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Tue, Sep 19, 2023
The climate crisis: The economic, health, and developmental consequences of extreme heat
Extreme heat impacts everything from individual health to national economies. Cities are especially vulnerable to this growing crisis, but there are solutions that can help them reduce the human and economic impacts of climate change.
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Tue, Aug 22, 2023
Cities at risk: The urban heat island effect
The urban heat island effect makes billions vulnerable to heat. This blog explores what it is and how heat in cities impacts people.
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Mon, Dec 12, 2022
What AB 2238 means for California: The bill that protects 40 million people from extreme heat
AB 2238, the recently signed Californian bill, will create a heat wave categorization system by January 1, 2025.
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Tue, Nov 22, 2022
Countdown to the “Cooling COP”: what we can learn from COP27
After days of intense negotiations, it is clear how much work remains after COP27. As formal negotiations fell short of expected outcomes, the actors and leaders beyond the COP27 negotiation table led the way in climate action and hope.
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Wed, Dec 15, 2021
Can cities lead on climate change?
With 70 percent of global CO2 emissions generated in urban areas, cities are where the battle against climate change will be defined.
Blog by Mauricio Rodas
Thu, Sep 9, 2021
Extreme heat: Pressure cooking our food system
This article explores the consequences of extreme heat on food systems. It provides examples of tools in the "toolbox of resilience solutions" we can implement to immediately safeguard farmers and the production of high-quality and ample food.
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Mon, Sep 21, 2020
Kathy Baughman McLeod on Financing a Sustainable Planet podcast
Kathy Baughman McLeod was interviewed on the Euromoney "Financing a Sustainable Planet" podcast series — listen to her clip.
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Thu, Apr 16, 2020
In crisis, social connectedness builds more resilient communities
In Miami, Sedano’s Supermarket partnered with local restaurants to employ up to 400 furloughed employees impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Mon, Apr 13, 2020
Building a Resilient Planet: How to Adapt to Climate Change From the Bottom Up
The conventional wisdom holds that climate change is a problem for international organizations, big governments, and global corporations to solve. Only those major players can make a dent in global greenhouse gas emissions, the thinking goes, and only they can pool the necessary resources. Given the monumental scale of the coming climate crisis, anything short of such high-level mobilization seems inconsequential, even futile.
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