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Report says smart lampposts can assist Covid response and recovery

Envirotec Magazine

In Barcelona, the City Council has developed a camera-based solution attached to lampposts in the Las Ramblas area to ensure public health on beaches and implement crowd control measures to help tackle Covid. Lockdowns have cost Europe €2 billion per day[1], equivalent to the cost of investing in 2 million smart lampposts every day.”

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Events - SUSTAINATOPIA 2020 Series (Los Angeles, New York, Boulder and Vancouver)

Green Market Oracle

Lifestyles of Health & Sustainability (LOHAS) includes consciousness, mindfulness, meaning, and holistic living. LOCATION : IDEALAB (SPECIAL PROGRAM: SMARTER) // MAY 8th-9th SMARTER: CITIES & COMMUNITIES Livability is the hot topic. Focus on networking and power circles in this track. Includes Opportunity Zone investing.

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Insights and Excitements from Our 2020 Pipeline

Elemental Excelerator

In fact, from Numina’s curb-level data collection helping cities develop insights into social distancing and mobility behaviors to Kando’s wastewater monitoring technology helping to detect and pinpoint the source of coronavirus outbreaks , it’s clear that climate innovation and public health often go hand-in-hand.

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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.