Cities
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CitiesCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsEuropeFailure Is Not An OptionIce Loss & Sea Level RiseSevere Storms & Flooding
Venice Submerged by Second-Highest Tidal Floodwaters Ever
Eighteen months before Venice’s state-of-the-art flood barrier is scheduled to be complete and operational, the so-called “Floating City” is drowning, submerged this week under ... -
Monthly Flat Fee for German Homeowners Covers Solar, EV, and Battery
Homeowners in Germany will be able to rent a home solar array, an electric vehicle, and battery for a single, monthly flat rate, under ... -
AustraliaCitiesClimate DenialDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy PoliticsFailure Is Not An OptionHealth & Safety
Flames Reach Sydney Suburbs as Australians Face ‘Most Dangerous Bushfire Week Ever’
With 150 wildfires burning on the country's east and west coasts and 85 raging across New South Wales, 46 of them out of control ... -
CitiesDrive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFailure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetySevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
Climate Change Makes the Most Destructive U.S. Hurricanes 330% More Frequent
The United States faces the most destructive hurricanes more than three times as often as it did a century ago, according to a new ... -
Batteries/StorageCanadaCitiesDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentOff-GridSolarWind
Buyout by Vancity Brings New Financial Clout to Green Bond Provider CoPower
Vancity Community Investment Bank has announced plans to acquire CoPower Inc., a Toronto-based green financing platform that offers green bonds to investors with as little ... -
CitiesClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate DenialClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDrive to 1.5Electricity GridEnergy PoliticsNational Plans & ResponsesOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National Governments
Trump Withdrawal from Paris Fails to Derail U.S. Climate Action
Donald Trump filed formal notice this week that the United States will withdraw from the 2015 Paris Agreement. But the decision doesn’t take effect ... -
New Delhi Declares Health Emergency, Restricts Car Traffic to Reduce Dangerous Air Pollution
India’s capital, New Delhi, declared a public health emergency Monday and banned some cars from its roads in an effort to reduce alarming levels ... -
CitiesClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy PoliticsEuropeFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyInsurance & LiabilityLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPost-Carbon TransitionShale & Fracking
UK Sets Nation-Wide Fracking Moratorium
The United Kingdom has issued a temporary moratorium on shale gas fracking, citing the industry’s inability to “reliably predict and control tremors”. -
AsiaCitiesDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & WarMiddle East
Sea Level Rise Could Put Three Times More People at Risk World-Wide
Deploying a far more accurate method than has been used to date to predict future sea level rise, researchers say three times more people ... -
Qatar Spends LNG Fortune on Outdoor Cooling to Host 2022 World Cup
Gearing up to host the World Cup of soccer in 2022, fabulously wealthy Qatar is using its revenues from liquefied natural gas (LNG) extraction ...
