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Peers sought to build urban resilience platform

Envirotec Magazine

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. Best practice.

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The UK's net zero target is under threat because there's no plan to pay for it

Business Green

Building decarbonisation is critical to delivering a net zero Britain, but neither the Treasury nor Scottish government have set out a vision for how a mass green homes retrofit programme could be funded, writes Glasgow Caledonian University’s Keith Baker. Things aren't looking any better in Scotland.

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Chicago Takes Big Oil to Court, Adding Another Heavyweight to the Fight

DeSmogBlog

Since that time the city has done a number of things to improve community resilience, but we expect more heatwaves in the future as the world continues to warm — so we have to constantly update our policies and prepare for extreme heat,” he added.

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Turtle-inspired bamboo shelter contracts to half its size in case of extreme weather

AGreenLiving

With extreme weather wreaking havoc around the world, there is a need for resilient shelters more than ever before. EEMY Architecture and Design has created a sustainable and resilient structure that can withstand nearly all severe conditions. Delta was created in collaboration with the World Bank, Build Academy, Airbnb and GFDRR.

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Snapshots of our World: Energy: Fossil Fuels + Iron Rivers + Current Mystery

Planet Pulse

All of yesterday’s growth and fun came with a steep price tag. We’ll look at the rise and fall of alternate forms of energy and how they support the new resilient society we’re building. The trick in the coming decades will be to use all we’ve built with this energetic momentum into a modernized, resilient system.

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How the climate crisis will crash the economy

GreenBiz

It placed the price tag at up to 10.5 Risk & Resilience. For example: Two years ago, the Fourth National Climate Assessment noted that continued warming “is expected to cause substantial net damage to the U.S. economy throughout this century, especially in the absence of increased adaptation efforts.” percent of GDP by 2100.

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Data Drives Rollout as USA Builds Coast-to-Coast EV Charging Infrastructure

Bidgely

The funds are intended to support the deployment of 500,000 chargers to build a national charging network – roughly a five-fold increase in the nation’s EV infrastructure – in order to make EVs accessible to all Americans for both local and long-distance trips. . The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law includes the largest-ever U.S.