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Zero-emission Zones Are Helping Some Cities Fight Pollution

  • electric mobility
  • net-zero emissions
  • Air Quality
  • transportation
  • Urban Mobility
A sign signals a Zero Emission Zone in Oxford, England.
  • electric mobility
  • net-zero emissions
  • Air Quality
  • transportation
  • Urban Mobility
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School bus depot.
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Unpacking COP28: Key Outcomes from the Dubai Climate Talks, and What Comes Next

  • Paris Agreement
  • Climate Resilience
  • Finance
  • adaptation
  • Food
  • Cities
  • Forests
  • COP28
  • climatewatch-pinned
Closing of COP28 climate summit in Dubai
  • Paris Agreement
  • Climate Resilience
  • Finance
  • adaptation
  • Food
  • Cities
  • Forests
  • COP28
  • climatewatch-pinned

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
Brick layers during in a heatwave in New Delhi, India
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Development
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate impacts
  • climate science
  • COP28

Many Underserved Communities Face EV ‘Charging Deserts.’ These 5 Strategies Can Help.

  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
  • environmental justice
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. Energy Topics
A young man plugs in an electric vehicle in a city neighborhood with apartment buildings in the background.
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
  • environmental justice
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. Energy Topics
Update

Developing City Action Plans for Building Decarbonization

  • net-zero emissions
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
View of city with solar panels.
  • net-zero emissions
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
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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
News

STATEMENT: UN Water Conference Delivers Some Game-Changing Commitments, Yet Far More Action and Finance Needed to Address Global Water Crisis

  • Freshwater
  • Water Security
  • urban water resilience
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • Freshwater
  • Water Security
  • urban water resilience
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
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In Iloilo City, Philippines, an Inclusive Housing Program Protects Vulnerable Communities from Flood Risks

  • Climate Resilience
  • sea level rise
  • Urban Development
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
This housing in Iloilo City, Philippines was built to provide safe shelter to people previously living in flood zones.
  • Climate Resilience
  • sea level rise
  • Urban Development
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
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An Innovative Jobs Program in Odisha, India Helped Informal Workers Through COVID-19 and Beyond

  • poverty
  • coronavirus
  • Climate Resilience
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
Workers build steps in Odisha, India
  • poverty
  • coronavirus
  • Climate Resilience
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
News

RELEASE: WRI and Partners Launch Fund to Help African Cities Build Water Resilience

  • COP27
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • urban water resilience
  • adaptation
  • Climate Resilience
  • COP27
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • urban water resilience
  • adaptation
  • Climate Resilience

Bogotá and Cali Connect Local Action to National Ambition to Transform the Buildings Sector

  • Buildings
  • net-zero emissions
  • development
  • Cities
Aerial view of Bogota, Colombia
  • Buildings
  • net-zero emissions
  • development
  • Cities
Insights

Where Do We Stand on COP26 Climate Promises? A Progress Report

  • NDC
  • climate finance
  • net-zero emissions
  • electric mobility
  • renewable energy
  • Cities
  • Climate Resilience
  • Forests
  • climatewatch-pinned
A group of volunteers plant mangroves
  • NDC
  • climate finance
  • net-zero emissions
  • electric mobility
  • renewable energy
  • Cities
  • Climate Resilience
  • Forests
  • climatewatch-pinned
Technical Perspectives

How Prepared Are US Cities to Implement the Justice40 Initiative?

  • environmental justice
  • Equity & Governance
  • Cities
  • infrastructure
  • Energy
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
An electric bus against the backdrop of greenspace within a city
  • environmental justice
  • Equity & Governance
  • Cities
  • infrastructure
  • Energy
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity

5 Ways US States Can Get More Electric School Buses on the Road

  • electric mobility
  • net-zero emissions
  • Climate
  • Air Quality
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Schools
Electric school buses in the US
  • electric mobility
  • net-zero emissions
  • Climate
  • Air Quality
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Schools
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Celebrating the Coalition for Urban Transitions

  • Urban Development
  • Urban Mobility
  • Climate Resilience
  • Energy
  • Climate
Aerial view of Nahargarh Fort in Jaipur, India
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Mobility
  • Climate Resilience
  • Energy
  • Climate