Our three cities are learning from each other about how to protect residents. These climate policies are also public health measures
As Toronto Temperatures Rise, Inequalities Widen | The Local
Climate change causes heat waves, but the city’s politics, policies, and design determine who suffers most.
Europe is BURNING - why are politicians not acting?
District cooling could be the solution we need to tackle extreme heat | New Scientist
Networks of pipes carrying chilled water have proven to be an efficient way to cool hospitals and universities. Now, they are expanding into cities as heatwaves increase in the US and Europe
Urban America Reconsidered by David L. Imbroscio | Paperback | Cornell University Press
The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina laid bare the tragedy of American cities. What the storm revealed about the social conditions in New Orleans shocked many Americans. Even more shocking is how widespread these conditions are throughout much of urban...
France’s big climate problem: The budget crunch
Historic heat is forcing the French government to rethink its spending plans.
Announcing the NYC Urban Heat Portal: Explore, Understand, and Act on Urban Heat - BetaNYC
BetaNYC is excited to announce the launch of the NYC Urban Heat Portal! Explore it at urbanheat.nyc What is urban heat, and why does it matter? New York City, like many urban areas, faces the Urban Heat Island effect, whereby cityscapes become significantly warmer than surrounding rural areas. The growing challenge of extreme heat is
Climate Change: Global Crisis To Local Action By Kevin Anderson
Majority of US voters link extreme weather to climate crisis, study finds
Top Democrat says findings show public ‘way ahead of the politicians’ as Trump dismisses global heating as ‘hoax’
Summer in NYC | NYC Mayor's Office
Some Ontario students can’t escape extreme heat | The Narwhal
As the school year begins, some students in Peel Region are feeling the impacts of climate change in the classroom
Maloney, Nadler ask NYC mayors what they knew about health hazards at Ground Zero
What did then-New York City Mayors Rudy Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg really know about the toxic threats posed by the ruins for the World Trade Center, and when did they know it? More than two decades after the catastrophic attacks, and…
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Steady temperatures are the preserve of the rich. The billionaire press wants everyone else to suffer.
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
Summer’s new normal is a hazard that’s testing Europe’s climate resilience
As people across Europe are having to acclimatise to an unprecedented heatwave, coordinated responses for tackling extreme heat need to come from the top, and there’s no time to lose.
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Rapid climate action is needed: comparing heat vs. COVID-19-related mortality
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