Urban Transformation
Bringing Solar Power to the People
By addressing equity issues, RMI’s Solarize cohorts have made rooftop solar and lower electricity bills available to more people around the country.
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Urban Transformation
Solving Colorado’s Housing and Climate Crisis
Colorado’s housing crisis is a climate crisis, too. Over the past several months, policymakers in the Centennial State have debated a variety of options to address these issues simultaneously and produce thousands of affordable and…
Urban Transformation
City Climate Intelligence: Addressing the Urban Emissions Information Gap
City Climate Intelligence is a new, near-real-time greenhouse gas monitoring methodology that helps cities track, analyze, and act on emissions data.
Urban Transformation
A Fork in the Road: States Will Determine the Future of US Transportation Pollution
How states spend federal infrastructure funding will determine whether it increases or decreases climate pollution from US transportation.
Urban Transformation
Narrowing the Solar Equity Gap through Solarize
Cities are helping low- and moderate-income households install solar with Solarize campaigns.
Urban Transformation
How to Get Your Local Government to 100 Percent Clean Electricity
A new framework from RMI helps cities and counties prioritize energy projects.
Urban Transformation
Growing to Its Potential
Urban nature is a powerful tool to help cities reduce emissions, promote equity, and more. Scaled-up investment is needed to unlock valuable benefits.
Urban Transformation
Blueprints for a Green City
Urban nature is a powerful tool to help cities reduce emissions, promote equity, and more. Scaled-up investment is needed to unlock valuable benefits.
Urban Transformation
Weathering Climate Disasters with Resilience Hubs
In the face of worsening extreme weather, cities are creating resilience hubs to provide communities with numerous health, economic, and environmental benefits.
Urban Transformation
Want Energy Resilience? Invest Locally.
Communities can leverage new federal funding to increase resilience in the face of increasing climate-induced disasters.