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How climate change and population growth will transform cities' energy use

How climate change and population growth will transform cities’ energy use

Leave a Comment / ChangeMaker, Climate Change, Efforts, Environment, research / By / October 20, 2023

Researchers estimate the electricity used per square foot to cool buildings in U.S. cities will increase on average by nearly 14% for every degree of warming. More extreme heat and bigger populations will dramatically change energy use in American cities by 2050, driving up the amount of electricity used to cool urban buildings per unit …

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How Paris prepared for water shortages caused by climate change

How Paris prepared for water shortages caused by climate change

1 Comment / Climate Change, Environment, ESG, Global Warming, Information / By / October 18, 2023

Climate change is causing large cities around the world to face water shortages. But in Paris, the city has been working proactively for years to conserve and clean water. We speak about the city’s solutions with Peter Yeung, contributing editor for the online publication Reasons to be Cheerful. This article was originally published on WBUR.org. Credits: Boise …

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IMF calls for boosting inclusive growth in Mena and revisit policy framework

IMF calls for boosting inclusive growth in Mena and revisit policy framework

Leave a Comment / Climate Change, Efforts, Gender Inequality, purpose / By / October 16, 2023

Says eliminating barriers to women participation in labour force, digitalisation and green investments will help the region accelerate the pace of growth The International Monetary Fund has called for boosting inclusive growth in the Middle East and North African economies as successive shocks, as well as global headwinds including climate change and automation compound vulnerabilities in the region. The …

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Climate crisis costing $16m an hour in extreme weather damage, study estimates

Climate crisis costing $16m an hour in extreme weather damage, study estimates

Leave a Comment / ChangeMaker, Climate Change, Efforts, Pollution, Save Earth / By / October 10, 2023

Analysis shows at least $2.8tn in damage from 2000 to 2019 through worsened storms, floods and heatwaves The damage caused by the climate crisis through extreme weather has cost $16m (£13m) an hour for the past 20 years, according to a new estimate. Storms, floods, heatwaves and droughts have taken many lives and destroyed swathes …

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People walk in Central Park as smoke from wildfires in Canada cause hazy conditions in New York on June 7.

Even short-term exposure to air pollution may raise risk of stroke, study finds

1 Comment / Climate Change, Environment, Global Warming, Pollution / By / September 28, 2023

Researchers looked at the links between a number of common pollutants and risk of stroke. This past summer, wildfire smoke periodically blanketed the United States, bringing stinging air and hazy skies to the Northeast and the Midwest, regions that are unaccustomed to the itchy eyes, scratchy throats and breathing problems that come from being downwind of such …

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