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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
Update

Trends Show Companies Are Ready for Scope 3 Reporting with US Climate Disclosure Rule

  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG Protocol
  • climate policy
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG Protocol
  • climate policy
Technical Perspectives

The Draft US Securities and Exchange Commission Climate Disclosure Rule: Eight Myths Debunked

  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG Protocol
  • science based targets
  • climate policy
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG Protocol
  • science based targets
  • climate policy
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

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

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
Insights

It’s Time for US Federal Contractors to Measure their Carbon Footprints

  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • greenhouse gases
United States Department of Energy Forrestal Building
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • greenhouse gases

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

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
Research

Weaving the Net

RELEASE: New Guidance Will Help Financial Institutions Measure Emissions from Lending and Investment Portfolios

  • Business
  • GHG Protocol
  • GHG emissions
  • Finance
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • Business
  • GHG Protocol
  • GHG emissions
  • Finance
  • greenhouse gas accounting

A New, One-Stop Shop for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data

  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
Insights

33 Cities Test New Framework for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Inventories

  • Cities
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG Protocol
  • UNFCCC
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG Protocol
  • UNFCCC

Tracking Greenhouse Gases: 3 Factors for Successful National Inventories

  • climate change
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • UNFCCC
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • UNFCCC
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset