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    May 27, 2026

    Public Transit Is Struggling to Keep Pace with Aging Populations

    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    People walk along a subway platform next to an arriving train.
    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    April 28, 2026

    Science Is Giving Forest Law Enforcement a New Edge

    • deforestation
    • illegal logging
    Workers unload timber from a ship in Indonesia.
    • deforestation
    • illegal logging
    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
    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
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    December 29, 2025

    Indonesia Poised to Harness Ocean’s Climate Potential

    • Climate
    • Ocean
    • National Climate Action
    • NDC
    • climate policy
    • nature-based solutions
    View from the water of people on a boat planting seagrass.
    • Climate
    • Ocean
    • National Climate Action
    • NDC
    • climate policy
    • nature-based solutions
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    November 17, 2025

    China’s Overseas Industrial Parks Provide a Path to Decarbonization

    • Clean Energy
    • industry
    • renewable energy
    Solar panels on the roof of an industrial park.
    • Clean Energy
    • industry
    • renewable energy
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    November 6, 2025

    World’s Informal Housing Crisis Demands a Climate Response

    • COP30
    • NDC
    • climate impacts
    • human rights
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya
    • COP30
    • NDC
    • climate impacts
    • human rights
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    October 13, 2025

    Clean Energy Can Supercharge Indonesia's Economy

    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • climate policy
    • Air Quality
    Two technicians working on top of a large wind turbine.
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • climate policy
    • Air Quality
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    October 1, 2025

    The Perfect Storm Fueling Pakistan’s Solar Boom

    • Clean Energy
    • renewable energy
    • Energy Access
    • Climate Equity
    • Solutions in Focus
    Rows of solar panels in Pakistan
    • Clean Energy
    • renewable energy
    • Energy Access
    • Climate Equity
    • Solutions in Focus
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    May 28, 2025

    India’s Electric Bus Revolution Isn’t Just for Megacities

    • electric mobility
    • Urban Mobility
    • public transit
    • transportation
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Two people on a bicycle ride past a large blue electric bus in Kolkata, India.
    • electric mobility
    • Urban Mobility
    • public transit
    • transportation
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Finance
    Asia
    Insights
    January 17, 2025

    Foreign Investors Could Stall Coal Plant Closures in Asia

    • Clean Energy
    • Finance
    • net-zero emissions
    A cyclist passes by large cooling stacks of a coal-fired powerplant.
    • Clean Energy
    • Finance
    • net-zero emissions
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    November 1, 2024

    Vietnam’s Renewable Energy Policy Is Spurring Decarbonization of Global Brands

    • Clean Energy
    • corporate sustainability
    • renewable energy
    • energy efficiency
    • climate policy
    • Business
    People on motorcycles ride past a Samsung store in Vietnam.
    • Clean Energy
    • corporate sustainability
    • renewable energy
    • energy efficiency
    • climate policy
    • Business
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    September 17, 2024

    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
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    September 4, 2024

    Lessons from China’s Growing Adoption of Zero-Emission Trucks

    • Cities
    • electric mobility
    • net-zero emissions
    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    Three zero-emission trucks parked on the street with powerlines and trees.
    • Cities
    • electric mobility
    • net-zero emissions
    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    July 31, 2024

    By Restoring India’s Kham River, a City Revives Its Cultural Legacy

    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • restoration
    • rivers
    • Cities
    • urban water resilience
    • Urban Transformations
    • water pollution
    • Urban Development
    • Solutions in Focus
    Two people in a kayak paddle down the Kham River in India.
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • restoration
    • rivers
    • Cities
    • urban water resilience
    • Urban Transformations
    • water pollution
    • Urban Development
    • Solutions in Focus
    Finance
    Asia
    Insights
    June 28, 2024

    Development Banks Can Catalyze the Clean Energy Transition, Starting in South and Southeast Asia

    • Finance
    • multilateral development banks
    • Clean Energy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    People walk along a bridge next to rows of floating solar panels.
    • Finance
    • multilateral development banks
    • Clean Energy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    May 23, 2024

    Dual Harvest: Agrivoltaics Boost Food and Energy Production in Asia

    • agriculture
    • renewable energy
    • Food
    • Clean Energy
    A man bends down near an orange tree in front of solar photovoltaic panels.
    • agriculture
    • renewable energy
    • Food
    • Clean Energy
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    January 2, 2024

    India’s Shift to Low-Carbon Construction Must Not Leave Workers Behind

    • Buildings
    • low carbon development
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • industry
    • FIGI
    Construction workers in colorful clothes stand near a cement mixer.
    • Buildings
    • low carbon development
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • industry
    • FIGI
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America Oceania North America Europe
    Insights
    November 29, 2023

    The Future of Extreme Heat in Cities: What We Know — and What We Don’t

    • extreme heat
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Development
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    • climate science
    • data visualization
    Brick layers during in a heatwave in New Delhi, India
    • extreme heat
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Development
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    • climate science
    • data visualization
    Forests
    Asia Latin America
    Insights
    November 20, 2023

    Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Are Using Satellite Data to Fight Deforestation

    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • COP16
    Man building a canopy blind in a tropical forest
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • COP16