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    Urban Development
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    29 August 2025

    What to Watch at the Second Africa Climate Summit

    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • renewable energy
    • Cities
    • COP30
    • Urban Development
    Addis Ababa City Scape
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • renewable energy
    • Cities
    • COP30
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    Africa
    Update
    30 July 2025

    New Tool Helps Cities Select and Scale Nature-Based Solutions

    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • nature-based solutions
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    River alongside city.
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • nature-based solutions
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    2 July 2025

    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
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Update
    18 June 2025

    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
    Cities
    Initiatives
    18 Février 2025

    Green-Gray Infrastructure Accelerator

    Nairobi, Kenya city center view
    Cities
    Africa
    News
    21 May 2024

    RELEASE: Canada Awards Over CAD$28 Million to Scale Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Adaptation in African Cities

    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • nature-based solutions
    • adaptation
    • Water Security
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • nature-based solutions
    • adaptation
    • Water Security
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America Oceania North America Europe
    Insights
    29 November 2023

    The Future of Extreme Heat in Cities: What We Know — and What We Don’t

    • extreme heat
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Development
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    • climate science
    • data visualization
    Brick layers during in a heatwave in New Delhi, India
    • extreme heat
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Development
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    • climate science
    • data visualization
    Cities
    Initiatives
    13 July 2023

    Data for Cool Cities

    People walking on sidewalk holding umbrellas on a sunny day.
    Cities
    Initiatives
    29 June 2023

    Deep Dive Cities

    Deep Dive Cities
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Update
    22 March 2023

    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
    Cities
    Africa
    Update
    14 June 2022

    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
    Cities
    Initiatives
    11 May 2021

    UrbanShift

    early in the morning in the best light in Havana
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Insights
    11 May 2021

    As Cities Grow Across Africa, They Must Plan for Water Security

    • Water Security
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • climate finance
    • Urban Development
    • Cities
    • urban water resilience
    Water insecurity in African cities
    • Water Security
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • climate finance
    • Urban Development
    • Cities
    • urban water resilience
    Cities
    Initiatives
    1 March 2021

    WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities

    Ariel shot of a city with lots of trees.