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    December 19, 2024

    2024 in Review: Our Biggest Stories on People, Nature and the Climate

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Finance
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Ocean
    • Freshwater
    • Food
    Three workers installing solar panels on a roof.
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Finance
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Ocean
    • Freshwater
    • Food
    Cities
    Insights
    December 19, 2024

    4 Cities Looking Beyond Rider Fares to Fund Better, More Resilient Public Transit

    • Cities
    • Urban Mobility
    • Integrated Transport
    • public transit
    • transportation
    Riders wait for an approaching metro train.
    • Cities
    • Urban Mobility
    • Integrated Transport
    • public transit
    • transportation
    Cities
    Initiatives
    December 2, 2024

    Access to Climate Finance for Transport

    Highway and skyline Hanoi, Vietnam
    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
    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
    Initiatives
    September 9, 2024

    Urban Heat and Passive Cooling

    Woman walking wearing covering for heat and umbrella.
    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
    Asia
    Insights
    July 31, 2024

    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
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    July 23, 2024

    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
    Cities
    Europe
    Insights
    July 15, 2024

    Oslo's 'Climate Budget' Is Building a Cleaner City

    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Cities
    • climate policy
    • greenhouse gases
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Transformations
    Oslo construction site
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Cities
    • climate policy
    • greenhouse gases
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Transformations

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