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

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 ...

Shenzhen Talent Park in Houhai Central District. Photo: Andrii Zymohliad/Flickr In Shenzhen’s Houhai Central District, summer temperatures climb higher each year. Last summer, the city recorded a ...

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 ...

Momentum for electric vehicles (EVs) in the United States is starting to slip. After years of rapid growth — fueled by federal incentives and nearly $200 billion in announced EV manufacturing ...

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 ...