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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

Recommendations for Collaboration Between the US and China on Methane Emissions

  • GHG emissions
  • agriculture
  • waste
  • mapping
Tiered hill agriculture.
  • GHG emissions
  • agriculture
  • waste
  • mapping
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

What Does Water Have to Do with National Security?

  • Aqueduct
  • mapping
  • U.S. policy
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
People loading truck
  • Aqueduct
  • mapping
  • U.S. policy
  • Freshwater
  • water risk

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

Guacamole Coasts: Not Just Florida, Not Just Now

  • water pollution
  • mapping
  • pollution
  • wastewater
  • Water Quality
  • water risk
  • water pollution
  • mapping
  • pollution
  • wastewater
  • Water Quality
  • water risk

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

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
  • mapping
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance

3 Trends in US Wildfires

  • fires
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • mapping
Fire northwest of Fairbanks, AK. Photo by USFS/Flickr
  • fires
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • mapping

ADVISORY: New Online Platform on Indigenous and Community Territories to Help Secure Land Rights Worldwide

  • mapping
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
  • mapping
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance

NASA Satellite Data Help Show Where Groundwater Is – And Where It Isn’t

  • Aqueduct
  • Freshwater
  • mapping
  • water risk
Photo Credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/33377700@N00/155517365/">Ozyman</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">cc</a>
  • Aqueduct
  • Freshwater
  • mapping
  • water risk

Tree Cover Loss Spikes in Russia and Canada, Remains High Globally

  • Forests
  • data
  • global forest watch
  • mapping
Forest fire in Banff, Canada. Photo by Sarah Lindstrom/Flickr
  • Forests
  • data
  • global forest watch
  • mapping

ADVISORY: Transforming Transportation 2015: Smart Cities for Shared Prosperity

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

STATEMENT: Global Forest Watch Wins UN Big Data Climate Challenge Prize

  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • data
  • deforestation
  • mapping
  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • data
  • deforestation
  • mapping

Tar Sands Threaten World’s Largest Boreal Forest

  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • mapping
  • natural resources
  • fossil fuels
Canada’s boreal forests feature mountain ranges; forested plains, bogs, and peatlands; coniferous and mixed forests; and millions of waterways. Photo credit: Ken Owen, Flickr
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • mapping
  • natural resources
  • fossil fuels
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset