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    Cities Research Insights
    Cities
    Europe
    Insights
    November 27, 2024

    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
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 20, 2024

    How Ride- and Bike-Share Programs Can Play an Important Role in Latin America

    • Integrated Transport
    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    • Cities
    • Health & Road Safety
    • Electric Mobility
    Bicycles are lined up in a row on a street in Mexico City.
    • Integrated Transport
    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    • Cities
    • Health & Road Safety
    • Electric Mobility
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    November 18, 2024

    The State of Electric School Bus Adoption in the US

    • Cities
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    School bus USA
    • Cities
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    Climate
    North America
    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
    • Forests
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • National Climate Action
    • transportation
    • pollution
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Mobility
    • climatewatch-pinned
    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
    Asia Africa Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    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
    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
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    August 15, 2024

    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

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