An installation crew from Alexandra Water Warriors tests a litter trap in the Jukskei River. Photo: Jenna Echakowitz/SUNCASA In Gauteng Province, the Jukskei River winds its way through the heart of ...

Newly planted trees line the Piassa-Mexico-Sarbet-Gotera-Wollo Sefer corridor in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Implemented during the first phase of the city’s corridor development project, the trees provide ...

Visitors of Inya Lake Park in Yangon, Myanmar, enjoy open green space and a tree-lined pedestrian path. Access to urban green spaces can increase residents’ quality of life, improve climate resilience ...

In Mathare, Kenya, street vendors utilize umbrellas to stay cool. An informal settlement with structures mostly made of heat-trapping materials, residents face amplified impacts of extreme heat. Photo ...

This blog explores the theme of WRI India’s recent exhibition in Bengaluru – “Minimum Intervention, Maximum Impact” – that highlighted the critical elements that make roads and streets safer for all.

Understand Where and How Children Play This is crucial as urban practitioners continue to equate play provision for children with creating formal parks and playgrounds. However, observing children’s ...

As electric school buses hit the road across the United States, it’s important for school districts and school transportation providers to prepare for how these clean-running buses will perform in ...

One viable way of addressing the impact of extreme climate events is through Nature-based Solutions (NbS). NbS offer integrated and cost-effective strategies to address climate risks in cities while ...

The Deep Dive model, pioneered in Mexico City, is now helping other cities transcend individual projects to promote transformative city-wide change across systems. Photo: WRI México Achieving ...

In San Francisco, parks, squares and alleys transform into playgrounds on car-free days, fostering a sense of togetherness and belonging. Photo: Patrick Race As cities become more congested, traffic ...

U.S. corporate, commercial and industrial customers have purchased 60 gigawatts (GW) of clean energy since 2014, while U.S. local governments have procured 20 GW of clean energy since 2015. Some of ...

What is food system resilience? Generally, it means shorter supply chains, more direct from “farm to fork;” climate-smart agriculture; robust markets for healthy, minimally processed and humanely ...