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The COVID-19 recovery requires a resilient circular economy

GreenBiz

The COVID-19 recovery requires a resilient circular economy. The call for a more resilient, circular and low-carbon economic model has garnered support from a growing number of businesses and governments over the past few years, and appears today more relevant than ever. Jocelyn Bleriot. Fri, 05/29/2020 - 01:00.

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Climate resilience must be guiding principle of urban development, argues new report

Envirotec Magazine

A new report, ‘Risk & Resilience: The role of cities in tackling the climate crisis’ , argues that climate resilience must be embraced as a guiding principle across urban development, given the extreme exposure of cities to climate risk.

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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. There is an urgent, global need for building urban resilience to heat and, as usual, business has a key role to play. Roland Hunziker.

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Q CELLS notes solar market resilience as Europe eases COVID-19 lockdown measures

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After more than two months of lockdown measures of varying severity across Europe, the easing of restrictions reveals just how robust and resilient the solar industry is proving to be.

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Cyclonic resilience method developed off Texas power system

Smart Energy International

Based on a model of the Texas power system, scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK have developed a new method to identify and harden critical lines against tropical cyclones and increase power system resilience.

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eFORT project to enhance European grid resilience

Smart Energy International

The eFORT Horizon Europe-supported project was launched in September 2022 to improve European grid security at both the cyber and physical levels. Join Enlit Europe in Paris. As part of the project, data confidentiality procedures and blockchain layers will be used to increase security and privacy in grid data management.

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Project aims to protect and connect nature across Europe

Envirotec Magazine

The Horizon Europe NaturaConnect Project is intended to support European Union governments and other public and private institutions in designing a coherent, resilient and well-connected Trans-European Nature Network. Image credit: Nathalie , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

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