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    Latin America
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    January 29, 2025

    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
    Cities
    Insights
    December 16, 2024

    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
    Cities
    Europe
    Insights
    November 27, 2024

    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
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    • Energy
    • climate change
    • health
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    September 17, 2024

    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
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    July 31, 2024

    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
    Cities
    Latin America
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    June 27, 2024

    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
    Cities
    Update
    February 1, 2024

    WRI Ross Center Welcomes Leila Surratt as New Director of Strategic Partnerships

    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    Leila Surratt.
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    Update
    January 24, 2024

    Looking Back on 2023 and Ahead to 2024: Supporting Integrated Urban Planning to Tackle the Climate, Nature and Pollution Crises

    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • transportation
    • climate finance
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    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • transportation
    • climate finance
    Cities
    Update
    September 22, 2023

    RELEASE: UrbanShift Launches ‘City Academy’ Online Courses to Empower Sustainable Urban Development

    • Cities
    • Urban Development
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    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    News
    August 7, 2023

    RELEASE: Pablo Lazo to Lead Global Urban Land Use and Integrated Planning at WRI Ross Center

    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    Update
    July 5, 2023

    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
    Freshwater
    Research
    November 29, 2022

    Better Forests, Better Cities

    Cityscape behind lush forest.
    Cities
    Update
    December 20, 2021

    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