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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

6 Words to Describe the US Pledge to Reduce Emissions 50-52% by 2030

  • NDC
  • National Climate Action
  • Climate
  • climate policy
  • GHG emissions
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP26
President Biden walking down a hallway with flags from different nations on both sides of him.
  • NDC
  • National Climate Action
  • Climate
  • climate policy
  • GHG emissions
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP26
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

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

What’s Next? EU, US and Colombia Show They’re Moving Forward with the Paris Agreement

  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy
Going Green Conference
  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy

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

Andrew Steer Makes the Case for Paris Talks in Congressional Testimony

  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
WRI President and CEO Dr. Andrew Steer testifies before the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology.
  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Insights

What Do Top Emitters' Greenhouse Gas Targets Mean for Emissions? It’s Not Always Clear

  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • GHG emissions
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Wind turbines
  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • GHG emissions
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC

Seizing the Paris Moment

  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Paris, France
  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC

4 Reasons Why the US Can and Should Reduce its Emissions Now

  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy
Installing solar panels. Photo by Dennis Schroeder/Department of Energy
  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy

What the U.S.-Brazil Joint Statement on Climate Change Means for the World

  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • renewable energy
  • UNFCCC
President Dilma Rousseff. Photo by Roberto Stuckert Filho/PR
  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • renewable energy
  • UNFCCC
  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • NDC
  • international climate policy

Canada, EU, Japan and US Post-2020 GHG Emissions Targets: Estimated Emissions Reductions Relative to Different Base Years

  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • NDC
  • international climate policy

10 Steps to Achieve the US Emissions-Reduction Target

  • International Climate Action
  • GHG emissions
  • climate change
  • U.S. policy
  • NDC
  • power plants
Coal-fired power plant in Fayette County, Texas. Photo by Larry D. Moore/Wikimedia Commons
  • International Climate Action
  • GHG emissions
  • climate change
  • U.S. policy
  • NDC
  • power plants

US Has Bold Plan to Stall Climate Change

  • International Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy
Storm surge in Coburg, Pennsylvania. Photo by Tina Neale/Flickr
  • International Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy

US Climate Commitment Should Spur Other Countries to Act

  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy
The United States committed to reduce emissions 26 to 28 percent by 2030. Photo by Walmart/Flickr
  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy

Mexico Becomes First Developing Country to Release New Climate Plan (INDC)

  • International Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Mexico committed to reduce its emissions by 22 percent from business-as-usual levels by 2030. Photo by Pulpolox/Flickr
  • International Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC

STATEMENT: WRI Reacts to Mexico’s Proposed National Climate Commitment

  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC

What to Look for in the New US Climate Plan (INDC)

  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • NDC
The US pledged to reduce its GHG emissions 26-28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025. (Los Angeles, California) Photo by Ben Amstutz/Flickr.
  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • NDC
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset