In 2025, WRI and partners planted 12,000 trees in the Soweto section of Johannesburg, South Africa. Photo: Jenna Leah/WRI ...

Cali, Colombia. Over the past year, WRI has worked closely with Cali's city government and Colombia's national government to ...

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Buriganga Shipyard in Dhaka, Bangladesh. As Bangladesh's economic hub, Dhaka anchors the country's export economy, led by the ready-made garment industry. Photo: Sohan Rahat/Unsplash There is a ...

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People don’t just use streets; they respond to them. The placement of curbs, alignment of crossings and painted markings directly shape how safely and predictably people move. How people interpret the ...

Cyclists and pedestrians ride and walk on the Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis. Photo: Weston m/Unsplash Picture this: you wake up on a Sunday morning and hop on a bike with your family or a close ...

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 ...

Nossa Cidade (“Our City”), from TheCityFix Brasil, explores critical questions for building more sustainable cities. Every month features a new theme. Leaning on the expertise of researchers and ...

Walking is the oldest, most democratic way to get around. But as urban areas have become more sprawled, walking has slowly been suffocated by other modes of transport that are less healthy for both ...

The built environment accounts for over one-third of global emissions. In rapidly developing markets like India and Mexico, a surge in housing construction faces a pivotal choice: lock in high-carbon ...

Beijing aims to continue expanding intelligent mobility services that seamlessly integrates bike shares, bus, metro and more. Photo: Su Song/WRI A new digital platform being piloted in cities around ...