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    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
    Cities
    Africa
    Update
    March 6, 2026

    Rwanda’s Cities Turn to Green-Gray Infrastructure to Address Climate Risks

    • nature-based solutions
    • urban water resilience
    • climate policy
    • restoration
    • Urban Development
    At the Rwanda Forum for Urban & Peri-Urban Nature-based Solutions, practitioners and experts identified potential interventions for addressing the biggest climate risks in their districts.
    • nature-based solutions
    • urban water resilience
    • climate policy
    • restoration
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    March 5, 2026

    Manila’s Commuters Pushed for Safer Streets — and Won

    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    A group of cyclists celebrate people-centered streets in Manila
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    Cities
    Asia
    Outcomes
    March 3, 2026

    Beijing Expands Green Transportation, Cuts Emissions Through Digital Transit Platform

    • Top Outcome: 2025
    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    • Cities
    A woman holds onto a yellow shared bicycle.
    • Top Outcome: 2025
    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    • Cities
    Cities
    North America
    Outcomes
    March 3, 2026

    US Communities Reduce Risks of Wildfires by Improving Forest Health

    • Top Outcome: 2025
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • fires
    • extreme weather
    The upper Weber River flows through the community of Alpine Acres.
    • Top Outcome: 2025
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • fires
    • extreme weather
    Cities
    Latin America
    Outcomes
    March 3, 2026

    Rio de Janeiro Makes Streets Safer for School Children

    • Top Outcome: 2025
    • Health & Road Safety
    • road safety
    • Cities
    • transportation
    Street crosswalk.
    • Top Outcome: 2025
    • Health & Road Safety
    • road safety
    • Cities
    • transportation
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    February 19, 2026

    The Atlanta Beltline Paves a Path Toward a Healthier, More Connected City

    • Urban Development
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Mobility
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Cities
    • Solutions in Focus
    People walk along a paved walkway along the Atlanta Beltline.
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Mobility
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Cities
    • Solutions in Focus
    Equity & Governance
    North America
    Insights
    February 17, 2026

    From Energy Use to Air Quality, the Many Ways Data Centers Affect US Communities

    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Air Quality
    • Equity & Governance
    • U.S. Energy
    Aerial view of a large data center campus near homes and a playfield.
    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Air Quality
    • Equity & Governance
    • U.S. Energy
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    February 10, 2026

    Utah Pioneers a New Model for Wildfire Resilience

    • fires
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Water Security
    • adaptation
    • nature-based solutions
    • climate finance
    • Forests
    • land use
    • Solutions in Focus
    A controlled burn
    • fires
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Water Security
    • adaptation
    • nature-based solutions
    • climate finance
    • Forests
    • land use
    • Solutions in Focus