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Focused Adaptation: A strategic approach to climate adaptation in cities

Cities should invest in actions that increase resilience systemically, as a foundation to adapting to specific and immediate hazards. Systemic resilience includes increasing awareness of physical climate risks, incorporating risk into city processes, optimizing emergency response, and enhancing financial and insurance programs. Spread the word

Posted by Ivan Martinovic on August 14, 2021

IPCC – 6th Assessment Report

GENEVA, August 9, 2021 – Scientists are observing changes in the Earth’s climate in every region and across the whole climate system, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report, released today. Many of the changes observed in the climate are unprecedented in thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of years, and […]

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on August 9, 2021

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Created in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the objective of the IPCC is to provide governments at all levels with scientific information that they can use to develop climate policies. Spread the word

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on August 2, 2021

What does a future-proofed home look like?

The three-storey house in the Hertfordshire village of Wheathampstead has 35 solar panels that produce more energy than Mr Heal and his wife can use, so they can sell surplus electricity. The house is fully electric. The couple plan to buy solar battery storage so that even more of their energy is useable. Spread the […]

Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on July 23, 2021

Climate change: 6 unexpected ways to save the planet

Trying to reverse climate change is possibly the biggest challenge humanity has ever faced. Luckily, there are some amazing minds around the planet working on the problem from every angle, and you may be surprised at some of the solutions they’re coming up with. Spread the word

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on July 19, 2021

Sustainable isn’t a thing

A pheasant struts around the Garden of Eden. The pheasant is, well, a pheasant, a male, with those long, jaunty tail feathers; the Garden of Eden is the semi-serious name given by Dan Cox, a 39-year-old chef turned farmer, to a patch of land about half the size of a football pitch on his farm […]

Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on July 18, 2021

Creative Disruption – Resilient Cities Start Here

Join Future Cities Canada on Wednesday, July 21st at 10am at The Summit, and speakers, Catherine Tàmmaro, Edward Burtynsky and Umbereen Inayet for this exciting discussion brought to you by City of Toronto. Spread the word

Posted by Ivan Martinovic on July 9, 2021

Indigenous Canada – Course

Highly recommendable course, promising to change your view towards this extremely important issue is offered by Indigenous Canada, University of Alberta, a 12-lesson MOOC that explores Indigenous histories and contemporary issues in Canada. It is free for anybody who wants to enrol. Spread the word

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on July 6, 2021