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In Boulder, Colorado, U.S. — a recognized child-friendly city — families enjoy the shallow Boulder Creek renovation, ...

Before flooding in 2024, houses in Nairobi's Mathare settlement reached the very edges of both the Gitathuru and Mathare ...

Located on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, Kibera is one of the Africa's largest informal settlements. Photo: Nick ...

Students riding an electric school bus. The benefits of electric school buses extend far beyond giving students a cleaner ride to school. Photo: Electric School Bus Initiative/WRI Every day, millions ...

People sit outside in Bogotá, Colombia. WRI analysis shows the city has the potential to increase its tree cover by 244%. Photo: mehdi33300/Shutterstock On a hot summer afternoon, the difference ...

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 ...

Opened in 2016 as part of Telehouse’s London Dockland Campus, Telehouse North Two is an 11-story windowless data center equipped with its own grid substation. Photo: Images George Rex/Flickr Cities ...

In Makassar’s informal settlements, community-led design and nature-based infrastructure are turning flood-prone neighborhoods into healthier, safer places to live. Photo: WRI Ross Center On rainy ...

Bogotá, Colombia, closes major city roads to cars every Sunday for Ciclovía. Photo: Ivan_Sabo/iStock Every Sunday morning, Bogotá, Colombia, transforms its streets. Over 120 kilometers (75 miles) of ...

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 ...