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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

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

4 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2023

  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • stories to watch
People dressed in warm clothes on bicycles carrying reusable shopping bags.
  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • stories to watch
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

3 Ways President Biden and Congress Can Restore US Forests

  • Forests
  • carbon removal
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • restoration
  • U.S. policy
Pine trees in Rampart Lakes at dawn.
  • Forests
  • carbon removal
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • restoration
  • U.S. policy

Will Mexico’s Growing Avocado Industry Harm Its Forests?

  • commodities
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
Avocado
  • commodities
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests

Hundreds of US Communities Are Making Climate Action Plans, but Few Include Forests

  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • Forests
Angeles National Forest
  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • Forests

DNA Testing Can Save Trees from Illegal Logging – and You Can Help

  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • deforestation
  • biodiversity
  • Forests
  • illegal logging
Moss-covered bigleaf maple trees in the Hoh Rainforest
  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • deforestation
  • biodiversity
  • Forests
  • illegal logging

Forests Could Be Casualties in a U.S.-China Trade War

  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
Soybean harvesting in Caroline County, Md.
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
Aguaje trees in Peru.
  • deforestation
  • forest monitoring
  • Forests

When Improving America’s Infrastructure, Don’t Forget Forests

  • Freshwater
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • natural infrastructure
  • Water Quality
  • water risk
Watershed
  • Freshwater
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • natural infrastructure
  • Water Quality
  • water risk

Weather Patterns that Fueled Great Smoky Mountains Forest Fire Could Increase with Climate Change

  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • drought
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • fires
Wildfire at Great Smoky Mountains National Park
  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • drought
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • fires

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

Building a Sustainable Guitar: Maple

  • building a sustainable guitar
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • illegal logging
Bigleaf maple forest.
  • building a sustainable guitar
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • illegal logging

5 Images Explain Why the Alberta Forest Fires Are So Hard to Stop

  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
  • mapping
forest fire in Alberta, Canada
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
  • mapping

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

RELEASE: Cargill, WRI Partner to Monitor and Manage Deforestation and Water Risk Across Supply Chains

  • Freshwater
  • forest monitoring
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
  • water risk
  • Freshwater
  • forest monitoring
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
  • water risk

Zooming In: The Real Reasons for Tree Cover Loss and Gain in Minnesota’s Oak Savanna

  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • mapping
  • restoration
Oak trees in Minnesota.
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • mapping
  • restoration

3 Trends in US Wildfires

  • fires
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • mapping
Fire northwest of Fairbanks, AK. Photo by USFS/Flickr
  • fires
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • mapping
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset