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Global Climate Pledges: A Progress Report

  • NDC
  • COP29
  • Energy
  • Forests
  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • National Climate Action
  • transportation
  • pollution
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Mobility
  • climatewatch-pinned
Workers repair a damaged wind turbine blade
  • NDC
  • COP29
  • Energy
  • Forests
  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • National Climate Action
  • transportation
  • pollution
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Mobility
  • climatewatch-pinned
Update

2024 Lee Schipper Memorial Scholarship Awarded for Research on Sustainable Transport and Energy Efficiency

  • Urban Mobility
  • public transit
  • transportation
  • energy efficiency
  • Cities
Boda boda motorcycle taxis.
  • Urban Mobility
  • public transit
  • transportation
  • energy efficiency
  • Cities
Update

Accelerating Clean Energy in India

  • Clean Energy
  • low carbon development
  • Buildings
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
Speaker at WRI India's Accelerating Clean Energy event
  • Clean Energy
  • low carbon development
  • Buildings
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate

A Call to Decarbonize Mexico’s Buildings and Construction Sector

  • energy efficiency
  • Buildings
  • low carbon development
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
Participants in the"Roadmap for the Decarbonization of the Building Sector” workshop in Mexico City
  • energy efficiency
  • Buildings
  • low carbon development
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate

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

E-Tricycles Are Powering a Recycling Revolution in Fortaleza, Brazil

  • Cities
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • waste
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Transformations
People handle large bags of recyclables outside a waste collection center.
  • Cities
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • waste
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Transformations
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What Happens When Extreme Heat and Air Pollution Collide

  • Air Quality
  • pollution
  • health
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
A group looks over a hazy Mexico City, Mexico, from the top of Cerro de la Estrella in April 2021. Days earlier, the city registered an ozone concentration of 160 parts per billion.
  • Air Quality
  • pollution
  • health
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
Update

Greening the Jukskei River: Scaling Nature-based Solutions for Climate Resilience in Johannesburg, South Africa

  • Cities
  • urban water resilience
  • Freshwater
  • Climate Resilience
A group of people removes trash from a river.
  • Cities
  • urban water resilience
  • Freshwater
  • Climate Resilience
Initiatives

Urban Heat and Passive Cooling

Woman walking wearing covering for heat and umbrella.
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Lessons from China’s Growing Adoption of Zero-Emission Trucks

  • Cities
  • electric mobility
  • net-zero emissions
  • Urban Mobility
  • transportation
Three zero-emission trucks parked on the street with powerlines and trees.
  • Cities
  • electric mobility
  • net-zero emissions
  • Urban Mobility
  • transportation

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
Insights

By Restoring India’s Kham River, a City Revives Its Cultural Legacy

  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • restoration
  • rivers
  • Cities
  • urban water resilience
  • Urban Transformations
  • water pollution
  • Urban Development
Two people in a kayak paddle down the Kham River in India.
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • restoration
  • rivers
  • Cities
  • urban water resilience
  • Urban Transformations
  • water pollution
  • Urban Development

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
Insights

Oslo's 'Climate Budget' Is Building a Cleaner City

  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Cities
  • climate policy
  • greenhouse gases
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Transformations
Oslo construction site
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Cities
  • climate policy
  • greenhouse gases
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Transformations
Update

WRI Türkiye Leads Development of Turkey’s First Building Decarbonization Roadmap

  • Cities
  • net-zero emissions
  • Buildings
  • GHG emissions
  • renewable energy
  • Cities
  • net-zero emissions
  • Buildings
  • GHG emissions
  • renewable energy