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Urban Efficiency & Climate

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STATEMENT: Colombia Updates its Climate Commitments to 2035

  • NDC
  • COP30
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • NDC
  • COP30
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
Technical Perspectives

4 Levers to Help Scale Net-Zero Carbon and Resilient Housing

  • Cities
  • Buildings
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • energy efficiency
Modern apartment buildings in Kolkata, India.
  • Cities
  • Buildings
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • energy efficiency
Update

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

Turning Promises into Progress: Lessons from Campinas’s Climate Action Plan

  • Climate
  • Cities
  • National Climate Action
  • climate change
City of Campinas.
  • Climate
  • Cities
  • National Climate Action
  • climate change
Insights

After a Tumultuous 2024, What’s Next for Cities?

  • Climate
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • nature-based solutions
  • adaptation
  • health
  • COP16
  • COP29
  • housing
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Mobility
People walk through a debris-filled street after severe flooding in Valencia, Spain.
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • nature-based solutions
  • adaptation
  • health
  • COP16
  • COP29
  • housing
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Mobility

The Urban20 Summit in Rio and the Importance of Subnational-National Collaboration

  • Climate
  • climate finance
  • transportation
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Mobility
Aerial view of a cable car in Rio
  • Climate
  • climate finance
  • transportation
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Mobility
Insights

Europe’s Cities Should Prepare for Hotter, More Hazardous Days Ahead

  • Climate
  • extreme heat
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • health
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
People stand near a fountain during a London heat wave.
  • Climate
  • extreme heat
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • health
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
Update

WRI and Partners Launch Zero Emissions and Resilient Buildings (ZERB) Accelerator at COP29

  • Buildings
  • Climate Resilience
  • GHG emissions
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Cities
  • COP29
View of skyscrapers and trees in a downtown area.
  • Buildings
  • Climate Resilience
  • GHG emissions
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Cities
  • COP29
News
  • Climate
  • NDC
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
Insights

Countries Have Been Overlooking Their Biggest Climate Allies: Local and Regional Governments

  • Cities
  • National Climate Action
  • NDC
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • COP30
Families sit and play on a grassy hill at a park overlooking a city.
  • Cities
  • National Climate Action
  • NDC
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • COP30

Campinas, Brazil, Launches Integrated Climate Action Plan

  • National Climate Action
  • Climate
  • Climate Governance
  • greenhouse gases
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
A pamphlet about Campinas's climate action plan is held up before a city hall audience.
  • National Climate Action
  • Climate
  • Climate Governance
  • greenhouse gases
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
News
  • COP28
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Cities

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
Update

Developing City Action Plans for Building Decarbonization

  • net-zero emissions
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
View of city with solar panels.
  • net-zero emissions
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate