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Call to ramp up joint action to get London’s rivers ‘climate-ready’

Envirotec Magazine

Climate resilience is the theme of this year’s event (29 th May to 4 th June), which aims to inspire the public to help protect the capital’s waterways. Rivers will be vital instruments if we are to tackle more extreme, accelerated and intense periods of drought and flood and manage their impact on people and wildlife.”

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What we’re looking to fund for Cohort 11

Elemental Excelerator

Climate resilience, zero carbon, and the built environment. Climate Resilience. We must scale equitable solutions that can bolster resilience and enable a healthy, thriving planet for all. Reduce deforestation and restore biodiversity in our oceans and terrestrial ecosystems. Optimize stormwater and flood management.

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Using urban forestry to fight for environmental justice

GreenBiz

Urban trees don’t just store carbon, they reduce stormwater, they improve air, they provide energy savings in terms of heating and cooling. They can, if done right, tremendously advance environmental justice — they provide human health benefits, biodiversity, bird and pollinator habitat, slope stability and the list goes on.

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Water-to-Air Ratio – GreenRoofs101

Green Roof Technology

An Air-to-Water ratio in such a range is important for the resilience of plants, for nutrient exchange capacity, pH buffering capability, and beneficial (aerobe) microbes. It is a simple fact that the more we do for healthy plants with a natural diversity, the better a Green Roof system can retain and detain stormwater.

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The UK Infrastructure Bank offers a once-in-a-generation chance to value natural capital in practice

Business Green

In the recent high profile report by esteemed economist Professor Partha Dasgupta that was commissioned by the government - The Dasgupta Review on the Economics of Biodiversity - the key finding was clear: we must properly reflect the value of nature in our measures of economic success in order to counter the global decline in biodiversity.

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Using urban forestry to fight for environmental justice

AGreenLiving

“Urban trees don’t just store carbon, they reduce stormwater, they improve air, they provide energy savings in terms of heating and cooling. They can, if done right, tremendously advance environmental justice — they provide human health benefits, biodiversity, bird and pollinator habitat, slope stability and the list goes on.

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Climate Corps Alumni Advisory Board

EDF + Business

Areas of interest: Personalized medicine, Bioinformatics, Public health policy, Environmental sustainability, Sanitation, Water, Ecology, Biodiversity, and Science education and communication. Leisure activities: Biking, Board Games, Traveling, Hiking, Brewing(coffee and beers), and Books (science and philosophy). Alexandra (Aly) Criscuolo.