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    November 11, 2025

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

    • Cities
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    • extreme heat
    • COP30
    Beat the Heat Initiative launch in Belem, Brazil
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    October 30, 2025

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    July 16, 2025

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

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    • infrastructure
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    • extreme heat
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    March 17, 2025

    Beyond the Thermometer: 5 Heat Metrics That Drive Better Decision-Making

    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Climate
    • climate science
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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
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    • Climate
    • Equity & Governance
    • climate change
    • health
    • data visualization
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    A woman carries water during a blistering hot day in New Delhi, India.
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    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
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    June 25, 2024

    As the Earth Gets Hotter, Can Our Cities Get Cooler?

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    • climate change
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    • nature-based solutions
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    November 29, 2023

    The Future of Extreme Heat in Cities: What We Know — and What We Don’t

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    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
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    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
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    Brick layers during in a heatwave in New Delhi, India
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    July 5, 2023

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

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    • nature-based solutions
    • climate policy
    • Air Quality
    • GHG emissions
    • biodiversity
    • land use
    • Urban Development
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    • climate policy
    • Air Quality
    • GHG emissions
    • biodiversity
    • land use
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    Forests
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    June 6, 2023

    Higher-Res Data Set Now Shows Trees Inside and Outside Forests Across the Tropics

    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • global forest watch
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    • global forest watch
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    October 24, 2019

    Buildings Are a Hidden Source of Indian Cities’ Extreme Heat

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    • Energy
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