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School bus depot.
News
  • COP28
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Cities

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
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
Insights
People in Jakarta wait for a train while wearing face masks to reduce air pollution exposure
  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • pollution
  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
Initiatives

Integrated Climate Action

City residents gather to talk under a new shaded shelter
Initiatives

Multi-Level Governance Atlas

Market in Marrakech, Morocco
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
Insights

As the Earth Gets Hotter, Can Our Cities Get Cooler?

  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • nature-based solutions
A line of tourists await the use of the fountain at the base of Rome’s Spanish Steps to cool off.
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • nature-based solutions
Initiatives

Data for Cool Cities

People walking on sidewalk holding umbrellas on a sunny day.
Insights

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
Insights

3 Essentials for Integrated Urban Climate Action

  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • low carbon development
  • urban water resilience
  • Cities
Tram and buildings in Guadalajara.
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • low carbon development
  • urban water resilience
  • Cities
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset