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Managing Extremes: How South African Cities Are Tackling Water Crises

  • urban water resilience
  • nature-based solutions
  • floods
  • drought
  • rivers
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
People collect water during the Cape Town water crisis.
  • urban water resilience
  • nature-based solutions
  • floods
  • drought
  • rivers
  • Cities
  • Urban Development

Johannesburg to Restore Urban Rivers Using Lessons from Durban

  • Urban Development
  • urban water resilience
  • Cities
  • Freshwater
Meeting in a room.
  • Urban Development
  • urban water resilience
  • Cities
  • Freshwater
Insights

3 African Cities Restore Nature to Revitalize Their Rivers

  • nature-based solutions
  • Water Security
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
  • Freshwater
Man carrying tree for planting.
  • nature-based solutions
  • Water Security
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
  • Freshwater
Initiatives
Nairobi, Kenya city center view

South African Cities Show Commitment to Accelerate Water Resilience at 2023 UN Water Conference

  • Freshwater
  • Water Security
  • Cities
  • urban water resilience
  • Urban Development
Aerial view of Johannesburg
  • Freshwater
  • Water Security
  • Cities
  • urban water resilience
  • Urban Development
Initiatives

CanAIRy Alert

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WRI and Partners Select 4 Winners for Digital Transport for Africa Innovation Challenge

  • transportation
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Development
  • electric mobility
  • transportation
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Development
  • electric mobility
Initiatives

TUMI E-Bus Mission

Transmilenio electric transit bus charging at an electric bus depot in Bogota, Colombia

Promoting Locally Led Adaptation In Climate Action

  • Climate Resilience
  • podcasts
  • COP26
  • Climate Resilience
  • podcasts
  • COP26
Initiatives
Aerial view of Dar es Salaam after flooding.
Insights

Johannesburg Fights Inequality with Transit-Oriented Development

  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Cities
  • transportation
  • world resources report
Contrasting high and low income housing juxtaposed in Bloubosrand, Johannesburg, June 2016. Photo: Christina Culwick
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Cities
  • transportation
  • world resources report
Insights

3 Things Cities Can Learn from Cape Town’s Impending “Day Zero” Water Shut-Off

  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • drought
  • mapping
  • natural infrastructure
  • water risk
Cape Town, South Africa
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • drought
  • mapping
  • natural infrastructure
  • water risk
Initiatives
Women community members plant newly matured seedlings in Sumatra, Indonesia