Michael Brilliot, deputy director for citywide planning for San Jose, Calif., is building urban villages — with a mix of apartments and amenities nearby. He says it's the city's version of 15-minute cities. Most of San Jose is dominated by single-family neighborhoods that aren't so dense. Julia Simon/NPR hide caption
People harvest crops at the Asante Microfarm in front of a house in View Park, in Los Angeles, in 2021. Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Evaporation ponds that are pinkish-red due to high salinity levels are visible on the north section of the Great Salt Lake in August 2021 near Corinne, Utah. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
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Carlos Moreno, a Franco-Colombian urbanist, has been helping spread the idea of 15-minute cities — where people can access key things in their life within a short walk, bike ride or transit ride of their home. But the climate solution is seeing huge challenges, including conspiracy theories. Julia Simon/NPR hide caption
Chris Gloninger, pictured in June 2022. Chris Gloninger hide caption
Conservation professionals learn how to respond to cultural heritage emergencies following disasters at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston on Sept. 20. Chloe Veltman/NPR hide caption
Ramón Méndez Galain was Uruguay's National Director of Energy from 2008 to 2015. His plan for the energy sector led to 98% of Uruguay's grid being powered by green energy. And a good deal of that comes from wind energy — from turbines like those behind him. Amanda Aronczyk/NPR hide caption
Jacob Murungi collects water near his home in central Kenya — harvesting it from fog that forms overnight and clings to trees. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
The giant white marble boulders that line the Agos River just north of the Philippine village of Daraitan are sacred to the Indigenous Dumagat people. They use the boulders to perform rituals to ward off sickness and keep their village safe. If the Kaliwa Dam is built upriver, the Dumagat say these rocks will be destroyed to make way for the increased water flow. Ashley Westerman/NPR hide caption
Marching bands are getting creative to beat the heat of climate change. Some changes include covering brass instruments under direct sunlight, scheduling frequent water breaks and time to put on extra sunscreen, no longer wearing traditional marching band uniforms at games and practicing before sunrise or after sunset. Bridget Dowd/KJZZ hide caption
To help conserve usage of the taxed resources like the Colorado River (pictured here), engineers are recycling raw sewage into safe drinking water. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
Rev. Ben Chavis, right, raises his fist as fellow protesters are taken to jail at the Warren County PCB landfill near Afton, N.C., on Sept. 16, 1982. Greg Gibson/AP hide caption
Pyxis Ocean sets sail in August on its first voyage since being retrofitted with WindWings. Cargill hide caption
Ciara Imani May founded Rebundle, a Missouri company that makes biodegradable hair extensions. Rebundle hide caption
Students give a presentation at a construction site in South Baltimore. The student activists, who formed the group Free Your Voice, are fighting against a very different kind of danger in their neighborhood: air pollution and climate change. B.A. Parker/NPR hide caption
Avocados grow on trees in an orchard. Researchers in California have developed a new variety that is more resistant to extreme climates. Alfredo Estrella/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Chef Zaid Khan prepares food in Boston to be sold through the app Too Good To Go. The app helps establishments sell food that would otherwise go to waste. David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images hide caption
This natural pond helps reserve precipitation in the ecological corridor of Qian'an, a city in China's Hebei province. Like many other Chinese cities, Qian'an used to fall victim to urban flooding during rainy seasons. But things have changed since 2015, when the city was included in a national pilot program for "sponge city" construction. Mu Yu/Xinhua via Getty Images hide caption
Buying appliances and vehicles that run on electricity, not fossil fuels, can help reduce our carbon footprint. Making these upgrades will cost money — so you will need to plan ahead, says Joel Rosenberg of the nonprofit group Rewiring America. Clockwise from top left: Bloomberg via Getty Images, Schon/Getty Images, Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images, Juan Algar/Getty Images; Collage by Kaz Fantone hide caption
U.S Marine Corps Col. Thomas M. Bedell, the commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, poses for a photo at the station's Energy and Water Operations Center on MCAS Miramar. Lance Cpl. Jose S. GuerreroDeLeon/U.S. Marines/DVIDS hide caption
Kiran Joshi fills a copper vessel with water from Ashwanaula, a groundwater spring in the village of Raushil, where she lives with her family Viraj Nayar for NPR hide caption