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US Hospitals Reduce Emissions Through Plant-based Foods

  • Top Outcome: 2023
  • Food
  • health
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • agriculture
Hospital dining workers.
  • Top Outcome: 2023
  • Food
  • health
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • agriculture

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
Insights

Q&A: How a Cuban Name Change Boosted Panera’s Soup Sales

  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Food
Black bean soup
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Food
Insights

This Flavor-Packed Burger Saves As Many Emissions As Taking 2 Million Cars Off the Road

  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • agriculture
  • Food
mini burgers
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • agriculture
  • Food
Insights
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • Food

Mere Steps from the Oval Office, a Growing Solution to Climate Change

  • Food
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • U.S. policy
  • agriculture
  • climate change
Children plant vegetables in the White House Kitchen Garden
  • Food
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • U.S. policy
  • agriculture
  • climate change
Insights

In a Broken Food System, Consumers Have More Power Than They Realize

  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • food security
  • Food Loss and Waste
Farmers’ market in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • food security
  • Food Loss and Waste

RELEASE: New Partnership Working to Reduce U.S.Food Waste by 50 Percent

  • Business
  • agriculture
  • U.S. policy
  • Food
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • Business
  • agriculture
  • U.S. policy
  • Food
  • Food Loss and Waste

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

RELEASE: New “Better Buying Lab” to Develop Sustainable Food Strategies

  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Food
  • agriculture
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Food
  • agriculture

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

ADVISORY: Transforming Transportation 2015: Smart Cities for Shared Prosperity

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

High Water Stress Jeopardizes One-Third of World’s Corn Crop

  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • Food
  • food security
  • water risk
Water limits to corn production are likely to be exacerbated as climate change alters global precipitation patterns. Photo Credit: Jane/Flickr
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • Food
  • food security
  • water risk
  • aquaculture
  • Food
  • food security

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
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset