City climate leadership a model for sustainability
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals give us a global blueprint, but our cities have a key role to play in transformative change The United Nations’…
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City climate leadership a model for sustainability
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How Japan’s ‘opt-in’ smart city could change urban living
This article is part of the Global Technology Governance Summit The city of Aizuwakamatsu in Japan has introduced an opt-in service for smartphone disaster alerts. It’s…
Greening our homes could kickstart an economic recovery – but we need new ideas
Ask an economist what they’d do first to kickstart a green recovery and they’ll probably say ‘retrofit’. That’s because greening our homes is essential if…
The UK has some of the least energy-efficient housing in Europe – here’s how to fix this
Samot/Shutterstock Sankar Sivarajah, University of Bradford Poorly constructed housing can seriously affect people’s health and wellbeing. And with the UK having some of the oldest…
Shift to decentral heating needed to make Germany’s buildings climate neutral – industry
Government measures to create a climate-neutral building stock by 2050 are insufficient, the German Housing Association (GdW) and the CDU Economic Council (CDU Wirtschaftsrat) have warned in a joint…
Children’s views should be taken into account when designing urban space
Iryna Inshyna/Shutterstock Jenny Wood, Heriot-Watt University Children see the world in a different way to adults, but urban planning policies rarely take this into account….
Of hemp’s many uses, one of the most promising could be in construction
“Hempcrete,” made from the woody core of hemp, is showing promise as an environmentally friendly building material. October 6, 2020 — It has become almost…
Big Green Apple: forbidden fruit, no more
The science behind climate change is self-evident: the burning of fossil fuels is the largest contributor to human-caused climate change. Climate change is a worldwide…