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One County in Rural Kenya Is Using Clean Energy to Close its Electricity Gap

  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • health
  • electric grid
Rooftop solar installation on a rural hospital in Kenya.
  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • health
  • electric grid

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
Insights

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
Update

Greening the Jukskei River: Scaling Nature-based Solutions for Climate Resilience in Johannesburg, South Africa

  • Cities
  • urban water resilience
  • Freshwater
  • Climate Resilience
A group of people removes trash from a river.
  • Cities
  • urban water resilience
  • Freshwater
  • Climate Resilience
Initiatives

Urban Heat and Passive Cooling

Woman walking wearing covering for heat and umbrella.
Insights

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

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
Update

How China and Africa Can Better Collaborate to Close Sub-Saharan Africa’s Energy Access Gap

  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • climate finance
  • renewable energy
Two workers install solar panels on the corrugated metal roof of a shop.
  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • climate finance
  • renewable energy
Insights

How the Climate Finance Puzzle Fits into the Global Financial System

  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • adaptation finance
  • COP29
  • Paris Agreement
  • International Climate Action
Motorcyclists, buses and pedestrians navigate a flooded, hectic city street.
  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • adaptation finance
  • COP29
  • Paris Agreement
  • International Climate Action
Update

Bipartisan IMPACT Act 2.0 Fills Gaps in Concrete and Asphalt Climate Legislation

  • Climate
  • industry
  • U.S. Climate
  • climate policy
Roadwork in rural area.
  • Climate
  • industry
  • U.S. Climate
  • climate policy

Canada Develops Legal Framework to Prioritize Net-Zero Implementation

  • Climate
  • net-zero emissions
  • long-term strategies
  • long-term strategy related case study
  • GHG emissions
Wind turbine in snowy field.
  • Climate
  • net-zero emissions
  • long-term strategies
  • long-term strategy related case study
  • GHG emissions

Uruguay’s Wind Development Program Attracted Private Investment to Transform the Power Sector

  • Climate
  • net-zero emissions
  • long-term strategies
  • long-term strategy related case study
  • GHG emissions
Wind turbines on green fields with trees.
  • Climate
  • net-zero emissions
  • long-term strategies
  • long-term strategy related case study
  • GHG emissions
Update

Sweden’s Early Action to Legally Enshrine its Net-Zero Target May Bolster Against Political Shifts

  • Climate
  • net-zero emissions
  • long-term strategies
  • long-term strategy related case study
  • GHG emissions
Tram in Sweden.
  • Climate
  • net-zero emissions
  • long-term strategies
  • long-term strategy related case study
  • GHG emissions
Update

The Kingdom of Tonga Developed its LT-LEDS Through a Consensus-Based Stakeholder Engagement Process

  • Climate
  • net-zero emissions
  • long-term strategies
  • long-term strategy related case study
  • GHG emissions
Tufui Faletau stands outside the Treasury building in Nuku'alofa, Tonga.
  • Climate
  • net-zero emissions
  • long-term strategies
  • long-term strategy related case study
  • GHG emissions
Update

Singapore Mandates Corporate Climate Risk Disclosure to Mobilize Private Climate Finance

  • Climate
  • net-zero emissions
  • long-term strategies
  • long-term strategy related case study
  • GHG emissions
Cloud Foreset, Gardens by the Bay Singapore.
  • Climate
  • net-zero emissions
  • long-term strategies
  • long-term strategy related case study
  • GHG emissions