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Cities4Forests

Pond and trees in front of city skyline.

In Barranquilla, Colombia, Urban Parks Revitalize a Declining City

  • Cities
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Urban Transformations
Parque Sagrado Corazon in Barranquilla, Colombia
  • Cities
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Urban Transformations
Initiatives
Ariel shot of a city with lots of trees.

How "Complete Streets" Are Creating Safer, More Sustainable Cities in Brazil

  • Cities
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Transformations
  • Urban Development
People cross the street in Belo Horizonte
  • Cities
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Transformations
  • Urban Development
Insights

Cities Need a Systems-change Approach to Build Climate-resilient Communities

  • Urban Transformations
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Mobility
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Climate Resilience
Looking down at city buildings, some with green roofs and the street below.
  • Urban Transformations
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Mobility
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Climate Resilience
Outcomes

Food-Climate Connection Rises on the Global Agenda

  • Top Outcome: 2021
  • Food Loss and Waste
People picking vegetables at a farmers' market
  • Top Outcome: 2021
  • Food Loss and Waste
Outcomes

South Africa Sets Stronger Emissions-reduction Target

  • Top Outcome: 2021
Solar panels on rooftop of building in Cape Town, South Africa
  • Top Outcome: 2021
Outcomes

COP26 Advances Ambitious Climate Action and Nature-based Solutions

  • Top Outcome: 2021
  • International Climate Action
  • nature-based solutions
Scotland, Glasgow, Clydebank, Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre aka SECC
  • Top Outcome: 2021
  • International Climate Action
  • nature-based solutions
Outcomes
Men working on the embankments of the Nairobi to Mombasa section of the China funded Standard Gauge Railway Project in Kenya
  • Top Outcome: 2021
Multi-ethnic group of elementary age children getting on a school bus
  • Top Outcome: 2021

Brazil Commits to Reduce Traffic Deaths 50% by 2030

  • Top Outcome: 2021
  • Health & Road Safety
People and traffic in Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Top Outcome: 2021
  • Health & Road Safety
Outcomes

Global Forest Watch Helps Indigenous Peoples Reduce Deforestation

  • Top Outcome: 2021
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
Aerial view over a tropical forest with a river meandering through the canopy
  • Top Outcome: 2021
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
Outcomes
buildings in Montreal, Canada
  • Top Outcome: 2021
cleaning solar panels
  • Top Outcome: 2021
Insights

5 Cities Show How to Thrive in Turbulent Times

  • Urban Development
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Transformations
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
Children playing in a neighborhood park in Barranquilla, Colombia.
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Transformations
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
Insights

Can Cities Thrive in Turbulent Times? 3 Questions for Cities in 2022

  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Urban Transformations
Overhead view of a city
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Urban Transformations
Insights

7 Major Transformations to Solve Urban Inequality

  • Urban Development
  • Urban Transformations
  • land use
  • data
  • infrastructure
  • Equity & Governance
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • COP26
An aerial view of a cluster of small homes next to luxury buildings, all surrounded by trees.
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Transformations
  • land use
  • data
  • infrastructure
  • Equity & Governance
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • COP26

2020-2021 Grand Prize Winner: Sustainable Food Production for a Resilient Rosario

  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Urban Transformations
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • agriculture
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Urban Transformations
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • agriculture

Rosario, Argentina Uses Urban Farming to Tackle Economic and Climate Crises

  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Cities
  • Urban Transformations
  • Equity & Governance
  • agriculture
A man sits and plants new plants in his garden.
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Cities
  • Urban Transformations
  • Equity & Governance
  • agriculture