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    Cities
    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
    Update
    June 23, 2026

    CHAMP Coalition, Led by Brazil and Germany, Launches Steering Group, Roadmap, Subnational Advisory Council

    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Cities
    Latin America
    Update
    June 22, 2026

    Behind the Scenes of Climate Action: Lessons from Colombian Cities

    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • climate finance
    • Climate Governance
    A cityscape scene of Cali, Colombia
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • climate finance
    • Climate Governance
    Cities
    Update
    April 30, 2026

    Detroit Announces Winners of Global Sustainable Cities Challenge to Innovate in Clean Freight

    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    • Urban Development
    • electric mobility
    • Cities
    People walk inside Detroit's Eastern Market.
    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    • Urban Development
    • electric mobility
    • Cities
    Cities
    Latin America
    Update
    April 8, 2026

    Integrating Air Quality and Electric Mobility to Improve Urban Life in Latin America

    • Air Quality
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • Urban Mobility
    • Finance
    An aerial view of Bogotá, Colombia
    • Air Quality
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • Urban Mobility
    • Finance
    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
    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
    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
    Update
    December 19, 2025

    Multilevel Collaboration Advances Zero Emission and Resilient Buildings in Colombia, Kenya and the Philippines

    • Cities
    • Buildings
    • National Climate Action
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    People attending an event.
    • Cities
    • Buildings
    • National Climate Action
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Food
    Europe
    Update
    December 16, 2025

    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
    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
    Cities
    Latin America
    Update
    November 26, 2025

    How Multilevel Action Advances Colombia's Economic Transformation and Climate Goals

    • National Climate Action
    • Unlocking Climate Action
    • Climate Resilience
    • Urban Development
    • renewable energy
    Solar panels on a public building in Cali, Colombia
    • National Climate Action
    • Unlocking Climate Action
    • Climate Resilience
    • Urban Development
    • renewable energy
    Cities
    Latin America
    Update
    November 11, 2025

    WRI Joins New Beat the Heat Initiative on Cooling Solutions for Cities, Launched at COP30

    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • extreme heat
    • COP30
    Beat the Heat Initiative launch in Belem, Brazil
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • extreme heat
    • COP30
    Cities
    Update
    November 7, 2025

    Advancing Local Climate Action for Ambitious NDCs 3.0

    • NDC
    • Cities
    • National Climate Action
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Aerial view of high-rise buildings on a sunny day in Nairobi.
    • NDC
    • Cities
    • National Climate Action
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Cities
    Update
    October 31, 2025

    CityMetrics Dashboard Helps Cities Understand and Reduce Climate Risks

    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • data
    • data visualization
    • Climate Resilience
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    Pedestrians sitting on benches and walking near Zocalo square in Mexico City
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • data
    • data visualization
    • Climate Resilience
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    Latin America
    Update
    October 21, 2025

    Improving Air Quality in Bogotá, Colombia, from the Ground Up

    • Urban Development
    • pollution
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Cities
    An aerial view of a street in Bogata, Colombia
    • Urban Development
    • pollution
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Cities
    Cities
    Update
    September 24, 2025

    Local Action Helps Mainstream Net-Zero, Climate-Resilient Buildings in Mexico and India

    • Cities
    • Buildings
    • net-zero emissions
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Monterrey, Mexico.
    • Cities
    • Buildings
    • net-zero emissions
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Cities
    Update
    September 12, 2025

    2025 Lee Schipper Memorial Scholarship Awarded for Research on Electrifying Minibuses, Transport Poverty and Gender-Responsive Walkability

    • Urban Mobility
    • public transit
    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • extreme heat
    • Gender
    • Cities
    Graham Montanari / Shutterstock
    • Urban Mobility
    • public transit
    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • extreme heat
    • Gender
    • Cities