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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
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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
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

What Would Cities Look Like With 3 Degrees C of Warming vs. 1.5? Far More Hazardous and Vastly Unequal

  • Cities
  • extreme heat
  • Climate
  • Equity & Governance
  • climate change
  • health
  • data visualization
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
A woman carries water during a blistering hot day in New Delhi, India.
  • Cities
  • extreme heat
  • Climate
  • Equity & Governance
  • climate change
  • health
  • data visualization
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
Insights

By Restoring India’s Kham River, a City Revives Its Cultural Legacy

  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • restoration
  • rivers
  • Cities
  • urban water resilience
  • Urban Transformations
  • water pollution
  • Urban Development
  • Solutions in Focus
Two people in a kayak paddle down the Kham River in India.
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • restoration
  • rivers
  • Cities
  • urban water resilience
  • Urban Transformations
  • water pollution
  • Urban Development
  • Solutions in Focus

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
Update
Leila Surratt.
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
Update
People walking on busy market street in San Nicolas, Argentina.
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • transportation
  • climate finance
Update
Mumbai city skyline behind palms.
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
News
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
Update

New Data Dashboard Helps Cities Build Urban Resilience in a Changing Climate

  • Cities
  • nature-based solutions
  • climate policy
  • Air Quality
  • GHG emissions
  • biodiversity
  • land use
  • Urban Development
Aerial view of skyscrapers and urban development in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • Cities
  • nature-based solutions
  • climate policy
  • Air Quality
  • GHG emissions
  • biodiversity
  • land use
  • Urban Development
Research

Better Forests, Better Cities

Cityscape behind lush forest.
Update

Celebrating the Coalition for Urban Transitions

  • Urban Development
  • Urban Mobility
  • Climate Resilience
  • Energy
  • Climate
Aerial view of Nahargarh Fort in Jaipur, India
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Mobility
  • Climate Resilience
  • Energy
  • Climate