Suneha Hameed/ WRI India In August 2025, Bengaluru’s Namma Metro recorded its highest-ever single-day ridership of over 1 ...

Urban news & analysis from WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities ...

Early on a weekday morning in Atlanta, a familiar choreography unfolds along a landscaped path: High school students stream north to class; middle schoolers head south, backpacks bouncing as they bike ...

Twenty years ago, the forested slopes above Alpine Acres — a small community at the source of the Weber River in Summit County, Utah — were overgrown with dry brush and primed for wildfire. With only ...

The URF shows that proactive investment in wildfire resilience can protect forests and communities upstream, while benefiting ...

Gerville/iStock AI tools like ChatGPT, navigation apps and streaming platforms feel effortless, drawing information seemingly from thin air. Yet the infrastructure behind them is anything but ...

We are in the midst of a great economic shift — one that will shape livelihoods and growth for decades to come. The rise of AI and digitalization, geopolitical changes, uneven population growth, and ...

We are in the midst of a great economic shift — one that will shape livelihoods and growth for decades to come. The rise of AI and digitalization, geopolitical changes, uneven population growth, and ...

Factory workers assemble electric vehicles, part of a rapidly growing industry. New WRI research identifies manufacturing as ...

Two Colombian workers work on a climate project supported by the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). Photo: Neil Palmer Photography/CIAT ...

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 ...

Two electric cars plugged in at a charging station in Norway. Photo: martin berry/Alamy Electric vehicle (EV) sales have been growing exponentially due to falling costs, improving technology and ...