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

GreenBiz

Our COVID-19 response can make our cities more resilient to heat waves. 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. Roland Hunziker. Tue, 10/06/2020 - 01:00.

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

AGreenLiving

Our COVID-19 response can make our cities more resilient to heat waves Roland Hunziker Tue, 10/06/2020 – 01:00 The COVID crisis has exposed our interdependencies and the insufficient preparation of our urban systems for coping with shocks. Cities are particularly vulnerable to heat waves.

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Google and C40 cities launch carbon-free energy pilot

Smart Energy International

Across the pilots, cities will explore policy and market reforms that expand access to clean energy and ensure that residents realise the economic, employment and health benefits of the clean energy transition.

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Distributed intelligence for a DER-based grid

Smart Energy International

In the US, China and Europe, the electrification of transportation is destined to create significant loads on their low-voltage circuits. Phillips concurs, saying that apps are likely to emerge that haven’t been imagined so far, such as linking consumer behaviour and health through load monitoring, e.g. for an aged relative.

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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.