Back

    Resources

    Within This Topic
    Type of Resource
    Region
    95 Resources for
    Africa
    News
    July 30, 2026

    RELEASE: New WRI Research Shows Nairobi’s Flooding Crisis Spans Beyond Rainfall, Calls for a New Approach to Urban Resilience

    • floods
    • nature-based solutions
    • Climate Resilience
    • urban water resilience
    • housing
    • Urban Development
    • adaptation
    • floods
    • nature-based solutions
    • Climate Resilience
    • urban water resilience
    • housing
    • Urban Development
    • adaptation
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    June 8, 2026

    Tackling Central Africa's Water and Power Challenges Starts with Restoring Nature

    • nature-based solutions
    • urban water resilience
    • adaptation
    • floods
    • restoration
    • Climate Resilience
    • Solutions in Focus
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    The bare hillsides of Bukavu being restored and stabilized
    • nature-based solutions
    • urban water resilience
    • adaptation
    • floods
    • restoration
    • Climate Resilience
    • Solutions in Focus
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    May 18, 2026

    African Cities Use Nature to Fight Floods and Climate Change

    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • Urban Development
    • floods
    • Climate Resilience
    • restoration
    • Solutions in Focus
    Workers remove invasive species in Johannesburg, South Africa.
    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • Urban Development
    • floods
    • Climate Resilience
    • restoration
    • Solutions in Focus
    Cities
    News
    March 18, 2026

    RELEASE: New Global Platform Maps Urban Heat Risks Block by Block—and Shows Cities How to Cool Them

    • Climate Resilience
    • Urban Development
    • extreme heat
    • extreme weather
    • adaptation
    • Climate Resilience
    • Urban Development
    • extreme heat
    • extreme weather
    • adaptation
    Cities
    Insights
    March 17, 2026

    Most Cities Are Getting Hotter. Not All Residents Feel It Equally

    • extreme heat
    • climate change
    • Urban Development
    • nature-based solutions
    Khayelitsha, an informal settlement in Cape Town, with Table Mountain in the background
    • extreme heat
    • climate change
    • Urban Development
    • nature-based solutions
    Cities
    Africa
    Update
    March 6, 2026

    Rwanda’s Cities Turn to Green-Gray Infrastructure to Address Climate Risks

    • nature-based solutions
    • urban water resilience
    • climate policy
    • restoration
    • Urban Development
    At the Rwanda Forum for Urban & Peri-Urban Nature-based Solutions, practitioners and experts identified potential interventions for addressing the biggest climate risks in their districts.
    • nature-based solutions
    • urban water resilience
    • climate policy
    • restoration
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America North America
    News
    January 28, 2026

    RELEASE: WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities Names Five Finalists Transforming Health and Daily Life in Cities

    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Bike rider on a green urban bike lane
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Cities
    Update
    December 19, 2025

    Multilevel Collaboration Advances Zero Emission and Resilient Buildings in Colombia, Kenya and the Philippines

    • Cities
    • Buildings
    • National Climate Action
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    People attending an event.
    • Cities
    • Buildings
    • National Climate Action
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Update
    December 15, 2025

    How Green Jobs in Dire Dawa Benefit Women and the Environment

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Women work with tree seedlings in a greenhouse.
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    November 24, 2025

    South Africa Is Fighting Back Against Invasive Plants

    • Water Security
    • urban water resilience
    • nature-based solutions
    • biodiversity
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • floods
    • Solutions in Focus
    A street in Johannesburg, South Africa, lined with jacarandas in bloom with their purple flowers and petals sprinkled on the road.
    • Water Security
    • urban water resilience
    • nature-based solutions
    • biodiversity
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • floods
    • Solutions in Focus
    Cities
    Update
    November 7, 2025

    Advancing Local Climate Action for Ambitious NDCs 3.0

    • NDC
    • Cities
    • National Climate Action
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Aerial view of high-rise buildings on a sunny day in Nairobi.
    • NDC
    • Cities
    • National Climate Action
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    November 6, 2025

    World’s Informal Housing Crisis Demands a Climate Response

    • COP30
    • NDC
    • climate impacts
    • human rights
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya
    • COP30
    • NDC
    • climate impacts
    • human rights
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate