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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
Initiatives
Ariel shot of a city with lots of trees.

5 Big Ideas to Address the Climate Crisis and Inequality in Cities

  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Climate Resilience
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Transformations
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • Urban Development
  • COP26
People gather in the middle of a Monterrey street during sunset
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Climate Resilience
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Transformations
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • Urban Development
  • COP26

6 Graphics Explain the Climate Feedback Loop Fueling US Fires

  • Forests
  • fires
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • climate impacts
Bobcat Fire, as seen from Monrovia, California
  • Forests
  • fires
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • climate impacts

Climate Change, Frigid Temperatures and the Polar Vortex: 3 Things to Know

  • climate science
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • climate impacts
polar vortex
  • climate science
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • climate impacts

National Climate Assessment: U.S. Climate Action Can Avoid Tens of Thousands of Deaths, Hundreds of Billions in Damages Annually

  • U.S. Climate
  • climate science
  • climate change
  • climate impacts
  • U.S. policy
Hurricane Harvey
  • U.S. Climate
  • climate science
  • climate change
  • climate impacts
  • U.S. policy

STATEMENT: Fourth National Climate Assessment Confirms Climate Change Will Affect All Regions and All Sectors of U.S. Economy

  • Air Quality
  • Water Security
  • fires
  • climate science
  • natural infrastructure
  • Climate Resilience
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • health
  • climate impacts
  • water pollution
  • pollution
  • sea level rise
  • Ocean
  • Air Quality
  • Water Security
  • fires
  • climate science
  • natural infrastructure
  • Climate Resilience
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • health
  • climate impacts
  • water pollution
  • pollution
  • sea level rise
  • Ocean

How Do New 2050 Climate Strategies from Canada, Mexico and the US Stack Up?

  • Climate
  • COP22
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy
From left to right: President of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto, Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, U.S. President Barack Obama
  • Climate
  • COP22
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy

ADVISORY: How the U.S. Military is Responding to Sea Level Rise

  • Climate
  • climate change
  • climate impacts
  • sea level rise
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • climate impacts
  • sea level rise

3 Cities Taking Urban Forestry to the Next Level

  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • Forests
  • Urban Development
Cherry blossoms in Washington, DC park
  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • Forests
  • Urban Development

New Studies Underscore Threats of Sea Level Rise. Will National Leaders Act?

  • U.S. Climate
  • climate change
  • climate impacts
  • sea level rise
  • U.S. policy
South Beach flooding
  • U.S. Climate
  • climate change
  • climate impacts
  • sea level rise
  • U.S. policy

Secretary Kerry Warns: Virginia Sea Level Rise Indicative of Bigger Risks Facing Nation

  • U.S. Climate
  • climate change
  • climate impacts
  • sea level rise
  • U.S. policy
Secretary of State John Kerry laid out the connection between climate change and national security.
  • U.S. Climate
  • climate change
  • climate impacts
  • sea level rise
  • U.S. policy

ADVISORY: Transforming Transportation 2015: Smart Cities for Shared Prosperity

  • Cities
  • transportation
  • Urban Development
  • Health & Road Safety
  • Cities
  • transportation
  • Urban Development
  • Health & Road Safety

Local Leaders to Federal Government: Help Us Prepare for Climate Change

  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • climate impacts
Flooding in Saratoga, Wyoming. Photo by SFC McGuire/Wyoming National Guard
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • climate impacts

Sea Level Rise Cuts Across Political Divide in Norfolk, Virginia

  • climate change
  • climate impacts
  • sea level rise
  • U.S. policy
Communities in the Hampton Roads region--such as Norfolk, Va., shown here--are at the front lines of sea level rise. Photo credit: Bud, Flickr
  • climate change
  • climate impacts
  • sea level rise
  • U.S. policy

Demystifying Transit-Oriented Development

  • Climate
  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • Energy Access
  • GHG emissions
  • health
  • road safety
  • transportation
  • Urban Development
Transit-oriented development strategies can help urban areas develop sustainably, uniting land use, transport planning, and urban design to create more people-oriented cities. Pictured: Small businesses and pedestrians at a hub near Mexico City’s Metrobús bus rapid transit (BRT) system. Photo credit: Justin Swan/Flickr
  • Climate
  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • Energy Access
  • GHG emissions
  • health
  • road safety
  • transportation
  • Urban Development

Florida Already Feeling Effects of Climate Change

  • Energy
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • climate impacts
  • sea level rise
Sea-level rise is a threat that is particularly acute for Florida, with its low elevation and 1,200 miles of coastline. Photo credit: maxstrz/Flickr
  • Energy
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • climate impacts
  • sea level rise

A Safe City is a Just City

  • Cities
  • road safety
  • transportation
  • Urban Development
  • Health & Road Safety
In Rio de Janeiro, proximity to transport is key to ensuring that residents have access to jobs and opportunities within the city. Photo Credit: EMBARQ-Brazil
  • Cities
  • road safety
  • transportation
  • Urban Development
  • Health & Road Safety

Amidst California’s Drought, an Opportunity for Action

  • climate change
  • drought
  • climate impacts
The majority of California is currently blanketed in "extreme drought." Photo credit: Amber Tsuchida, Flickr
  • climate change
  • drought
  • climate impacts
  • climate impacts
  • climate change
  • U.S. policy
  • Climate Resilience
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset