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March 14, 9:10 AM
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Imagine stepping into a city where sustainability isn’t just built upwards but also downwards. While cities worldwide grapple with intensifying climate risks—flooding, heatwaves and infrastructure strain—an untapped solution lies right beneath our feet. The underground isn’t just for subways and parking garages; it holds immense potential for climate resilience, urban sustainability and even equitable development.
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March 14, 7:09 AM
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In this last article in the series, I turn to what a resilient, sustainable food system could look like. I will first discuss the agronomic side of the system and then the socio-economic part. In my view they are just two aspects of the same system. I hope that I made it very clear, from the three previous articles, how intertwined the economic aspects of the system and the ecological aspects are. This is well reflected in the concept of agro-ecology.
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March 13, 11:05 AM
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Transport is a traditionally male-dominated sector, and gender-sensitive issues are widely recognised as very relevant. The demands and experiences of women and men justify treating women’s mobility separately, taking into account significant differences in areas like travel and employment patterns, care for children and the elderly and care responsibilities.
We typically lack a knowledge base that serves as a tool to improve the quality of women’s travel experience. Such policy will guide how we manage public transport at the forefront of grassroots and gender-informed policymaking around mobility.
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March 13, 2:15 AM
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All European cities analysed exhibit drying trends over the past 42 years, the report found.
London, Paris, Berlin, Stockholm and Istanbul could all see more frequent and long-lasting droughts as a result.
Some European cities are facing ‘climate hazard flips’. Barcelona and Madrid are experiencing a particularly strong flip from wet to dry.
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March 12, 10:41 AM
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De nombreuses sociétés d’économies mixtes ont été créées pour investir localement dans les énergies renouvelables. Quelles leçons peut-on tirer de cette dynamique afin de préparer l
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March 7, 10:32 AM
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Simulation game: Stakeholders from coal regions can experience complex transformation processes and test the effects of their decisions
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March 7, 10:13 AM
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Numerous households live in homes that are too cold for their physical and mental health and well-being. But the way we measure fuel poverty across the UK varies wildly, making policymaking solutions harder to come by. On the LSE blog website Abigail McKnight argues that we need a better way of measuring fuel poverty if…
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March 7, 9:50 AM
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan began a consultation Friday on a contentious plan to pedestrianize Oxford Street in a move to regenerate the city’s busiest shopping destination.
Despite previous failed attempts and likely local opposition, Khan aims to gather Londoners’ views on his plan to create a new Mayoral Development Corporation with the power to remove traffic from one of the world’s most famous streets, according to a statement.
Sadiq KhanPhotographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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March 7, 4:39 AM
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The way people move around urban spaces is changing rapidly. In this live episode of The Urban Report, speakers from the United States, Argentina, Lithuania and city-network POLIS discuss the role of governments in fostering innovation for more sustainable transport
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March 7, 4:27 AM
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Burning wood for heat is an archetypal human activity; few images conjure up domestic security as powerfully as a bright fire at the hearth. Classified as renewable heat under EU rules, the reality of wood-burning is infinitely more complex: much of it is unsustainable, undermining climate goals and worsening air quality. Rising prices of biomass are also exacerbating inequality, especially in Central and Eastern Europe, where many low-income households depend wholly on firewood for home heating.
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February 28, 5:30 AM
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A fridge on the street, stocked with fresh food—free for anyone passing by.
AMS Institute researcher Joe Llewellyn, BuurtBuik, and MIT Senseable City Lab are piloting a simple but powerful idea: a publicly accessible fridge on the Elandsgracht in the Jordaan where surplus food finds a new home instead of going to waste.
The fridge helps ensure good food doesn’t go to waste while supporting those who can use it.
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February 28, 4:58 AM
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Parks are popular community amenities. When built right, they can also mitigate flooding, heat, and other impacts of climate change.
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February 28, 4:40 AM
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Artificial intelligence is a brave new frontier for society that presents both risks and opportunities. Peter Weckesser joins the show to explain how AI can best be mobilised to accelerate, rather than hinder, the energy transition.
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March 14, 9:06 AM
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Recent reports have concluded that the transition to cleaner energy is generating jobs and contributing to economic growth. So, why would anyone question the UK government’s commitment to net zero, asks Andrew Warren, Chair of the British Energy Efficiency Federation, in the March issue of Energy in Buildings & Industry. Calculating net zero’s boost…
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March 14, 7:00 AM
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Across the EU, the housing crisis is spiralling out of control. Millions live in overcrowded, inadequate homes, face energy poverty, or are homeless—while rents skyrocket and housing costs devour incomes. In 2023, over 10% of city households spent more than 40% of their income on housing, and rents jumped 18% in just over a decade.
Why? Decades of chronic underinvestment in public housing have left governments handing the reins to private developers and investors who drove up prices with speculation. This has created a system that prioritises profits over people. It’s time to rewrite the rules.
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March 13, 2:48 AM
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The energy transition is becoming more and more complex, new technologies are coming online, old ways of sourcing power are becoming obsolete and geopolitics are tearing up the rulebook.
That is why the ability to plan ahead, work through all the options, find the opportunities in our shift toward a greener world and pick as many winners as possible is a skill worth its weight in gold.
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March 12, 12:15 PM
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Ce lundi 10 mars, la France a présenté son 3ᵉ plan national d'adaptation au changement climatique (PNACC-3). Il prévoit un ensemble de 52 actions concrètes pour adapter notre territoire, Hexagone et Outre-mer, aux impacts visibles et attendus du changement climatique : canicules, inondations, sécheresses, retrait-gonflement des argiles, érosion côtière, feux de forêt, perte de biodiversité, etc. Objectifs : protéger la population et construire la résilience de la société française. Il s’agit d’adapter nos modes de vie, notre économie, nos infrastructures et nos décisions politiques en intégrant le climat futur dans l’ensemble de la planification écologique (1).
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March 11, 12:03 PM
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It's when everyone is involved from residences to businesses to policymakers that cooling strategies become more effective and really tailored to the needs of the community.
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March 7, 10:21 AM
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France has more than enough land to feed its inhabitants. Yet almost half of French farmland serves the global export trade. Food sovereignty will remain a pipe dream as long as the absurd globalised food system continues to hold sway, says a new report by Terre de Liens. The Rural Resilience project reports from the launch event in Paris. France has more than enough land to feed its inhabitants. Yet almost half of French farmland serves the global export trade. Food sovereignty will remain a pipe dream as long as the absurd globalised food system continues to hold sway, says a new report by Terre de Liens. The Rural Resilience project reports from the launch event in Paris.
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March 7, 9:58 AM
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Cette semaine, la lettre de l’impact positif s’intéresse au club des élus de l’éco transition en Artois. Lancé en octobre 2023, c’est un espace réflexif où les personnalités politiques du territoire partagent et se forment autour de la transition écologique. D’après les témoignages des élus interrogés, le collectif leur a permis de se sentir épaulés et compris par leurs pairs, à des moments où la solitude pouvait les peser au sein de leurs collectivités respectives. De sa création jusqu’à sa dissolution en 2024, nous avons pu les suivre tout au long du processus.
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March 7, 9:40 AM
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The Bellona Environmental Foundation recently provided its views on the EC’s recently announced energy package. Headquartered in Norway, Bellona has evolved into a recognised technology- and solution-oriented organisation with offices in Oslo, Brussels, Berlin, and Vilnius. The EU’s Affordable Energy Action Plan – watt is it all about? On February 26th, the European Commission…
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March 7, 4:30 AM
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Despite the growing urgency of the climate crisis, appetite for ambitious green investments remains low. Austerity is still Europe’s default response to economic uncertainty, but the continent can no longer afford the environmental cost of climate budget cuts. Can the EU change its ways and steer Europe towards a greener and more just future?
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February 28, 8:20 AM
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Le mouvement citoyen Terres de lien pointe du doigt les faibles aides que l’État apporte aux collectivités souhaitant se doter d’un projet alimentaire territorial. Elles auraient pourtant un grand rôle à jouer en matière de souveraineté alimentaire.
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February 28, 5:18 AM
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The European Commission will not unveil its long-awaited proposal to enshrine into law the European Union’s new 2040 climate target on Wednesday, a spokesperson told POLITICO Tuesday.
A senior official told POLITICO over the weekend that the Commission had agreed to publish an amendment to the bloc’s climate law this week alongside a strategy to boost and decarbonize the EU's struggling manufacturing industries.
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February 28, 4:49 AM
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Fair electricity tariffs can make clean energy accessible, tackling inequality while driving Europe’s green transition.
What if your electricity bill could help fight climate change and tackle inequality? Europe’s energy transition is not just about counting solar panels and wind turbines; it is about making the system work for everyone. Well-designed bills and fair electricity tariffs can make clean energy affordable and accessible, but today’s prices often leave the most vulnerable behind. What needs to change, and how can we act now?
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