Resilience 2:1 Conversation

DATA SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS

Findings from an initial stocktake of climate change adaptation and urban resilience efforts “In 2015, nations reached a historic global agreement on climate change and made first commitments through the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) which outline their climate action ambition, addressing both climate change mitigation (or low emission development) and adaptation to climate change. Spread […]

Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on November 15, 2018

25 Great Ideas of New Urbanism

This might not be directly related to Resilience 2 to 1, but material explored here is very valuable source of new ideas. [A.J.] The 25 ideas explored here highlight the ongoing impact of New Urbanism on communities and the built environment. Not all of these ideas were invented by new urbanists, but new urbanists have […]

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on November 10, 2018

How warm things will get by city in the USA

New article at VOX on how warm things will get by city in the USA. The overall conclusion is that the further north you go the more warming in summer and winter. That is especially true for Canada which is warming twice as much twice as fast as most places on earth. Spread the word

Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on November 5, 2018

Huge responsibility for the world

Saw this just now. Seems Canada has a huge responsibility for the world’s remaining biocapacity. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/31/five-countries-hold-70-of-worlds-last-wildernesses-map-reveals Five countries hold 70% of world’s last wildernesses, map … www.theguardian.com A Xikrin woman walks back to her village from the Cateté River in Brazil. Photograph: Taylor Weidman/Getty Images Just five countries hold 70% of the world’s remaining untouched […]

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on October 31, 2018

Don’t despair: the climate fight is only over if you think it is – Rebecca Solnit, The Guardian

Best optimistic article after IPCC Report! Don’t despair: the climate fight is only over if you think it is Rebecca Solnit, The Guardian Link to the whole article After the panicky IPCC report on climate change, it’s easy for pessimism to set in – but that would be conceding defeat. The future hasn’t already been […]

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on October 31, 2018

The Optimistic Environmentalist: Progressing Towards a Greener Future

The Optimistic Environmentalist: Progressing Towards a Greener Future Boyd, David R. [ https://ecwpress.com/products/optimistic-environmentalist ] A hopeful, inspiring, and honest take on the environment Yes, the world faces substantial environmental challenges — climate change, pollution, and extinction. But the surprisingly good news is that we have solutions to these problems. In the past 50 years, a […]

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on October 30, 2018

Climate change: Five cheap ways to remove CO2 from the atmosphere

New assessment from the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. This US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine: Negative Emissions Technologies and Reliable Sequestration – A Research Agenda (2018) Spread the word

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on October 29, 2018

Photos – DEEP RESILIENCE: 23, 24 and 25 October 2018 – Day 1

This very successful presentation was finished yesterday. All the photos from this event are posted here and can be used for free, with just one condition, let everybody know where they were taken! Spread the word

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on October 26, 2018