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Our COVID-19 response can make our cities more resilient to heat waves

GreenBiz

Our COVID-19 response can make our cities more resilient to heat waves. Now, with climate change, come scorching hot temperatures during the summer months which bring additional challenges to healthcare systems that already operate under great pressure due to the pandemic. Roland Hunziker. Tue, 10/06/2020 - 01:00.

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Sustainability leaders must celebrate the work of female mayors on racial equity

GreenBiz

Sustainability leaders are architects, designers, city planners, engineers, scientists, energy experts, lawyers, nonprofit leaders and business owners. In practice, much of our work centers around developing global climate change solutions to save the planet. Kimberly Lewis. Mon, 08/17/2020 - 01:00.

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Harnessing the power of energy efficiency

Business Green

The three main barriers are demand- people actually being willing to make those changes; supply chain; and of course, money. They are also helping to influence procurement processes, supply chain, policy and changing attitudes. Doing it now would save the need for buying more new materials later.

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Regenerative Notes 6

Fairsnape

Here is Regen Notes 6, the most recent – previous newsletters can be read here. Restore, Restory, Restord, On a dreary wet Brussels day in 2017, I walked from the city hotel over to the COST offices for the inaugural meeting of our COST RESTORE ‘action’. These newsletters will be also shared here for Patreon subscribers.

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What does system change mean, anyway?

Business Green

What it takes to effect wholesale changes, from markets to mindsets. Someone reached out to me recently seeking help with an interview series focusing on individuals in corporations "who are making system change happen", as she described it. My first thought: Has anyone in any corporation actually changed a system?

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How to lay the foundation for net zero carbon building projects

Business Green

Elsa Wenzel takes a deep dive into the latest literature on how to develop new zero building projects. Designed and executed with care, net-zero carbon goals can offer more than sustainability window dressing for commercial buildings in the decades to come. Risk and adaptation. operations at the U.K.-based

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Our COVID-19 response can make our cities more resilient to heat waves

AGreenLiving

Our COVID-19 response can make our cities more resilient to heat waves Roland Hunziker Tue, 10/06/2020 – 01:00 The COVID crisis has exposed our interdependencies and the insufficient preparation of our urban systems for coping with shocks. Behavior change and effective communication can help in preparing for and mitigating risks.