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Cities4Forests

Pond and trees in front of city skyline.
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  • Cities
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Cities
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In Barranquilla, Colombia, Urban Parks Revitalize a Declining City

  • Cities
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Urban Transformations
Parque Sagrado Corazon in Barranquilla, Colombia
  • Cities
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Urban Transformations
Initiatives
Ariel shot of a city with lots of trees.
News
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Cities
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RELEASE: WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities 2020-2021 Opens; Now Accepting Applications for Transformative Urban Climate Projects

  • Climate Resilience
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Cities
  • Climate Resilience
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Cities
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10 Big Findings from the 2023 IPCC Report on Climate Change

  • adaptation
  • climate change
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate science
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
A girl wearing a long sundress pedals a bicycle down a flooded road..
  • adaptation
  • climate change
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate science
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
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5 Big Findings from the IPCC’s 2021 Climate Report

  • Energy
  • climate impacts
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate science
  • Paris Agreement
  • COP26
Motorcycle on flooded street
  • Energy
  • climate impacts
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate science
  • Paris Agreement
  • COP26
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Climate Action Must Progress Far Faster to Achieve 1.5 C Goal

  • electric mobility
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate science
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Forests
  • industry
  • renewable energy
coal-fired power plant
  • electric mobility
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate science
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Forests
  • industry
  • renewable energy
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6 Ways the Climate Changed Over the Past Decade

  • climate science
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • extreme weather
  • sea level rise
Iceberg with hole
  • climate science
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • extreme weather
  • sea level rise

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

  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Development
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate impacts
  • climate science
  • COP28
Brick layers during in a heatwave in New Delhi, India
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Development
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate impacts
  • climate science
  • COP28
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State of Climate Action 2023

Wind turbines on grassy field at golden hour.
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Les Dernières Données Disponibles Confirment que les Feux de Forêts Se Multiplient

  • deforestation
  • fires
  • agriculture
  • Climate
  • climate science
Forest fire in Borneo, Indonesia
  • deforestation
  • fires
  • agriculture
  • Climate
  • climate science
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The Latest Data Confirms: Forest Fires Are Getting Worse

  • deforestation
  • fires
  • agriculture
  • Climate
  • climate science
Forest fire in Borneo, Indonesia
  • deforestation
  • fires
  • agriculture
  • Climate
  • climate science
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Cities Need a Systems-change Approach to Build Climate-resilient Communities

  • Urban Transformations
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Mobility
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Climate Resilience
Looking down at city buildings, some with green roofs and the street below.
  • Urban Transformations
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Mobility
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Climate Resilience

5 Ways Wildfires Affect People Near and Far

  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • fires
  • Climate
  • Cities
Women wear masks in New York City after Canadian wildfire causes dangerous air pollution
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • fires
  • Climate
  • Cities
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What Does "Net-Zero Emissions" Mean? 8 Common Questions, Answered

  • climate science
  • carbon removal
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
  • greenhouse gases
  • COP26
  • COP28
Countries need a variety of solutions, including renewable energy and healthy forests, to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Photo by Aaron Minnick/WRI.
  • climate science
  • carbon removal
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
  • greenhouse gases
  • COP26
  • COP28
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Paris’ Vision for a ‘15-Minute City’ Sparks a Global Movement

  • Cities
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • transportation
A street closed off for pedestrians to explore a market in Paris
  • Cities
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • transportation