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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
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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
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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
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Defining Sustainable, Affordable and Healthy Diets with European Food System Stakeholders

  • food security
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • health
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
People walk through an Italian food market.
  • food security
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • health
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
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Modernizing Ports Is a Major Untapped Opportunity for a Healthier Planet

  • Cities
  • climate change
  • Air Quality
  • Electric Mobility
  • health
  • GHG emissions
The Port of Valparaíso in Chile.
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • Air Quality
  • Electric Mobility
  • health
  • GHG emissions
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Jakarta
  • pollution
  • Climate Resilience
  • health
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From Work to Transportation, Extreme Heat Is Reshaping Urban Life

  • extreme heat
  • climate change
  • Urban Development
  • health
  • transportation
  • Economics
Vendors on street in New Delhi.
  • extreme heat
  • climate change
  • Urban Development
  • health
  • transportation
  • Economics
Initiatives
Aerial view of streets in Bogotá.
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After a Tumultuous 2024, What’s Next for Cities?

  • Climate
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • nature-based solutions
  • adaptation
  • health
  • COP16
  • COP29
  • housing
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Mobility
People walk through a debris-filled street after severe flooding in Valencia, Spain.
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • nature-based solutions
  • adaptation
  • health
  • COP16
  • COP29
  • housing
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Mobility
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Europe’s Cities Should Prepare for Hotter, More Hazardous Days Ahead

  • Climate
  • extreme heat
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • health
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
People stand near a fountain during a London heat wave.
  • Climate
  • extreme heat
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • health
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate

What Would Cities Look Like With 3 Degrees C of Warming vs. 1.5? Far More Hazardous and Vastly Unequal

  • Cities
  • extreme heat
  • Climate
  • Equity & Governance
  • climate change
  • health
  • data visualization
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
A woman carries water during a blistering hot day in New Delhi, India.
  • Cities
  • extreme heat
  • Climate
  • Equity & Governance
  • climate change
  • health
  • data visualization
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
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Cities for Smart Surfaces

Aerial view of streets with cars and trees.
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What Happens When Extreme Heat and Air Pollution Collide

  • extreme heat
  • Air Quality
  • pollution
  • health
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
A group looks over a hazy Mexico City, Mexico, from the top of Cerro de la Estrella in April 2021. Days earlier, the city registered an ozone concentration of 160 parts per billion.
  • extreme heat
  • Air Quality
  • pollution
  • health
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
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Ocupação Novo Alvorada- região leste de Belo Horizonte / MG
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How Forests Near and Far Benefit People in Cities

  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Water Quality
  • Water Security
  • health
  • Climate
  • biodiversity
urban forest
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Water Quality
  • Water Security
  • health
  • Climate
  • biodiversity