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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
Technical Perspectives
Several trains carrying freight gather on tracks
  • Climate
  • transportation
  • public transit

Ways the US Can Electrify Its Public Fleets, from City Buses to Garbage Trucks

  • electric mobility
  • Clean Energy
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • Air Quality
A blue and yellow city bus with the words "clean energy bus" on the side driving in downtown New York.
  • electric mobility
  • Clean Energy
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • Air Quality
Update

Celebrating 10 Years of Collaboration on Public Transportation from WRI and FedEx

  • Cities
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • Urban Mobility
Avenue in Mexico City
  • Cities
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • Urban Mobility
Initiatives

TUMI E-Bus Mission

Transmilenio electric transit bus charging at an electric bus depot in Bogota, Colombia
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  • podcasts
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
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

PODCAST: What to Watch for in a Green New Deal

  • U.S. Climate
  • podcasts
  • Sustainable Development Goal 13
  • climate change
Sunrise at the Capitol.
  • U.S. Climate
  • podcasts
  • Sustainable Development Goal 13
  • climate change

PODCAST: What's Next for U.S. Renewables?

  • Energy
  • podcasts
  • Sustainable Development Goal 7
  • renewable energy
Rooftop solar at National Renewable Energy Lab.
  • Energy
  • podcasts
  • Sustainable Development Goal 7
  • renewable energy
Insights
Irving Mintzer and Rafe Pomerance of WRI.
  • podcasts
  • climate change

Are We Ready for Autonomous Vehicles? The Uncertain Road Ahead

  • public transit
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
self-driving car
  • public transit
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety

PODCAST: How We Can Clean the Chesapeake and Save Money in the Process

  • Freshwater
  • podcasts
  • agriculture
  • water pollution
  • pollution
  • Water Quality
Marsh
  • Freshwater
  • podcasts
  • agriculture
  • water pollution
  • pollution
  • Water Quality

PODCAST: What Does the US Stand to Lose if it Pulls Out of the Paris Agreement?

  • podcasts
  • U.S. policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
President Trump
  • podcasts
  • U.S. policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC

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

DC’s Metro Closure Shows Why Creating Trust in Public Transit Matters

  • public transit
  • health
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • health
  • transportation

Mexico City’s Car Congestion Slows Economic Growth, Costs Businesses

  • public transit
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
Motorized vehicles are responsible for nearly half of Mexico City's greenhouse gas emissions. Photo by Curt Carnemark / World Bank
  • public transit
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset