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    Insights
    September 17, 2024

    What Would Cities Look Like With 3 Degrees C of Warming vs. 1.5? Far More Hazardous and Vastly Unequal

    • Cities
    • Climate
    • Equity & Governance
    • climate change
    • health
    • data visualization
    A woman carries water during a blistering hot day in New Delhi, India.
    • Cities
    • Climate
    • Equity & Governance
    • climate change
    • health
    • data visualization
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    September 3, 2024

    A Community Program Is Transforming New York Schoolyards into Climate-Resilient Spaces

    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Development
    Children enjoy the vibrant new playground in the recently redesigned green schoolyard at P.S. 38K in New York, where fresh equipment and engaging spaces foster creativity and play.
    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    July 23, 2024

    For Students with Disabilities, Electric School Buses Could Transform the School Commute

    • Cities
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • Air Quality
    • environmental justice
    A girl in a wheelchair approaches the wheelchair lift on a school bus.
    • Cities
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • Air Quality
    • environmental justice
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    July 1, 2024

    The State of Electric School Bus Adoption in the US

    • Cities
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    School bus USA
    • Cities
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    Cities
    Asia
    Update
    May 28, 2024

    Detroit, Varanasi, Venice Chosen to Host Global Challenges in $9-Million Sustainable Cities Challenge

    • Cities
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Development
    Varanasi, India boats along the water
    • Cities
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    Asia
    News
    May 21, 2024

    RELEASE: WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities Finalists Showcase Successful Efforts to Build Climate-Ready Communities

    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    May 8, 2024

    8 Things to Know about Electric School Bus Repowers

    • Equity & Governance
    • electric school bus series
    • transportation
    Two yellow school buses are hoisted above the ground to be converted to electric.
    • Equity & Governance
    • electric school bus series
    • transportation
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    May 8, 2024

    Mexico Made Safe Mobility a Human Right — Here’s How Its Streets Can Become Safer

    • Cities
    • road safety
    • Urban Mobility
    • Health & Road Safety
    • Integrated Transport
    A person runs across a wide street.
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • Urban Mobility
    • Health & Road Safety
    • Integrated Transport
    Climate
    North America
    News
    April 24, 2024

    STATEMENT: EPA Makes Nearly $1 Billion in Funding Available for Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Including Electric School Buses and Trucks

    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • Electric Mobility
    • Air Quality
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • Electric Mobility
    • Air Quality
    Climate
    North America
    News
    March 29, 2024

    STATEMENT: U.S. EPA Issues New Pollution Standards for Trucks and Buses

    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    • pollution
    • Air Quality
    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    • pollution
    • Air Quality
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    February 7, 2024

    State of the US Clean Energy Transition: Recent Progress, and What Comes Next

    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • renewable energy
    • electric grid
    • electric mobility
    • Electric Mobility
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
    • Climate
    Technician installing solar panels on roof.
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • renewable energy
    • electric grid
    • electric mobility
    • Electric Mobility
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
    • Climate
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America Oceania North America Europe
    Insights
    November 29, 2023

    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
    • data visualization
    Brick layers during in a heatwave in New Delhi, India
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Development
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    • climate science
    • COP28
    • data visualization
    Cities
    Asia Latin America North America Europe
    Update
    November 8, 2023

    10 Cities Shortlisted in $9-Million Global Challenge to Drive Innovation in City Mobility

    • Cities
    • Urban Mobility
    • Integrated Transport
    • transportation
    Train in Bengaluru, India.
    • Cities
    • Urban Mobility
    • Integrated Transport
    • transportation

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