GreenBiz
OCTOBER 6, 2020
Our COVID-19 response can make our cities more resilient to heat waves. There is an urgent, global need for building urban resilience to heat and, as usual, business has a key role to play. Over the past months, it has become clear that resilience strategies for COVID-19 in cities could help us approach other threats as well.
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 12, 2022
Cooling towers at Drax, North Yorkshire (image credit: Shutterstock.com / Phil Silverman). Like fossil fuels, burning biomass also requires huge amounts of water to be abstracted for cooling, increasing water stress at times of drought. It also harms biodiversity, and harms communities affected by air pollution.
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Business Green
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Rewilding in cities could deliver a raft of environmental benefits, including enhanced climate change resilience through increased protection from flooding and heatwaves, reduced air pollution, biodiversity gains, and reduced environmental management costs. They were also installed with solar panels to generate power.
The City Fix
JULY 26, 2023
Climate change is impacting cities and their residents in many profound ways, from poor air quality to flooding to biodiversity loss and extreme heat. Now, with the help of a new tool, select cities can access localized, integrated data to.
Business Green
JUNE 30, 2021
Essentially, we need to plan further ahead than most policy makers' timelines to help the capital become more resilient to future environmental shocks. Nature-based solutions will be an important part of efforts to create great new city environments that also enhance biodiversity and enable active living. Take London's hidden rivers.
Grist
MARCH 27, 2024
Ranchers found the species remarkably resilient and, if not beloved by cattle, edible enough to plant. Cattle in Elk Creek, Missouri, submerge themselves in a pasture pond to cool off in between grazing on non-native fescue grass, which can raise a cow’s temperature and give them a constant fever, one of the symptoms of fescue toxicity.
Business Green
MAY 16, 2023
This disparity in the focus enjoyed by climate mitigation and climate resilience is replicated within many corporate climate plans. Experts have long warned businesses will have to move past their climate resilience blindspot if they are to cope with ever-escalating climate risks. Here are some of the key takeaways.
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