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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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Vattenfall presents a uniquely connected lighting system for municipalities

Smart Energy International

Making streetlights ‘smart’ involves more than just the possibility to control them remotely. Smart’ in the first instance only describes introducing the ability to interchange data between various entities in a wider system. In its simplest form, it allows the lamps to report lamp- or power supply failures.

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

Green Market Oracle

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. Smart Cities, smart women, smart lives? Do we want Factory Farmed Humans? Virtual visits to forests and trees. We need them. Global Reset, Grow your own!

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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

Within hours the whims of the American Electoral College system empowered autocrats, nationalists and polluters everywhere. It's interesting to discuss SDG17 at the moment," reflects Hans Daems, group public affairs officer at Hitachi Europe. Meanwhile, a fightback is gathering momentum.