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    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
    Cities
    Initiatives
    August 2, 2024

    Heat and Health in Brazilian Cities

    Ocupação Novo Alvorada- região leste de Belo Horizonte / MG
    Cities
    Latin America
    Update
    June 27, 2024

    Campinas, Brazil, Launches Integrated Climate Action Plan

    • National Climate Action
    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • greenhouse gases
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    A pamphlet about Campinas's climate action plan is held up before a city hall audience.
    • National Climate Action
    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • greenhouse gases
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America Oceania North America Europe
    Insights
    November 29, 2023

    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
    • data visualization
    Brick layers during in a heatwave in New Delhi, India
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Development
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    • climate science
    • COP28
    • data visualization
    Climate
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    November 22, 2023

    Decarbonizing Freight: How U.S. Policies and Investments Are Reducing Emissions in the Sector

    • Climate
    • transportation
    • public transit
    Several trains carrying freight gather on tracks
    • Climate
    • transportation
    • public transit
    Cities
    Latin America
    Update
    May 10, 2021

    Transformative Urban Coalitions Project Focuses on Urban Labs in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico

    • Urban Development
    • Urban Mobility
    • Climate Resilience
    Houses on a hill
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Mobility
    • Climate Resilience
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    December 16, 2020

    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
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    February 3, 2015

    Transport Plays a Key Role in Urban Air Quality

    • public transit
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • road safety
    • health
    • transportation
    Transport plays a growing role in both the global climate and public health in cities like Londrina, Brazil. Photo by Mariana Gil/EMBARQ Brasil.
    • public transit
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • road safety
    • health
    • transportation
    Climate
    Latin America Asia
    News
    December 8, 2014

    RELEASE: Launch of First Global Standard to Measure Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Cities

    • Cities
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • Urban Development
    • Cities
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • Urban Development
    Climate
    Africa Asia
    Research
    November 11, 2013

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