The Environmental Blog

JANUARY 17, 2023

It helps consumers know more about the product’s environmental impact and allow them to make well-informed decisions when purchasing appliances. Install A Cool Roof. Unlike the typical roof, a cool roof is made to reflect sunlight while absorbing less heat.

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Grist

JULY 26, 2023

Cool roofs lowering home temperatures in India: The city of Ahmedabad was the first in India to develop a heat action plan, following a devastating heat wave in 2010. The plan has been through several iterations over the past decade — and one of the latest initiatives is a focus on “cool roofs.”

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The City Fix

APRIL 29, 2021

During the summers, in the crowded informal settlement she calls home in Ahmedabad, India, Meenaben would lay wet jute on the floor and hay on the roof of her home to lower the temperature inside. If she didn’t, her home. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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The City Fix

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

It’s an island no one in their right mind wants to be on, but sadly many of us increasingly find ourselves due to global warming. Heat islands” are a concept British climatologist Gordon Manley came up with way back in.

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The City Fix

JANUARY 9, 2023

The latest UN climate conference, COP27 in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, was a significant one for cities in many respects. Delegates established a new fund to help vulnerable countries deal with loss and damages from climate impacts, and some of.

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The City Fix

APRIL 4, 2024

In the crowded slums of Zambia, Africa, members of the Zambia Youth Federation, a social movement of the urban poor, conducted climate change research and presented it in an emotional spoken word poem. Their message let policymakers know how climate.

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The City Fix

AUGUST 10, 2023

This summer the Northern Hemisphere has been so hot with record temperatures — including at sea — that discussions have turned to the limits of human survival. Even in the Antarctic, sea ice is failing to re-form, a drastic departure.

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