Listen to an exclusive episode with Mayors Van Johnson and Shawyn Patterson-Howard, who shared how they're solving environmental health crises using convening power, community storytelling, and data.
Learn how cooling interventions and housing upgrades improve health during extreme heat. Explore research-backed solutions for vulnerable communities.
Baltimore's cross-agency collaboration on extreme heat led to the creation of a layered GIS map to guide equitable cooling interventions for pregnant people and young children.
Stephen Goldsmith speaks with Dr. Sara Naomi Bleich, professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and former USDA Director of Nutrition Security and Health Equity. Dr. Bleich breaks down major recent changes to the Supplemental Nutrition...
City leaders can regulate data center development to protect air quality by leveraging permitting reforms, strategic coordination, and data-driven mapping to mitigate environmental impacts on their communities.
As Canada, Mexico, and the United States kick off the FIFA 2026 World Cup, with games scheduled during peak summer heat, this article offers host cities proven, budget-friendly and low-tech cooling methods to protect fans, workers, and athletes. Arm...
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens has one of the country’s most comprehensive neighborhood redevelopment plans, with a targeted approach; otherwise, a strategy for everything “means you have a strategy of nothing.”
Milwaukee faced a childhood lead poisoning crisis, which was tackled through inter-agency collaboration, work with community partners, and deploying a data-driven, equity-focused strategy that has now become a national model.
Learn how Seattle created CiviForm by co-designing with residents and staff. A step-by-step guide for cities building integrated benefit access platforms.