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Integrated Climate Action

Resources

21 Resources for
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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
  • transportation
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate

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
Update

Advancing Local Climate Action for Ambitious NDCs 3.0

  • NDC
  • Cities
  • National Climate Action
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
Aerial view of high-rise buildings on a sunny day in Nairobi.
  • NDC
  • Cities
  • National Climate Action
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate

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
Insights

India’s Electric Bus Revolution Isn’t Just for Megacities

  • electric mobility
  • Urban Mobility
  • public transit
  • transportation
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
Two people on a bicycle ride past a large blue electric bus in Kolkata, India.
  • electric mobility
  • Urban Mobility
  • public transit
  • transportation
  • Cities
  • 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

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