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Urban Analytics & Data Innovation

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14 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
Update

CityMetrics Dashboard Helps Cities Understand and Reduce Climate Risks

  • climate change
  • climate impacts
  • data
  • data visualization
  • Climate Resilience
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
Pedestrians sitting on benches and walking near Zocalo square in Mexico City
  • climate change
  • climate impacts
  • data
  • data visualization
  • Climate Resilience
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
Data

CityMetrics

  • data
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • data
  • Cities
  • Urban Development

Bogotá, Colombia, Uses Data and Smart Urban Design to Cut Air Pollution

  • Air Quality
  • Urban Mobility
  • pollution
  • public transit
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Development
Bikes parked up in a bike lane with people walking on pedestrianized streets in the background in San Felipe, Bogotá.
  • Air Quality
  • Urban Mobility
  • pollution
  • public transit
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Development
Insights

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

  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Climate
  • climate science
A person bicycles past a sign that reads 35 degrees Celsius.
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Climate
  • climate science

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

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

  • extreme heat
  • climate change
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • nature-based solutions
  • data visualization
A line of tourists await the use of the fountain at the base of Rome’s Spanish Steps to cool off.
  • extreme heat
  • climate change
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • nature-based solutions
  • data visualization

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
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