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

  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
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Benchmarks for Success for COP28

  • COP28
  • United Nations
  • UNFCCC
  • Paris Agreement
  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • climate policy
  • international climate policy
  • climatewatch-pinned
Solar-powered water pump on a Malawi farm
  • COP28
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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
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Mobility
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Climate Resilience
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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
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Transformations
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
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36 Countries Are Gaining More Trees than They’re Losing

  • forest monitoring
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • mapping
  • restoration
Saplings in Ireland
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  • Forests
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Peatland forest in Parupuk village, Katingan. Central Kalimantan.
  • deforestation
  • restoration
  • mapping
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Will Progress at Climate Week Spur More Action Ahead of COP26?

  • United Nations
  • climate change
  • climate finance
  • climate policy
  • National Climate Action
  • International Climate Action
  • COP26
  • NDC
  • Paris Agreement
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  • climate change
  • climate finance
  • climate policy
  • National Climate Action
  • International Climate Action
  • COP26
  • NDC
  • Paris Agreement
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10 Big Findings From the First Batch of Long-Term Strategies

  • long-term strategies
  • United Nations
  • Paris Agreement
  • GHG emissions
  • National Climate Action
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP26
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  • long-term strategies
  • United Nations
  • Paris Agreement
  • GHG emissions
  • National Climate Action
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5 Issues to Watch at Climate Week 2021

  • climate change
  • climate policy
  • international climate policy
  • United Nations
  • International Climate Action
  • climatewatch-pinned
A utility worker installs rooftop solar panels in Jiujiang, East China
  • climate change
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  • United Nations
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How Do Countries' New Emissions-reduction Plans Stack Up?

  • Climate
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • GHG emissions
  • United Nations
  • COP26
Windmills with a sunset in the background.
  • Climate
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • GHG emissions
  • United Nations
  • COP26
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4 Questions About China's New Climate Commitments

  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • United Nations
Electric bus in Hangzhou, China
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • United Nations
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China and Big Business Give Climate Diplomacy a Kick-Start at UNGA and Climate Week

  • Climate
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • long-term strategies
  • United Nations
UN complex in New York City
  • Climate
  • climatewatch-pinned
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  • United Nations
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As the UN Turns 75, Countries Should Embrace a Shared Vision of a Fairer, Safer and More Sustainable Future

  • coronavirus
  • Urban Mobility
  • Paris Agreement
  • Business
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
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  • transportation
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  • transportation
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In the Distance: Clean Air Post-COVID-19

  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
mexico-city-skyline
  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate