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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
    • transportation
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America Europe
    News
    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
    Update
    November 7, 2025

    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
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    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
    Asia
    Insights
    May 28, 2025

    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
    Cities
    Latin America
    Update
    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
    Latin America
    Update
    December 10, 2024

    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
    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
    • extreme heat
    • Energy
    • climate change
    • health
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Energy
    Update
    November 20, 2024

    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
    Cities
    News
    November 19, 2024

    RELEASE: WRI Launches New Guidance for National Governments to Enhance Climate Ambition Through Partnerships with Cities, States, Regions

    • Climate
    • NDC
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Climate
    • NDC
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Cities
    Insights
    November 13, 2024

    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
    Cities
    Latin America
    Update
    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
    News
    December 2, 2023

    RELEASE: Expert Group Launches Report to Help Cities, States and Regions Strengthen Credibility of Net Zero Climate Commitments

    • COP28
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Cities
    • COP28
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Cities
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America Oceania North America Europe
    Insights
    November 29, 2023

    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