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Energy trilemma evolving to reflect new ambitions and threats

Smart Energy International

Energy security now encompasses the reliability of renewables, availability and accessibility or critical minerals, and resilience in the face of physical and cyber threats. Within Asia, the energy transition is marked by robust demand driven by economic growth amidst climate threats and challenges to infrastructure resilience.

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Promising steps towards creating a more flood-resilient England

Business Green

The UK needs a far more holistic approach to flood risk and resilience, argue Sara Mehryar, Viktor Roezer and Swenja Surminski from LSE's Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. This creates a positive narrative for flood resilience as an investment in the future of our communities.

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How ‘chamas’ and mutual credit are changing Africa: Shaila Agha of the Sarafu Network

Low Impact

Today I’m talking with Shaila Agha of the Sarafu Network about ‘chamas’ and mutual credit , and how they’re changing Africa. Kenya is arid / semi-arid, so we need resilience against times of drought. Mutual credit builds so much resilience. Really nice to talk with you Shaila. Thank you – happy to be here.

Africa 101
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Report flags “overlooked” potential of groundwater

Envirotec Magazine

Decision-makers must begin to take full account of the vital ways in which groundwater can help ensure the resilience of human life and activities in a future where the climate is becoming increasingly unpredictable” adds Gilbert F. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the opportunities offered by the vast aquifers remain largely underexploited.

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Can the first US 'chief heat officer' build a model for future resilience?

Business Green

2021 has been a scorching year for extreme heat events across North America - cities across the usually temperate Pacific Northwest reached temperatures as high as 117 degrees Fahrenheit in July. For several years she developed and implemented the city's resilience strategy.

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Terreform ONE’s plans to upend cities and suburbs in a post-pandemic world

GreenBiz

The conversation was hosted by the San Francisco-based Museum of Craft and Design , which recently housed an exhibition titled “Survival Architecture and the Art of Resilience,” in which visionary architects and artists were asked to create artistically interpretative solutions and prototypes for survival shelter in a warming world. (My

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'Loss and suffering': Latest weather records fuel climate resilience warnings

Business Green

2023 has kicked off with yet more extreme weather records being toppled, further underscoring the need for greater climate resilience. We can arguably say this is the first time an extreme weather event in Europe (in terms of extreme heat) is comparable to the most extreme in North America.".