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Cities need $72bn boost to protect residents from climate change, CDP reveals

Cities need $72bn boost to protect residents from climate change, CDP reveals An analysis of the climate mitigation and adaptation plans of 800 major cities has found that one in four does not have the budget to protect their residents from climate impacts like floods. Pictured: Flooding in Texas following Storm Harvey in 2017 Conducted by CDP, the analysis looks at the data disclosed through the CDP-ICLEI Unified Reporting System by 812 cities in 2020. Collectively, these cities are set to represent some 5% of the world’s population by the end of the decade. While CDP welcomes the fact that more cities are disclosing using the system than ever before, with just 48 cities having used it in 2011, the analysis raises several red flags in terms of climate adaptation – preparing cities for environmental impacts that are already ‘locked in’.

Questions and Answers on Zero Pollution Action Plan

Met dank overgenomen van Europese Commissie (EC), gepubliceerd op woensdag 12 mei 2021. Why do we need to act more on pollution? Despite significant progress in the EU over the last decades, pollution still heavily impacts our health and the environment. In the EU, one in eight deaths is linked to environmental pollution, with 90% of these deaths due to chronic diseases, out of which cancers score as the most frequent ones. It is estimated that air pollution alone causes up to 400.000 premature deaths each year. Pollution s most harmful impacts on human health are typically borne by the most vulnerable groups, notably children, people with medical conditions, older persons, persons with disabilities and those living in poorer socio-economic conditions, creating thus further inequalities.

Sustainability in Residential Renovation

Copy The Royal Danish Academy’s Institute of Architecture and Design and Grundejernes Investeringsfond (Danish Landowners Investment Fund) invite architects, building industry actors and homeowners to a public presentation and discussion of graduate student Claire Kimball Johnson’s thesis project A Renovation Wave for Denmark – a strategy to increase architect-led sustainable renovations of private residential properties in Denmark. The project is a response to the EU Commission’s New European Bauhaus – a call for high-quality, sustainable and inclusive design solutions. Program: 13.15 → Panel Presentations Marina Botta, PhD, Researcher and sustainable architect,  Peter Andreas Sattrup, Senior Adviser Sustainability, Danish Association of Architectural Firms, 

New EU buildings rules are crucial to deliver on climate targets

New EU buildings rules are crucial to deliver on climate targets DISCLAIMER: All opinions in this column reflect the views of the author(s), not of EURACTIV Media network. 30-04-2021 The European Union must introduce Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) requiring all existing buildings to meet a minimum energy standard by a given date or a chosen trigger point, such as a sale or a renovation, argues Monica Frassoni. [Sarah Le Clerc / Flickr]

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