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Tag Archives: adaptation
COVID-19 and climate resilience: Effective disaster prevention and management practices
Read time: 7 minutes Guest author: Olga Chepelianskaia (UNICITI) Editor’s note: This post shares the findings of two related articles that link the current crisis with climate resilience. These investigate: 1) human encroachment into natural ecosystems; and 2) resilience planning in … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Development, Disaster management, Sustainability and resilience, Uncategorized
Tagged adaptation, blue green infrastructure, Climate change, deforestation, disaster, disaster planning, ecosystem services, emergency planning, green infrastructure, mitigation, preparedness, urban planning, urban resilience, urban sustainability
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Urban Heat Island for Beginners: Part 2 *
The Two Dimension of the UHI UHI is mainly dependent on the modification of the urban energy fluxes and, as a consequence, on the synoptic conditions in urban and rural sites. UHIs are characterized by two dimensions: an extension and … Continue reading
COP21: THE PARIS AGREEMENT IN BULLET POINTS
On 11 December 2015, the United Nations 21st Conference of Parties closed its doors. The outcome of this conference is a historical agreement that recognizes the threat for humankind deriving from potentially irreversible climatic change that requires both a wide … Continue reading
Posted in Sustainability and resilience
Tagged adaptation, agreement, Climate change, COP21, mitigation
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The Mayors Adapt (Convenant of Mayors 2.0): toward a smart city.
It was held in Naples, the inauguration of Mayors Adapt initiative, commissioned by the Directorate General of the European Commission’s Climate Action and founded assuming the EU adaptation strategy to climate change. Mayors Adapt supports the cities, creating an opportunity … Continue reading
Posted in Events reports, Sustainability and resilience
Tagged adaptation, anticipation, Climate change, Europe, Impact, Italy, Mayor Adapt, sustainability
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