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Largest-Ever Coalition of Cities Takes on Climate Change

Largest-Ever Coalition of Cities Takes on Climate Change | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
More than 7,100 cities around the world are set to collaborate in their fight against climate change through a new first-of-its-kind initiative.
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Facing Climate Change, Cities Embrace Resiliency - Governing

Facing Climate Change, Cities Embrace Resiliency - Governing | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it


The list goes on: a statewide fuel depot for emergency responders, wetlands creation and restoration, bridge replacements, and money for municipalities to do their own resiliency planning.

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â–¶ Questions for a Resilient Future: Benjamin Barber - YouTube

For more on the Center for Human and Nature's Questions for a Resilient Future series visithttp://www.humansandnature.org/questi...

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Switching on to energy democracy

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Popular participation, social ideals and ecological sustainability are key attributes of sustainable systems, Claire Fauset writes.
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Cities' importance in fighting climate change increasing -- Bloomberg - YouTube

The international community is increasingly looking toward cities for leadership with regard to fighting climate change, C40 president and former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Wednesday.

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Expert Voices: Michael Stevns, Infrastructure & Cities Sector, Siemens - National Geographic

Expert Voices: Michael Stevns, Infrastructure & Cities Sector, Siemens - National Geographic | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

Cities are potentially the most resilient of all human creations, yet modern cities and their reliance on technologies have demonstrated our weaknesses in the face of increasingly extreme weather events. The combining trends of urbanisation and climate change have moved the topic of resilience to the forefront of climate change discussions. According to the United Nations, natural disasters between 2000 and 2012 are estimated to have caused $1.7 trillion globally in damages.

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