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Creating Sustainable Green Spaces in Urban Environments

Green Living Guy

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. The post Creating Sustainable Green Spaces in Urban Environments appeared first on The Green Living Guy.

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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. Let’s not make the same mistake with global warming. There is an urgent, global need for building urban resilience to heat and, as usual, business has a key role to play. Roland Hunziker. Tue, 10/06/2020 - 01:00.

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Sustainability leaders must celebrate the work of female mayors on racial equity

GreenBiz

Sustainability leaders must celebrate the work of female mayors on racial equity. Sustainability leaders are architects, designers, city planners, engineers, scientists, energy experts, lawyers, nonprofit leaders and business owners. Sustainability also relies on local government. Sustainability must put people at the center.

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Understanding the Anthropocene, Resilience Thinking, and the Future of Industry

Green Business Bureau

It’s important for business owners and global citizens to understand the source of this change to be empowered to anticipate and adapt to these changes and potentially help reverse them through intentional, sustainable action. . If this permafrost thaws, it will release CO2 and methane which can even further accelerate global warming.

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Group distils wisdom on biochar for climate-smart agriculture

Envirotec Magazine

A new study attempts to synthesize global data from nearly 600 studies on biochar to analyze its potential as a climate-smart agricultural practice. It is published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) is described as an integrative approach that goes further than sustainable farming methods.

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Adapting to 4C of global warming

Business Green

Emma Howard Boyd's speech to the Committee on Climate Change's Adapting to 3C+ of global warming conference. Her contribution will help every one of us shape a more resilient world in the future. In 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said we have 12 years to hold global warming to 1.5

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A call for private money to flow into green investments at Davos

Smart Energy International

As global leaders gather at Davos for the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2024, those in attendance must push for the mobilisation of trillions of dollars from private money into sustainable investments to combat climate change. Have you read?