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    Insights
    November 13, 2024

    Trump May Thwart Federal Climate Action, but Opportunities for Progress Remain

    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • Cities
    • International Climate Action
    • international climate policy
    Installing solar panels on an office building in Mesa, Arizona
    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • Cities
    • International Climate Action
    • international climate policy
    Cities
    Insights
    November 13, 2024

    Countries Have Been Overlooking Their Biggest Climate Allies: Local and Regional Governments

    • Cities
    • National Climate Action
    • NDC
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Families sit and play on a grassy hill at a park overlooking a city.
    • Cities
    • National Climate Action
    • NDC
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Climate
    Insights
    November 11, 2024

    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
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    • climate finance
    • National Climate Action
    • transportation
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    • Cities
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    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    October 24, 2024

    3 Emerging Trends in the US Electric Vehicle Workforce

    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. Climate
    A worker evaluates new Tesla Cybertrucks.
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. Climate
    Cities
    Update
    October 18, 2024

    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
    Cities
    Asia
    Update
    October 16, 2024

    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
    Cities
    North America
    Update
    October 16, 2024

    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
    Cities
    News
    September 25, 2024

    RELEASE: Re-Ciclo Wins Grand Prize in 2023-2024 WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities

    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America North America Europe
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    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
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 12, 2024

    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
    Cities
    Insights
    September 10, 2024

    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
    Cities
    Africa
    Update
    September 9, 2024

    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
    Cities
    Initiatives
    September 9, 2024

    Urban Heat and Passive Cooling

    Woman walking wearing covering for heat and umbrella.
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    September 4, 2024

    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
    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
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