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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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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
Insights
Passengers wait for an electric bus in Chandigarh, India.
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
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Tackling Central Africa's Water and Power Challenges Starts with Restoring Nature

  • nature-based solutions
  • urban water resilience
  • adaptation
  • floods
  • restoration
  • Climate Resilience
  • Solutions in Focus
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
The bare hillsides of Bukavu being restored and stabilized
  • nature-based solutions
  • urban water resilience
  • adaptation
  • floods
  • restoration
  • Climate Resilience
  • Solutions in Focus
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
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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
Insights

African Cities Use Nature to Fight Floods and Climate Change

  • Cities
  • nature-based solutions
  • Urban Development
  • floods
  • Climate Resilience
  • restoration
  • Solutions in Focus
Workers remove invasive species in Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • Cities
  • nature-based solutions
  • Urban Development
  • floods
  • Climate Resilience
  • restoration
  • Solutions in Focus
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Solving World's Housing Crisis Requires More than New Construction

  • housing
  • Climate Resilience
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
People walking in Kibera, one of Africa's largest slums
  • housing
  • Climate Resilience
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate

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
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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
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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

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
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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
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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
Insights

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

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

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

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

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

A New Generation of Auto Workers Takes Shape in US Schools

  • transportation
  • electric mobility
  • electric school bus series
  • Solutions in Focus
An instructor and student in an automotive garage working on a solar-powered golf cart.
  • transportation
  • electric mobility
  • electric school bus series
  • Solutions in Focus