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State of the US Clean Energy Transition: Recent Progress, and What Comes Next

  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • renewable energy
  • electric grid
  • electric mobility
  • Electric Mobility
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
  • Climate
Technician installing solar panels on roof.
  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • renewable energy
  • electric grid
  • electric mobility
  • Electric Mobility
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
  • Climate

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

5 Ways Wildfires Affect People Near and Far

  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • fires
  • Climate
  • Cities
Women wear masks in New York City after Canadian wildfire causes dangerous air pollution
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • fires
  • Climate
  • Cities

The Health, Economic and Community Benefits of Zero-carbon Buildings

  • Climate
  • Buildings
  • Cities
  • renewable energy
An apartment building roof in Manhattan has been converted to offer residents the opportunity to garden.
  • Climate
  • Buildings
  • Cities
  • renewable energy

4 Quick and Sustainable Solutions to High Gas Prices in the US

  • transportation
  • Climate
  • Cities
  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Electric Mobility
A close-up photo depicting gas prices above four dollars
  • transportation
  • Climate
  • Cities
  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Electric Mobility

For Vibrant US Cities, Invest in Multi-modal Transportation

  • transportation
  • Urban Mobility
  • electric mobility
  • Equity & Governance
  • U.S. Climate
  • U.S. policy
  • Climate
  • Health & Road Safety
Cyclist using the bike lane in a busy urban street.
  • transportation
  • Urban Mobility
  • electric mobility
  • Equity & Governance
  • U.S. Climate
  • U.S. policy
  • Climate
  • Health & Road Safety

Beyond Highways: Funding Clean Transportation through the US Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  • Climate
  • Cities
  • transportation
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. Climate
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
Public bus and bike shares in Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Climate
  • Cities
  • transportation
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. Climate
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles

How to Help Your Community Fund Electric School Buses in the US

  • Urban Mobility
  • Climate
  • Climate Equity
  • electric mobility
  • transportation
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
Kids riding in the back of a school bus.
  • Urban Mobility
  • Climate
  • Climate Equity
  • electric mobility
  • transportation
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses

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

4 Recommendations to Electrify the US Federal Fleet

  • electric mobility
  • electric grid
  • Urban Mobility
  • renewable energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Climate
An electric vehicle charging next to a patch of grass.
  • electric mobility
  • electric grid
  • Urban Mobility
  • renewable energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Climate

5 Big Ideas to Address the Climate Crisis and Inequality in Cities

  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Climate Resilience
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Transformations
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • Urban Development
  • COP26
People gather in the middle of a Monterrey street during sunset
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Climate Resilience
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Transformations
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • Urban Development
  • COP26

How Some U.S. Cities Are Working to Align Energy Markets with Their Clean Energy Goals

  • electric grid
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
Power lines at sunset.
  • electric grid
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • Energy
  • renewable energy

Accelerating America's Pledge: How U.S. States, Cities and Businesses Can Deliver Ambitious Climate Action

  • U.S. Climate
  • Cities
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • U.S. policy
Rooftop solar panels
  • U.S. Climate
  • Cities
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • U.S. policy
Rooftop solar panels in California.
  • U.S. Climate
  • climate policy
  • Cities
  • Climate

By the Numbers: America’s Pledge Shows How US Is Taking Climate Action Without Trump

  • COP23
  • science based targets
  • Paris Agreement
  • Business
  • Cities
  • Climate
  • U.S. policy
young people preparing ground for tree planting
  • COP23
  • science based targets
  • Paris Agreement
  • Business
  • Cities
  • Climate
  • U.S. policy

After the Deluge: How Houston Can Rebuild With Resilience

  • Climate Resilience
  • Cities
  • Climate
Hurricane Harvey from space.
  • Climate Resilience
  • Cities
  • Climate

As Obama and Modi Meet, 4 Opportunities for US-India Action on Clean Energy and Climate

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. policy
India's goal is to increase solar power to 100 gigawatts by 2022. Photo by Abbie Trayler-Smith/DFID
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. policy

6 Stories to Watch in 2015: Global Climate Deal, Sustainable Development Goals, Rising Water Risks and More

  • Finance
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
  • UNFCCC
  • United Nations
  • U.S. policy
  • water risk
  • stories to watch
Andrew Steer presented 2015's Stories to Watch before a packed house at the Press Club in Washington, D.C. Photo by Bill Dugan/WRI
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
  • UNFCCC
  • United Nations
  • U.S. policy
  • water risk
  • stories to watch

The Clean Vehicle Revolution: Driving Fuel Savings and Emissions Reductions in the United States

  • Energy
  • Cities
  • Economics
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • U.S. policy
  • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
  • transportation
Electric vehicle charging station in Guangdong Province, China. Photo by Remko Tanis/Flickr
  • Energy
  • Cities
  • Economics
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • U.S. policy
  • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
  • transportation
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With Compact of Mayors, Cities Lead on Tackling Climate Change at UN Summit

  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gases
  • transportation
Through the Compact of Mayors and parallel initiatives, cities are making ambitious commitments to curb emissions, adopting new greenhouse gas emissions measuring standards, and supporting the financing of low-carbon infrastructure. Photo Credit: Braden/Flickr.
  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gases
  • transportation