Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced that $3 million was being made available through its Climate Resilience Initiative to help municipal electric utilities and rural electric cooperatives. Climate Impact Vulnerability Assessments and Resilience Planning (max award $100K).

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 3, 2021

Leaders in Housing Development Training and Community Resilience. and Puerto Rico, NeighborWorks America is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization working to achieve housing affordability and community resilience across the nation. Employee Engagement and Organization-Wide Events. Building Community Resilience for a Secure Future.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Nature-based urban resilience infrastructure in Milan, Italy. A new peer-to-peer platform is helping municipalities and water utilities find reliable innovative solutions to their infrastructure resilience challenges, according to the firm behind it, Isle Utilities. Technology pilots.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

When it comes to grid resilience, coupling data on extreme weather conditions with the concept of asset fragility is the clearest way to quantify long-term utility asset risks from extreme weather events, writes Rahul Dubey of Rhizome. It’s clear: the impacts of climate change are here, and plans must be made to weather them.

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Business Green

JUNE 3, 2021

VIDEO: Leading experts from Forum for the Future, Walgreens Boots Alliance, GSK Consumer Healthcare and Hansen and Ersbøll Agenda discuss the relationship between human health and the state of the planet's climate and natural world. What can we do to avoid further global health crises as we 'build back better'?

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Planet Pulse

MAY 1, 2021

Through these self-guided learning opportunities, we’re hoping to inspire others to raise awareness and take part in sharing information, resources, and support for mental health and wellness month. Join us in these month-long opportunities! . Monday, May 3, 2021. Time: 4pm ET / 7pm ET. Tuesday, May 4, 2021. Time: 12pm PT / 3pm ET.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Blistering heatwaves and devastating flood events are set to take an ever greater toll on the UK's mental and physical health, according to the Climate Coalition. million within just 17 years unless action is taken to bolster climatre resilience, the report estimates. At present around 1.8

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Green Living Guy

AUGUST 15, 2022

Global warming has driven an influx of extreme weather events and prompted city governments worldwide to seek sustainable solutions for greater climate resilience and public safety measures. Perhaps even more alarming, […].

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2021

Ahead of next week's Net Zero Nature Summit, Sarah McDonald, vice president of sustainability at GSK Consumer Healthcare, reveals how the company is collaborating on a call to action to ensure climate and health strategies are better aligned. What's already happening and what's missing?

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Business Green

MAY 9, 2023

Join BusinessGreen and Equans for a free webinar exploring how to embed building resilience into corporate climate plans Research has highlighted the myriad ways escalating climate impacts can strain or damage buildings, threatening the health, wellbeing, and productivity of people who live and work inside them.

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Greenability Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Get a behind-the-scenes look at urban and indigenous food systems and how farmers are working to grow local food that is resilient to climate change, taps the wisdom of elders and looks at regenerative agricultural design for the future. Breakout sessions include: Farm Resilience and Climate Change Mitigation Strategies.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 17, 2023

David Black, chief executive of Ofwat, giving a keynote address at the British Water event. We need to take action now and design in resilience from today. The sector is expected to step up environmental performance, improve resilience and asset health at a time when customers are facing a cost of living crisis.

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Energy Innovation

JANUARY 27, 2022

People around the world are increasingly aware of and impacted by climate change, which is connected unsurprisingly with a parallel uptick in associated mental health stress. But providing supportive services requires a better understanding of climate change’s effects on the mental health of all people. Source: Marazziti et al.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 26, 2023

Climate resilience is the theme of this year’s event (29 th May to 4 th June), which aims to inspire the public to help protect the capital’s waterways. From climate-themed meandering river walks to river cruises and family-fun events, we want to celebrate London’s blue spaces. Flood plains in London are currently home to 1.42

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Energy Innovation

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The research underscores a trend that scholars have warned of for decades: climate change presents new and intensified challenges for human health. Experts are urging decision-makers headed to COP27 to center human health in this year’s discussions about climate change mitigation and adaptation. Source: Mora et al. a) and RCP8.5 (b).”

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Rewilding in cities could deliver a raft of environmental benefits, including enhanced climate change resilience through increased protection from flooding and heatwaves, reduced air pollution, biodiversity gains, and reduced environmental management costs. The regrowth then provides homes for a variety of insects and birds, the RSPB said.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 11, 2020

This online event will take place on October 26-28, 2020. It will also feature segments on trailblazing women in 2020 and prioritizing health to rebuild the economy. This online event contributes to understanding through the exchanging insights, and sharing solutions to the major challenges facing the world today.

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Mosaic

MARCH 21, 2024

Resiliency Integrated electric homes can help customers future-proof their homes against severe weather events. Electric upgrades can work together to make houses more efficient and resilient, but it's up to contractors to explain the lesser-known benefit to their customers.

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Front And Centered

MAY 3, 2024

Last April, Front and Centered put together Earth Deserves More Than a Day , a week-long program of events highlighting the everyday work of our coalition members and other leaders from frontline communities around the globe and right here in neighborhoods across Washington State. ” Ione Jones: “We are still here.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 25, 2022

The new subsidiary of Enel Group was present at Distributech in Dallas to present its innovative digital solutions that enable a sustainable, flexible, resilient, smart, and safe grid infrastructure. The growing complexity of power flows management has raised the need for a more robust, resilient, and reliable electrical infrastructure.

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Solar Industry

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The Children’s Hospital Resilient Grid with Energy Storage (CHARGES) project will enable the Valley Children’s Hospital in Madera, California to replace diesel generators with cleaner, more cost-effective resources, and provide a roadmap for hospitals and critical infrastructure throughout the country to implement similar projects.

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The City Fix

MARCH 12, 2021

Recent events in Texas and elsewhere in the U.S. are reminding us that our existing energy system infrastructure and operating structures are increasingly being challenged by severe weather-related events. In Texas, unprecedented freezing temperatures created a “perfect storm” of disruption, including.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The most effective resilience strategies harness the collective skills of both the private and public sectors, writes AECOM's Robert Spencer. While achieving net zero is critical, perhaps more alarming is the report's stark warning on the need for resilience. Climate resilience planning should be on every company's risk register.

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2020

Wide-ranging report warns UK's 'robust historic resilience' under threat from climate change and growing risk of unanticipated shocks. The past is not always the best guide to the future". Sir John Armitt, chair of the Commission, said the report should inform the government's long term response to the coronavirus crisis.

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EDF + Business

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Building more resilient supply chains is a business imperative, especially as the likelihood for more disruption increases. Severe weather events have limited access to sources of some crucial materials, and are exposing vulnerabilities across business operations and those of their suppliers. But looking ahead, “coping” won’t cut it.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

These models aim to help eliminate network monitoring blind spots in stress-testing grid resilience and improve severe weather response while reducing reliance on manual field surveys.

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Business Green

JUNE 5, 2020

With that in mind, he urged the world to "move towards a greener, cleaner, and more resilient future" and to invest in rebuilding economies "so we bounce back stronger than before". I would urge everyone involved in today's event to join the Race to Zero and commit your region, city or company to reaching net zero by 2050 at the latest.".

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Greenability Magazine

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

conference of virtual and on-farm events at the KC Farm School at Gibbs Road this weekend. Join farmers, artists, chefs and musicians at a three-day Let’s Grow! Saturday, November 7: Virtual lectures and demonstrations are scheduled from 9 a.m. –

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2021

Calls for world leaders to collaborate to boost poorer countries' resilience to climate change have grown louder in the wake of new findings that underline the devastating impact storms, floods, heat waves, and other climate-related extreme weather events are having on nations across the world.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

That's despite this being the second pandemic in 10 years, the fourth respiratory illness in 18 years, and numerous warnings from the World Health Organization, he added at the February virtual event. Balancing efficiency with resilience, as well as considering operational risk, are likely to become more of a focus, too.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2022

New solutions are being sought for water companies to monitor the health of electro-mechanical assets and predict faults occurring due to changing environments and unpredicted events. David Butler, professor of water engineering at University of Exeter, is co-leading Spring’s delivering resilient infrastructure theme.

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Business Green

MAY 16, 2023

This disparity in the focus enjoyed by climate mitigation and climate resilience is replicated within many corporate climate plans. Experts have long warned businesses will have to move past their climate resilience blindspot if they are to cope with ever-escalating climate risks. Here are some of the key takeaways.

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GreenBiz

MAY 8, 2020

Last week, three respected real estate companies — Cushman & Wakefield, Hines and Delos — announced an initiative intended to help companies begin the process of reconfiguring their offices to protect employees’ health as they return to work. All of these events also will be available on demand. Register for the live event at 1 p.m.

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Business Green

JULY 14, 2020

The Environment Agency's new strategy will help build up the resilience of millions more homes and businesses to flooding and coastal erosion, according to its chair Emma Howard Boyd. C hotter, we anticipate 59 per cent more rainfall, and once-a-century sea level events are expected to be annual events.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2022

The British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA) presents the shortlist of finalists in this year’s Pump Industry Awards (PIA), and offers a few words on the awards event scheduled for 31 March. ITT: i-ALERT Total Machine Health Monitoring System with Gateway and Diagnostics. Sponsored by Process Engineering. •

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The chief heat officer’s responsibilities include education, disaster response training and infrastructure that considers extreme heat alongside other public health safety considerations. For several years she developed and implemented the city's resilience strategy. Even cities accustomed to humid summers are struggling with heat.

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Green Living Guy

JUNE 2, 2022

That’s at an event to celebrate the adoption of zero-emission battery-electric school buses that will reduce diesel emissions and protect children’s health. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe joined Cajon Valley Union School District (CVUSD).

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