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After a Tumultuous 2024, What’s Next for Cities?

  • Climate
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • nature-based solutions
  • adaptation
  • health
  • COP16
  • COP29
  • housing
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Mobility
People walk through a debris-filled street after severe flooding in Valencia, Spain.
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • nature-based solutions
  • adaptation
  • health
  • COP16
  • COP29
  • housing
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Mobility

Empowering Residents Helped Buenos Aires Transform Rodrigo Bueno Into a Climate-Resilient Community

  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Urban Development
  • Climate Resilience
  • housing
  • Urban Transformations
People wait at a bus top with trees and apartment buildings in the background.
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Urban Development
  • Climate Resilience
  • housing
  • Urban Transformations
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How Improved Housing in Under-Served Communities Can Strengthen Climate Resilience

  • housing
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • Climate
  • Climate Equity
A row of housing in Iloilo City, Phillippines.
  • housing
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • Climate
  • Climate Equity

To Fix City Slums, Don't Just Knock Them Down: Involve Residents in Upgrading Efforts

  • Cities
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • housing
  • poverty
  • public participation
View of one of the many informal settlements the city of Surabaya, Indonesia has upgraded since the 1960s with input and participation from residents. Photo by Peter Edelman.
  • Cities
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • housing
  • poverty
  • public participation
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Can Housing Be Affordable Without Being Efficient?

  • Buildings
  • housing
Minha Casa, Minha Vida affordable housing project in Brazil
  • Buildings
  • housing
Insights

The Crisis in Affordable Housing Is a Problem for Cities Everywhere

  • Towards a More Equal City
  • housing
Affordable housing for all.
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • housing
Insights
Bridge across creek in Kibera, Nairobi.
  • housing
  • development
  • Equity & Governance
  • housing
  • Equity & Governance

Confronting the Urban Housing Gap

  • Towards a More Equal City
  • housing
  • Equity & Governance
  • Urban Development
Informal housing in Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • housing
  • Equity & Governance
  • Urban Development