Is your city ready for climate disasters?

This Disaster Risk Reduction Day, we're looking at how African #cities are investing in green infrastructure 🌳 alongside traditional infrastructure 🏢 to build a safer, more resilient future.

Here's how 👉 bit.ly/4dZVg8v

#DRRDay #UrbanOctober

For decades, #cities have formalized, replaced or repressed informal transport. The Bogotá Living Lab is changing that 👉 bit.ly/4hTrt3x

Do you want to help cities work with, not around, informal transport?

Register for #GLOCON26 now ➡️ bit.ly/4x8TZ7A

🚌 DYK ESBs produce <50% of the lifetime GHG emissions of diesel- & propane-burning school buses?

In fact, in 🇺🇸 regions that are powered by lower-emissions energy sources, ESBs account for as little as 25% of the emissions burned by diesel buses.

👉 bit.ly/3WhkbPC

#DriveElectricMonth #UrbanOctober

Since 2018, the WRI Ross Center #PrizeforCities 🏆 has received 1.2k+ submissions & awarded 25 initiatives across regions, sectors & issue areas. Together, these projects show what urban transformation looks like.

Our 🆕 cycle builds on that record.

Apply now 👉 PrizeforCities.org

Students who walk & bike to school experience a myriad of benefits, including:
🫀 Improved health
🧠 A higher degree of alertness
💯 Better grades

By improving active mobility infrastructure around schools, #cities can create sustainable, equitable & safe transportation for students.

➡️ bit.ly/4tjaEmk

📢 Applications for the $250,000 WRI Ross Center #PrizeforCities are now open ➡️ PrizeforCities.org

Supported by philanthropist and business leader Stephen M. Ross, the Prize 🏆 celebrates proven urban projects making #cities work better for people, nature and climate.

Making it easier to build housing is important — but it’s not the end of the story.

🆕 research by The Pew Charitable Trusts, led by experts from ECOnorthwest & WRI through NUMO, shows that building homes near existing jobs, stores & transit could save millions in public dollars.

➡️ bit.ly/4y79rRj

As escalating climate impacts hit #cities, our October newsletter spotlights what works:
📹 WRI Colombia found speed cameras cut road deaths by 30%
🎙️ The Urban Q podcast explains how 2025–2026 Grand Prize winner Move As One Coalition drove safer mobility
🇪🇸 Spain joined #CHAMPclimate

➡️ bit.ly/4j28FkH

As we enter #UrbanOctober, we're looking at how #cities can use #NBS to fight climate change.

“In the face of escalating floods, fires and heat, it’s high time we recognize the many ways nature can protect us,” 🗨️ WRI President & CEO Ani Dasgupta 👉 bit.ly/4dJLaJE

Read more ➡️ bit.ly/4zcLw41

The WRI Ross Center #PrizeforCities 🏆 recognizes bold initiatives sparking change in #cities around the 🌍.

One Grand Prize Winner will receive $250k. Four finalists will receive $25k each. Does your project have what it takes?

Apply by Jan. 13, 2027 👉 PrizeforCities.org

Read more ➡️ bit.ly/4yXjeKC

This week at #ClimateWeekNYC 🗽, our experts advanced sustainable & inclusive urban development.

Additionally, amid growing recognition that climate goals can only be achieved when all levels of government work together, Spain 🇪🇸 joined #CHAMPclimate ➡️ bit.ly/3VOnttt

As the newest member of the #CHAMPclimate coalition, Spain 🇪🇸 is joining 77 other countries & the EU to close planning, financing & implementation gaps between cities, states, regions & national governments to translate national climate ambition into results for communities.

More 👉 bit.ly/3VOnttt

Whether urban growth compounds sprawl-driven emissions or avoids them depends on choices being made right now about street networks, block structure & land policy.

Today at #ClimateWeekNYC, we're exploring how the Global South can lock in compact growth ➡️ bit.ly/4ydNMYC

This #WorldCarFreeDay, we're looking at how infill housing 🏘️ can unlock sustainable mobility 🚌 in #cities around the world.

Learn more about infill housing from our experts tomorrow at #ClimateWeekNYC. Register now:
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This week at #ClimateWeekNYC 🗽, we're exploring how integrated climate mitigation & adaptation approaches can improve popular transport & informal settlements while putting #cities on a more liveable, affordable & low-carbon track.

Register now 👉 bit.ly/3Tg9Imt

Next week, we're joining global leaders, businesses, investors & civil society in New York City 🗽 to dive deep into the rapidly changing landscape of sustainable #cities & advance solutions on climate, nature & sustainable development.

Learn from our experts at #ClimateWeekNYC 👉 bit.ly/4iFYUbT

Made in partnership with the Hixon Center for Urban Sustainability, HOW TO MAKE A CITY draws from 1.2k+ submissions to the WRI Ross Center #PrizeforCities 🏆 to show how #cities are driving urban transformation around the 🌍.

See the exhibit at the WRI Hub during #ClimateWeekNYC 👉 bit.ly/3UX1vEj

🛺 Autorickshaws, angkots, jeepneys, matatus, okadas, boda bodas, tuktuks & other forms of informal transport move hundreds of millions of people every day.

Join us October 26–28 in Bangkok, 🇹🇭, for #GLOCON26, the first-ever global convening on informal & shared mobility 👉 bit.ly/4x8TZ7A

The Global Cooling Pledge addresses extreme heat risks & sustainable cooling demand to cut sectoral emissions by 68% by 2050.

This week, we're helping translate the Pledge’s commitments ➡️ action at the 2026 #GlobalCoolingPledge Assembly in 🇸🇬.

👉 bit.ly/4j3uWhZ

Since 2013, the Lee Schipper Memorial Scholarship has continued the legacy of Lee Schipper’s work on sustainable transport & energy efficiency policy.

👏 Congratulations to the 2026 awardees ➡️ bit.ly/4ysYFW6

See them at #TTDC27 in March 👉 transformingtransportation.org