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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

4 Ways to Reduce Plastic Pollution

  • Business
  • circular economy
  • coronavirus
  • waste
  • Ocean
  • pollution
  • regulation
Plastic waits for recycling landfill in the Philippines.
  • Business
  • circular economy
  • coronavirus
  • waste
  • Ocean
  • pollution
  • regulation
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

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

Virginia Carbon Dioxide Reduction Opportunities for Power Sector Compliance Under The Clean Air Act

  • Energy
  • climate change
  • U.S. policy
  • regulation
  • renewable energy
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • U.S. policy
  • regulation
  • renewable energy

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

STATEMENT: WRI Board Members Respond to Proposed U.S. Power Plant Standards

  • Energy
  • Climate
  • U.S. policy
  • regulation
  • Energy
  • Climate
  • U.S. policy
  • regulation

STATEMENT: U.S. Puts First Ever Federal Limits on Existing Power Plant Emissions

  • climate change
  • fossil fuels
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • U.S. policy
  • regulation
  • renewable energy
  • climate change
  • fossil fuels
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • U.S. policy
  • regulation
  • renewable energy

5 Ways Arkansas Can Reduce Power Plant Emissions

  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • U.S. policy
  • pollution
  • power plants
  • regulation
  • renewable energy
Arkansas has already taken steps to reduce its near-term power sector CO2 emissions by implementing energy efficiency policies.
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • U.S. policy
  • pollution
  • power plants
  • regulation
  • renewable energy

RELEASE: New Analysis Shows Arkansas Can Reduce Emissions 39 percent by 2020

  • fossil fuels
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • U.S. policy
  • power plants
  • regulation
  • renewable energy
  • fossil fuels
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • U.S. policy
  • power plants
  • regulation
  • renewable energy

RELEASE: New Analysis Shows Tennessee Can Reduce Emissions 22 percent by 2020

  • fossil fuels
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • power plants
  • regulation
  • renewable energy
  • fossil fuels
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • power plants
  • regulation
  • renewable energy
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset