Via Terra Daily, a report on how roof greening in Chinese cities offers significant carbon sink potential: Chinese cities, accounting for approximately 85% of the nation’s carbon emissions, face a pressing need for innovative solutions to reduce urban CO2 levels. Conventional emission reduction measures alone fall short of addressing the challenge given China’s rapid economic […]
Read more »Via The National News, a look at Dubai’s strategy to create more than 3,000km of pedestrian paths as part of major adaptation strategy: Dubai on Saturday announced a major project to transform the emirate into a “year-round pedestrian-friendly city”, with more than 3,000 kilometres of walkways and 110 new bridges and tunnels. Dubai Walk Master Plan, […]
Read more »Via Knowable Magazine, a look at how getting our homes and workplaces to be energy efficient has major benefits — but not when it is done one window at a time. Here’s why deep retrofits and biomaterials are key to more sustainable living: Eat less meat, fly less, don’t use plastic: The changes we […]
Read more »Via Yale e360, a report on Paris’s plan to swap parking spaces for trees: Paris aims to replace 60,000 parking spaces across the city with trees by the end of this decade, according to its newly released climate plan. The plan, which must still be approved by the Council of Paris, lays out steps to help […]
Read more »Via Terra Daily, a look at how urban planners can use trees to cool entire cities: Cities worldwide face rising temperatures, with urban areas particularly vulnerable due to heat absorption by concrete and asphalt. Tree-planting programs are a popular strategy to counteract urban heat, yet these initiatives often rely on estimates rather than precise science. […]
Read more »Courtesy of The Washington Post, a look at passive homes, green homes designed to be as energy efficient as possible. New incentives aim to make them more budget-friendly. On the morning of June 7, 2023, New York City woke to a sky of orange haze as the smoke from Canadian wildfires blew in from hundreds […]
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