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    March 24, 2026

    Charted: How Could Rising Temperatures Affect Your City?

    • Cities
    • climate change
    • extreme heat
    • health
    • Energy
    • Urban Development
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    • Cities
    • climate change
    • extreme heat
    • health
    • Energy
    • Urban Development
    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
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    November 25, 2025

    Why COP30 Was a Breakthrough for Cities

    • Cities
    • COP30
    • NDC
    • extreme heat
    • housing
    • transportation
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Aerial view of a city boulevard lined by skyscrapers.
    • Cities
    • COP30
    • NDC
    • extreme heat
    • housing
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    • Urban Development
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Cities
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    November 12, 2025

    STATEMENT: COP30 Elevates Major Efforts to Unite Local, Regional and National Governments on Climate Action

    • COP30
    • NDC
    • National Climate Action
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • extreme heat
    • Urban Development
    • Cities
    • COP30
    • NDC
    • National Climate Action
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • extreme heat
    • Urban Development
    • Cities
    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
    Asia Africa Latin America
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    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
    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
    Data
    October 30, 2025

    CityMetrics

    • data
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • data
    • 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
    Latin America
    Insights
    October 20, 2025

    Bogotá, Colombia, Uses Data and Smart Urban Design to Cut Air Pollution

    • Air Quality
    • Urban Mobility
    • pollution
    • public transit
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Development
    • Solutions in Focus
    Bikes parked up in a bike lane with people walking on pedestrianized streets in the background in San Felipe, Bogotá.
    • Air Quality
    • Urban Mobility
    • pollution
    • public transit
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Development
    • Solutions in Focus
    Cities
    Insights
    September 16, 2025

    As Countries Step Back, Neighborhoods Unlock Climate Action

    • Urban Development
    • adaptation
    • Unlocking Climate Action
    • housing
    • Climate Resilience
    • Cities
    • Solutions in Focus
    A man on his apartment balcony overlooks a new playground in his neighborhood.
    • Urban Development
    • adaptation
    • Unlocking Climate Action
    • housing
    • Climate Resilience
    • Cities
    • Solutions in Focus
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    August 29, 2025

    What to Watch at the Second Africa Climate Summit

    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • renewable energy
    • Cities
    • COP30
    • Urban Development
    A group of people work on a green pasture.
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • renewable energy
    • Cities
    • COP30
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    Africa
    Update
    July 30, 2025

    New Tool Helps Cities Select and Scale Nature-Based Solutions

    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • nature-based solutions
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    River alongside city.
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • nature-based solutions
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    Insights
    July 16, 2025

    Cities Are Heating Up. Better Infrastructure Can Cool Them Down.

    • extreme heat
    • Cities
    • infrastructure
    People walk on a busy urban shopping street covered with shade sails.
    • extreme heat
    • Cities
    • infrastructure
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    July 2, 2025

    Managing Extremes: How South African Cities Are Tackling Water Crises

    • urban water resilience
    • nature-based solutions
    • floods
    • drought
    • rivers
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Solutions in Focus
    People collect water during the Cape Town water crisis.
    • urban water resilience
    • nature-based solutions
    • floods
    • drought
    • rivers
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Solutions in Focus
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Update
    June 18, 2025

    Johannesburg to Restore Urban Rivers Using Lessons from Durban

    • Urban Development
    • urban water resilience
    • Cities
    • Freshwater
    Meeting in a room.
    • Urban Development
    • urban water resilience
    • Cities
    • Freshwater