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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
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    June 8, 2026

    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
    Ocean
    Insights
    May 22, 2026

    The Ocean Can Play a Much Larger Role in Fighting Climate Change

    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • nature-based solutions
    Groups of people are scattered across a large, sandy beach on a sunny day with floating wind turbines in the background.
    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • nature-based solutions
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    May 18, 2026

    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
    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
    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
    Business
    Insights
    March 10, 2026

    ‘Natural Asset Companies’ Could Finally Make Healthy Ecosystems Investable

    • Business
    • Finance
    • Economics
    • nature-based solutions
    • corporate sustainability
    Aerial view of two kayakers on a river surrounded by dense forest.
    • Business
    • Finance
    • Economics
    • nature-based solutions
    • corporate sustainability
    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
    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
    Forests
    Africa
    Outcomes
    March 2, 2026

    Ethiopia’s Federal Government Finances Large-Scale Nature Restoration

    • Top Outcome: 2025
    • Forests
    • restoration
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • agriculture
    • nature-based solutions
    • deforestation
    People in southern Ethiopia taking part in a tree planting initiative.
    • Top Outcome: 2025
    • Forests
    • restoration
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • agriculture
    • nature-based solutions
    • deforestation
    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
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    February 3, 2026

    This Hillside City in South America Rebuilt Itself Around Nature — and Got Healthier

    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Mobility
    • nature-based solutions
    • Cities
    • Solutions in Focus
    A group of people rollerblade on a pathway in Loja, Ecuador.
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Mobility
    • nature-based solutions
    • Cities
    • Solutions in Focus
    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
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Update
    December 15, 2025

    How Green Jobs in Dire Dawa Benefit Women and the Environment

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Women work with tree seedlings in a greenhouse.
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Finance
    Insights
    December 2, 2025

    Development Banks Have a Bigger Role to Play in Protecting Nature

    • Finance
    • nature-based solutions
    • multilateral development banks
    • development
    A farmer plowing a flooded rice field.
    • Finance
    • nature-based solutions
    • multilateral development banks
    • development
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    November 24, 2025

    South Africa Is Fighting Back Against Invasive Plants

    • Water Security
    • urban water resilience
    • nature-based solutions
    • biodiversity
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • floods
    • Solutions in Focus
    A street in Johannesburg, South Africa, lined with jacarandas in bloom with their purple flowers and petals sprinkled on the road.
    • Water Security
    • urban water resilience
    • nature-based solutions
    • biodiversity
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • floods
    • Solutions in Focus
    Finance
    Technical Perspectives
    November 11, 2025

    Putting Nature on a Balance Sheet: What It Is and Why It Matters

    • nature-based solutions
    • corporate sustainability
    • Economics
    People planting mangroves with lush green hillsides behind them.
    • nature-based solutions
    • corporate sustainability
    • Economics
    Cities
    Initiatives
    September 30, 2025

    Urban Heat Solutions Accelerator

    People sitting under trees.