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Climate change : what does this mean for your city? In July 2009, the Cities Alliance launched a four-issue CIVIS series on climate change prepared by the Human Settlements Group at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). This issue in the series explores what ......
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In this Science 101: What is climate resilience video, engineer Tom Wall and scientist Rao Kotamarthi describe how experts are preparing our nation’s infrastructure – transportation, hospitals, manufacturing, food supplies – to withstand the effects of climate change. The first step is to build ...
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Policy Brief: Extreme Weather and Climate Change: What the Science Really SaysJOSIAH NEELEY
Almost all companies recognize the importance of innovation today.(5)But not many are able to integrate innovation into their business. A commentary in the Shanghai Daily points out that innovation doesn’t mean piles of documents. It is something more practical. (6)The article says many people...
Why is it more important to understand climate change than it is, for instance, to know that climate change is real? And, assuming that understanding climate change is indeed more valuable than just knowing about it, what does this involve? Why do we need to have understanding rather than ...
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Here is a look at 10 of the most common myths about climate change that persist in the public sphere and what science has to say about them. Myth #1: It's the sun. While it is true that varying intensity of energy from the sun has driven long-term climate changes like ice ages in...