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    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
    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
    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
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    August 29, 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
    Insights
    July 2, 2025

    Managing Extremes: How South African Cities Are Tackling Water Crises

    • urban water resilience
    • nature-based solutions
    • floods
    • drought
    • rivers
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Solutions in Focus
    People collect water during the Cape Town water crisis.
    • urban water resilience
    • nature-based solutions
    • floods
    • drought
    • rivers
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Solutions in Focus
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    February 19, 2025

    In Sub-Saharan Africa, Nature-Based Solutions Take Root

    • nature-based solutions
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    • Cities
    Two workers tend to plants on a riverbank.
    • nature-based solutions
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    • Cities
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    March 25, 2024

    Solar-Powered Battery Swap Stations Could Speed Rwanda’s Shift to Electric ‘Motos’

    • renewable energy
    • electric grid
    • Cities
    • Energy Access
    • Solutions in Focus
    People on motorcycles drive through the busy streets of Kigali, Rwanda.
    • renewable energy
    • electric grid
    • Cities
    • Energy Access
    • Solutions in Focus
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America Oceania North America Europe
    Insights
    November 29, 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
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    November 7, 2023

    From Minibuses to 'Boda Bodas,' Informal Transport Could Be an Untapped Climate Change Solution

    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • Cities
    • Integrated Transport
    • Green Jobs & Skills
    Passengers on a busy Bangkok street ride on colorful three-wheeled tuk-tuks.
    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • Cities
    • Integrated Transport
    • Green Jobs & Skills
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    August 31, 2023

    What to Watch at the First Africa Climate Summit

    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • Energy
    • Finance
    • renewable energy
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • COP28
    Rooftop solar panels in Kenya
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • Energy
    • Finance
    • renewable energy
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • COP28
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    May 27, 2021

    In Nairobi, Residents Redesign Public Spaces to Build Flood Resilience

    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Urban Transformations
    • Equity & Governance
    Nairobi residents redesign public spaces to build flood resilience
    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Urban Transformations
    • Equity & Governance
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Insights
    May 11, 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
    Africa
    Insights
    December 18, 2018

    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