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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

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

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

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
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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
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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

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

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
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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
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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

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
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By Restoring India’s Kham River, a City Revives Its Cultural Legacy

  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • restoration
  • rivers
  • Cities
  • urban water resilience
  • Urban Transformations
  • water pollution
  • Urban Development
Two people in a kayak paddle down the Kham River in India.
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • restoration
  • rivers
  • Cities
  • urban water resilience
  • Urban Transformations
  • water pollution
  • Urban Development

For Students with Disabilities, Electric School Buses Could Transform the School Commute

  • Cities
  • electric mobility
  • transportation
  • Air Quality
  • environmental justice
A girl in a wheelchair approaches the wheelchair lift on a school bus.
  • Cities
  • electric mobility
  • transportation
  • Air Quality
  • environmental justice