Is The World Approaching Green Architecture All Wrong?
How does social resilience merge with architectural design to increase community adaptation to the climate crisis?
Climate resiliency
World Bank Commits $200 Billion Over Five Years For Climate Action
The World Bank Group announced on Monday a new set of climate targets for 2021-25 and that it was doubling its current five-year investments to around $200 billion in support of countries taking ambitious climate action.
MIT & UN Launch Global Contests To Strengthen Climate Resiliency
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Climate CoLab, in collaboration with the United Nations Secretary-General, has announced a series of global, online contests intended to help strengthen the climate resiliency of vulnerable countries. The suite of MIT-led contests are part of the recently announced Climate Resilience Initiative — Anticipate, Absorb, Reshape (A2R), a … [continued]
The Social Cost of Carbon Is Six Times Higher Than Estimated
A new Stanford University study pegs the social cost of carbon at $220/ton, 6x higher than U.S. estimates, and a potential trillion-dollar economic threat.
Hawaii, Rhode Island, Vermont Take Serious Climate Adaptation Action
Hawaii, Rhode Island, and Vermont have joined the growing number of states taking climate adaptation into their own hands in lieu of federal action.
Massachusetts Invests $50 Million In Grid, Coastal Climate Resiliency
Massachusetts has launched a $50 million resiliency plan to harden the state’s power grid, waterfront communities, and public health against climate change impacts.
Online Map Guides Great Lakes Climate Change Adaptation Planning
The growing effects of climate change make adaptation more important every day, but without accurate data to guide planning, government action risks being ineffective or insufficient.
That’s where a new interactive map from the University of Michigan comes into the picture, combining economic, infrastructure, and population data for 225 counties in the Great Lakes region.
50 Top US Mayors Launch Fight For Climate Change Resiliency
More than 50 US mayors and county elected officials have launched the Resilient Communities for America campaign by committing to build stronger communities that can meet their own energy needs and withstand the relentless onslaught of heat waves, floods, droughts, severe storms, and wildfires.
