat
    • Cities
    • infrastructure
    People walk on a busy urban shopping street covered with shade sails.
    • extreme heat
    • Cities
    • infrastructure