Nature, Published online: 03 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03508-yClimate change is reshaping urban environments. Architect Carlo Ratti tells Nature that technology offers solutions, but...

City staff presented a draft Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plan proposing 16 strategies and implementation roadmaps; staff noted a $460,000 EPA environmental justice grant awarded earlier was later canceled, slowing work. The plan is posted for comment and is scheduled for a council work session Nov. 16 and a planning commission public hearing in January.

As the world continues to warm, urban areas are increasingly at the forefront of the climate crisis. A recent analysis by the World Resources Institute (WRI ...

City staff recommended a technical services agreement with King County and NOAA to produce a Tumwater-specific climate vulnerability assessment and adaptation plan; committee voted to forward the item to the Dec. 2 council consent agenda. City match and grant-timing details were discussed.

For most of the world’s urban history, changes in policies and responses to hazards have proceeded on a timescale that made adaptation possible, however slow or politically contested. The Great Fire o...

The board authorized eminent domain to amend easement rights for a transmission line project.

Planning commission endorses adjustments for Main Street Meets following easement revelations.