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This policy brief describes a transdisciplinary project focused on preventing dengue transmission in Argentina and Colombia by integrating climate science with community participation. The initiative emphasizes that traditional vector control is insufficient and advocates for a co-creation model involving citizens, youth, and authorities to address social and cultural determinants of health in the face of climate change.

This statement from the Instituto Nacional de Ecología (INE) outlines Mexico's proposed national research priorities for the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI). The document advocates for a shift toward identifying and addressing priority problems affecting the Americas, specifically focusing on integrated climate variability assessments, greenhouse gas mitigation in the energy and forestry sectors, and the co-benefits of reducing local and global emissions for human health and ecosystems.

The Local2030 Coalition for the Decade of Action is a UN-led platform designed to accelerate the localization of the 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Commissioned by the Executive Office of the UN Secretary-General and developed by the Stockholm Environment Institute, the coalition aims to bridge gaps in advocacy, action, and monitoring by empowering local and regional governments, civil society, and other local actors. The strategy focuses on fostering multi-level partnerships, leveraging UN expertise, and promoting inclusive, green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic through a rights-based approach.

This working paper examines the relationship between urban expansion and the loss of natural infrastructure (blue-green cover) across India's 10 most populated cities between 2000 and 2015. Using remote sensing and satellite imagery, the study highlights how increased paved surfaces lead to reduced groundwater recharge and higher flood risks, recommending an integrated urban blue-green approach to planning to increase resilience.

This fact sheet describes the World Resources Institute's (WRI) approach to decarbonizing the transport sector through an equitable and sustainable transition to electric mobility (e-mobility). It outlines the global climate necessity for zero-emission vehicles, WRI's multidisciplinary strategy to support this transition, and the eight specific focus areas the organization targets to achieve a zero-emission transport sector by 2050.

This executive summary of a World Resources Institute working paper examines the energy challenges facing cities in the global South and proposes three scalable solutions—cleaner cooking, distributed renewable energy, and energy efficiency—to improve equity, economic productivity, and environmental quality.

This fact sheet introduces the World Resources Report: Towards a More Equal City, which examines how providing equitable access to core urban services—such as housing, water, sanitation, energy, and transportation—can lead to more economically productive and environmentally sustainable cities in rapidly urbanizing regions.

The Zero Carbon Building Accelerator, led by the World Resources Institute (WRI), is a program designed to help national and subnational governments eliminate building sector CO2 emissions to achieve a zero-carbon global building stock by 2050.