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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
Research

State of Climate Action 2023

Wind turbines on grassy field at golden hour.
Data
  • data
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

9 Charts Explain Per Capita Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Country

  • climate change
  • climate impacts
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • greenhouse gases
  • GHG emissions
  • data
  • International Climate Action
The main bazar in Paharganj, India, is full of people during the late afternoon.
  • climate change
  • climate impacts
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • greenhouse gases
  • GHG emissions
  • data
  • International Climate Action
Insights

This Interactive Chart Shows Changes in the World's Top 10 Emitters

  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • data
  • GHG emissions
  • International Climate Action
  • COP26
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
A smokestack of a garbage incineration plant against the backdrop of the city
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • data
  • GHG emissions
  • International Climate Action
  • COP26
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
Initiatives

AgriAdapt 

Monitoring crops.
Update

RELEASE: ‘Cities Race to Resilience’ Campaign Launched to Mobilize Action Ahead of COP26

  • urban water resilience
  • climate change
  • Climate Resilience
  • adaptation
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
People on a boat and a person wading through a river
  • urban water resilience
  • climate change
  • Climate Resilience
  • adaptation
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate

The Payoffs of Open Climate Data

  • Climate
  • data
Ramani Huria workshop in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
  • Climate
  • data
Update

ADVISORY: New Global Program ‘1000 Cities Adapt Now’ at Climate Adaptation Summit 2021

  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • urban water resilience
  • adaptation
  • Climate Resilience
Join the Climate Adaptation Summit poster
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • urban water resilience
  • adaptation
  • Climate Resilience
Initiatives

Coronavirus Recovery

<h2>WRI Statement in Response to COVID-19</h2><p>Statement from Dr. Andrew Steer, CEO and President of World Resources Institute, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>
Technical Perspectives

INSIDER: How Can Governments and Businesses Accelerate Climate Action? Through “Data and Ambition Loops”

  • International Climate Action
  • data
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
Loops can be fun. And they might save the planet! Flickr/Camille Gevaudan
  • International Climate Action
  • data
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
Insights

5 Questions About Agricultural Emissions, Answered

  • Food
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • data
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
Beef comprise a significant portion of agricultural emissions.
  • Food
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • data
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions