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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

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

Recent Scientific Advancements Show New Connections Between Climate Change and Hurricanes

  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • hurricanes
Hurricane Florence
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • hurricanes

RELEASE: Bipartisan City Officials Call on Federal Government to Support Local Resilience to Climate Change

  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • sea level rise
  • U.S. policy
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • sea level rise
  • U.S. policy

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

5-4-3-2-1: Counting Down Obama’s Legacy on Climate Resilience

  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate policy
  • extreme weather
Barack Obama
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate policy
  • extreme weather

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

How Is Sea Level Rise Affecting Your Region?

  • U.S. Climate
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • sea level rise
  • U.S. policy
Shoreline counties are home to more than 123 million Americans, and account for nearly half the U.S. GDP. Image by WRI
  • U.S. Climate
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • sea level rise
  • U.S. policy

3 Counterintuitive Connections Between Climate Change and Extreme Weather

  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • U.S. policy
Boston received more than 98 inches of snow this season. Photo by Michael Hall/Flickr.
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • 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

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

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

Open Data: A New Tool for Building Climate Resilience

  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • data
  • extreme weather
  • sea level rise
In 2012 alone, extreme weather events caused more than $110 billion in damages and claimed more than 300 lives. Photo credit: Randy Le'Moine, Flickr 2012
  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • data
  • extreme weather
  • sea level rise
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset