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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
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RELEASE: WRI and Partners Launch REHOUSE Initiative Linking Housing, Urban Services, Climate Action

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  • Urban Development
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
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As the Earth Gets Hotter, Can Our Cities Get Cooler?

  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • nature-based solutions
A line of tourists await the use of the fountain at the base of Rome’s Spanish Steps to cool off.
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • nature-based solutions
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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
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  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
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3 Essentials for Integrated Urban Climate Action

  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • low carbon development
  • urban water resilience
  • Cities
Tram and buildings in Guadalajara.
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • low carbon development
  • urban water resilience
  • Cities
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5 Cities Show How to Thrive in Turbulent Times

  • Urban Development
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Transformations
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
Children playing in a neighborhood park in Barranquilla, Colombia.
  • Urban Development
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  • Urban Transformations
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
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In the Distance: Clean Air Post-COVID-19

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  • Air Quality
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
mexico-city-skyline
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Red Alert: 3 Strategies for Reducing Toxic Ozone Pollution

  • Equity & Governance
  • Air Quality
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Cities
Shanghai smog
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  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Cities
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5 Under-recognized Impacts of Air Pollution

  • Climate
  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • Sustainable Development Goal 3
  • health
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
Visible air pollution in Delhi, India
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  • Sustainable Development Goal 3
  • health
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Planning for a "Just Transition": Leaving No Worker Behind in Shifting to a Low Carbon Future

  • Climate
  • COP24
  • long-term strategies
  • fossil fuels
  • Climate Equity
  • climate change
Providing for workers displaced by the transition away from fossil fuels should be a priority around the world. Photo by U.S. Air Force Photo/Dawn Waldman
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  • long-term strategies
  • fossil fuels
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COP24 Climate Change Package Brings Paris Agreement to Life

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  • Paris Agreement
  • Climate
  • climate change
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STATEMENT: Tough Climate Talks Wrap Up in Poland, Putting Paris Agreement in Motion

  • COP24
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  • Climate
  • international climate policy
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  • Paris Agreement
  • Climate
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A Carbon Price Can Benefit the Poor While Reducing Emissions

  • Economics
  • carbon pricing
  • COP24
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
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  • Economics
  • carbon pricing
  • COP24
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions

The Yellow Vests Movement Isn’t Anti-Climate Action; It’s Pro-Social Justice

  • Climate
  • carbon pricing
  • COP24
  • climate change
  • human rights
Paris, France
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  • COP24
  • climate change
  • human rights
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A power plant in Silesia, the coal-producing region where COP24 meets.
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4 Ways Development Banks Can Better Support the Paris Agreement

  • Climate
  • COP24
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • Paying for Paris
Development banks can make the long road to sustainability easier. Flickr/Mountain Partnership at FAO
  • Climate
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  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • Paying for Paris
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Previewing Climate Finance at COP24: Funds, Rules and Goals

  • COP24
  • Paris Agreement
  • Climate
Can negotiators keep finance on track in Katowice?
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  • Paris Agreement
  • Climate