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5 Ejemplos de Rehabilitación Sostenible de Edificios | Inarquia

5 Ejemplos de Rehabilitación Sostenible de Edificios | Inarquia | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
La Rehabilitación Sostenible de Edificios tiene muchas ventajas, no te pierdas 5 ejemplos de Edificios Sostenibles.
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Passive housing can cut costs -- and global warming

Passive housing can cut costs -- and global warming | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
Buildings which heat and cool themselves – passive housing – save householders money and cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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Climate change: overcoming political and psychological barriers

Climate change: overcoming political and psychological barriers | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
Why is the climate problem so hard to fix? Adam Whitmore identifies the political and psychological barriers to action. And offers grounds for optimism.
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Climate Change : If You Can’t Measure It, You Can’t Fix It

Climate Change : If You Can’t Measure It, You Can’t Fix It | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
Climate change is happening at home and around the world. Chefchaouen is doing its part by embracing clean energy climate solutions
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Cities and mayors are key to global energy transition

On June 27, Maros Sefcovic, European Commission vice-president for energy union, Michael Bloomberg and Christiana Figueres will meet in Brussels with nine local leaders at the first board meeting of the newly formed Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy. The initiative is an alliance of more than 7,400 cities and local governments worldwide on climate action.

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Sefcovic: Looking forward to working with US mayors, governors, progressive corporations

Sefcovic: Looking forward to working with US mayors, governors, progressive corporations | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
EXCLUSIVE: Speaking to EURACTIV just before he left for a visit to China from 5 to 9 June, Commission Vice President for the Energy Union Maroš Šefčovič voiced the EU determination to work for reaching the Paris agreement goals despite the withdrawal of the Federal government.
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Crowdfunding boosts green power - CrowdFundRES

Crowdfunding boosts green power - CrowdFundRES | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
King’s Lodge, in the English county of Wiltshire, has 96 solar panels producing around 20,000 kilowatt hours of electricity a year. The school is one of 19 in the UK that joined a project which attracted 770-thousand-euros of crowdfunding EU Green Week is urging us to think about the environment, as governments face pressure to boost … Continue reading Crowdfunding boosts green power
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Green finance reaches EU policy ‘tipping point’

Green finance reaches EU policy ‘tipping point’ | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
The mid-term review of the EU’s Capital Markets Union initiative, due on Wednesday (7 June), will mark another step towards the mainstreaming of green finance in Europe, a senior EU official told EURACTIV.
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Oslo, nouvelle capitale verte de l’Europe

Oslo, nouvelle capitale verte de l’Europe | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
La capitale norvégienne a été désignée capitale verte de l’Europe pour 2019. Entretien avec Lan Marie Nguyen Berg, maire adjointe à l’environnement et aux transports.
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A city fighting climate change: How Nantes got its citizens to talk energy transition | URBACT

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Accessibility of public transport services in Prague

Accessibility of public transport services in Prague | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
Dip your toes in the European blogosphere by simply submitting your articles to this blog. Then, it will be published soon after approval and will spread e
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Smart buildings decoded. A concept beyond the buzzword | BPIE - Buildings Performance Institute Europe

Smart buildings decoded. A concept beyond the buzzword | BPIE - Buildings Performance Institute Europe | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
What is a smart building? To answer this question, it is required to shed some light on the new functions of smart buildings.
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UIA and energy transition - Spotlight on 3 projects | UIA

Energy transition is perhaps best defined as a shift from a system dominated by finite (chiefly fossil-based) energy towards a system using a majority of renewable energy sources, also maximising the opportunities available from increased energy efficiency and better management of energy demand.
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Soluciones alternativas para sociedades sostenibles | Fundación Vida Sostenible

Después de meses de investigación, quisiera comentarle de mi trabajo sobre las soluciones alternativas, que pueden llevarnos a vivir de una manera mas cerca de la naturaleza y con más consciencia. Estas soluciones implican una inversión colectiva y nuevos modos de organización, para ser realmente eficientes.

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How Anne Hidalgo plans to get cities to adopt climate action plans by 2020

How Anne Hidalgo plans to get cities to adopt climate action plans by 2020 | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
Paris's first female mayor Anne Hidalgo also chairs C40, a network of the world's largest cities who have agreed collectively to act on climate chang
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Climate change: why is it so hard to fix?

Climate change: why is it so hard to fix? | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
The climate change problem is so hard to fix, because activities that cause emissions are ubiquitous, diverse and deeply embedded in modern life,
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Local governments seek to maintain climate agreement

Local governments seek to maintain climate agreement | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
By Katelyn Weisbrod katelyn-weisbrod@uiowa.edu Iowa City and Johnson County have united with other local governments nationwide to continue climate-change action. Since President Trump announced his intent to ditch the Paris Climate Agreement on June 1, Iowa City Mayor Jim Throgmorton and the Johnson County Board of Supervisors have agreed to uphold the principles of the…
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Green Talks Live: Investing in Climate, Investing in Growth - OCDE

Save the date to discuss the findings of the new report
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Resilience, Community Action and Social Transformation - Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie

The book "Resilience, Community Action and Social Transformation: People, Place, Practice, Power, Politics & Possibility" by Thomas Henfrey, Gesa Maschkowski and Gil Penha-Lopes is a unique collection bridging research, theory and practical action to create more resilient societies.

 

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Social Economy Alliance: Our Manifesto Mash-Up - The Young Foundation

Social Economy Alliance: Our Manifesto Mash-Up - The Young Foundation | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
How do the main political parties promise to build an inclusive economy? The Young Foundation are proud to be part of Social Economy Alliance, read our Manifesto Mash-Up of their pledges for the 2017 General Election.
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Une maquette numérique en 3D pour « penser » la ville

Une maquette numérique en 3D pour « penser » la ville | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
La ville de Rennes s’est lancée il y a plus de quinze ans dans la réalisation d’une maquette numérique urbaine en 3D. Une stratégie qui s’est avérée payante, et que la métropole a bie
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Mayors of Pittsburgh and Paris Say They Have Their Own Climate Deal

Mayors of Pittsburgh and Paris Say They Have Their Own Climate Deal | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
The mayors of Pittsburgh and Paris have united in voicing their support for the Paris Agreement in a New York Times op-ed
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Linking People and Places - Papers - OECD iLibrary

This report examines how different people and groups experience accessibility in cities. It reviews the latest research findings, methodologies and data source
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Ma thèse en BD : « L’agronome des villes »

Ma thèse en BD : « L’agronome des villes » | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
Pour le concours « Ma thèse en 180 secondes 2017 », l’Université de Lorraine propose une version BD des travaux de ses 11 finalistes. Voici « L’agronome des villes » par Anne Blanchart.
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A revolution: the Netherlands kisses gas goodbye

A revolution: the Netherlands kisses gas goodbye | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
The Dutch government wants all residential buildings to be off gas in 2050 to reduce CO2 emissions. A huge operation. Can it work, asks Eline van den Ende?.
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