Residents attempt to salvage furniture after floodwaters recede in Mukuru. Photo: Ken Muli As of May 2025, approximately ...
People relax along the bank of the Seine River in Paris. France is among countries advancing long-term strategies that align ...
As of May 2025, approximately 500,000 people had been displaced by severe flooding across Kenya. Informal settlements bear a disproportionate burden of flood-induced displacement due to their location ...
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 ...
People pass by a Tesla showroom in New York City. Rollbacks of federal incentives are creating an uncertain future for electric vehicle sales in the U.S. Photo: Elena Chertovskikh/iStock Momentum for ...
Within cities, economically and socially marginalized groups will be most impacted by rising temperatures. Urban poor often live in more densely populated and hotter parts of cities and are more ...
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 ...
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 ...
In cities like Beijing with aging populations, design and infrastructure changes can help make public transit systems more accessible. Photo: Besides the Obvious/Shutterstock As people live longer and ...
Our impressions of a city are formed mainly by the quality of public spaces. If they are not pleasant and preserved, or if they transmit a sense of insecurity, we will seldom return. Good planning of ...
In Belo Horizonte and Campinas, health workers are witnessing mounting heat-related impacts and the growing strain on their ability to provide responsive care firsthand. Photo: Roosevelt Cássio/WRI ...
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 ...