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

GreenBiz

In fact, in Europe and the United States, more people die of heat waves than from all other natural disasters combined. Cities are particularly vulnerable to heat waves. Smart Cities. Yet extreme heat is progressively posing fatal danger for humanity, particularly for young children and elderly people. Pull Quote.

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Online Green Economics Conference: Survival Solutions for Crises (Climate, Economy and Biodiversity Loss)

Green Market Oracle

The the 15th annual Green Economics Conference is titled " Survival Solutions for the Crises: Climate, Economy and Biodiversity Loss " will take place on the zoom platform. We explore fact, truth reality, democracy and the current dilemmas of technology vs freedom and surveillance vs health which are affecting everyone on the planet.

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

AGreenLiving

In fact, in Europe and the United States, more people die of heat waves than from all other natural disasters combined. Cities are particularly vulnerable to heat waves. Read the original: Our COVID-19 response can make our cities more resilient to heat waves. And temperatures will continue to rise.

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Climate Corps Alumni Advisory Board

EDF + Business

Prior to his current role he worked as scientist in a public health lab, and as post-doctoral fellow at the University of Southern California. Areas of interest: Personalized medicine, Bioinformatics, Public health policy, Environmental sustainability, Sanitation, Water, Ecology, Biodiversity, and Science education and communication.

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SDG17, coronavirus, and the battle for a collaborative future

Business Green

But none of that has stopped President Trump and some of his allies doubling down on their short-termist, science-rejecting, overtly populist tactics, presumably in the hope they can scapegoat their way out of the escalating economic, health, and social crisis. Meanwhile, a fightback is gathering momentum.