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The Urban20 Summit in Rio and the Importance of Subnational-National Collaboration

  • Climate
  • climate finance
  • transportation
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Mobility
Aerial view of a cable car in Rio
  • Climate
  • climate finance
  • transportation
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Mobility
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Europe’s Cities Should Prepare for Hotter, More Hazardous Days Ahead

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • health
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
People stand near a fountain during a London heat wave.
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • health
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate

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
Insights

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
Initiatives

Urban Heat and Passive Cooling

Woman walking wearing covering for heat and umbrella.

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

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
Initiatives
Ocupação Novo Alvorada- região leste de Belo Horizonte / MG
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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
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

Campinas, Brazil, Launches Integrated Climate Action Plan

  • National Climate Action
  • Climate
  • Climate Governance
  • greenhouse gases
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
A pamphlet about Campinas's climate action plan is held up before a city hall audience.
  • National Climate Action
  • Climate
  • Climate Governance
  • greenhouse gases
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
Update
Varanasi, India boats along the water
  • Cities
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Development
News

RELEASE: Canada Awards Over CAD$28 Million to Scale Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Adaptation in African Cities

  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • nature-based solutions
  • adaptation
  • Water Security
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • nature-based solutions
  • adaptation
  • Water Security

How 'Complete Streets' Are Making Brazil's Cities Safer

  • Cities
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Development
People cross the street in Belo Horizonte
  • Cities
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Development
Update
Leila Surratt.
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
Update
People walking on busy market street in San Nicolas, Argentina.
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • transportation
  • climate finance

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
News

RELEASE: WRI and Partners Launch REHOUSE Initiative Linking Housing, Urban Services, Climate Action

  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate