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EU Buildings Climate Tracker – first edition: How can the EPBD close the rapidly growing decarbonisation gap ?
This event is an ideal opportunity to discover the new EU Buildings Climate Tracker and its results, to inform and to contex (...)
EU Buildings Climate Tracker: methodology and introduction of building decarbonisation indicators and their results
The EU Buildings Climate Tracker is an index composed set of indicators. It is a response to the challenges around the colle (...)
Could cargo bike deliveries help green e-commerce?
A worker on an electric cargo-bike ferries goods in Strasbourg, France. Frederick Florin/AFP As the world moves toward decarb (...)
Slovenia takes a pivotal turn towards circularity
image source : depositphotos Slovenia has decided to actively combat climate change by transitioning its entire economy towar (...)
Join the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change!
There is still time to sign the Climate Mission charter and lead the way towards a climate-resilient future in Europe. About (...)
Planning for Disaster: How Resilience Can Be Built into Design
The construction industry is looking for ways to adapt to the changing climate. Because of this, builders search for structur (...)
Energy-Efficient Ways to Design for Comfort in Humid Climates
Steamy summer weather creates residential maintenance challenges. People struggle to ventilate their homes without increasing (...)
ABC 21 project publishes reports and findings about bioclimatic and related topics
Buildings play a central role in a decarbonised & zero-emissions future. However, globalisation trends in building design (...)
New forms of urban planning are emerging in Africa
Header photo : Singapore’s Surbana Jurong prepared master plan 2040 for the Rwandan capital, Kigali. GettyImages Sylvia (...)
Press release: Public survey launches Valle dei Laghi activities in major EU climate-change project
Residents of Valle dei Laghi and wider Trentino-Alto Adige region have the opportunity to contribute to a major project that (...)
Disasters can wipe out affordable housing for years unless communities plan ahead – the loss hurts the entire local economy
The tornadoes and wildfires that devastated communities from Kentucky to Colorado in the final weeks of 2021 left thousand (...)
New flood maps show US damage rising 26% in next 30 years due to climate change alone, and the inequity is stark
Coastal cities like Port Arthur, Texas, are at increasing risk from flooding during storms. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Olive (...)
Implementing the Paris Agreement and reducing greenhouse gas emissions throughout the life cycle of buildings: European public policies, tools and market initiatives
Being responsible for 38% of total global energy-related CO2 emissions, the built environment plays a vital role in deliverin (...)
Without urgent action, these are the street trees unlikely to survive climate change
Shutterstock Renée M. Prokopavicius, Western Sydney University; David S. Ellsworth, Western Sydney University et Sebastian (...)
Here's How to Design Climate Responsive Homes
Nations everywhere are instituting carbon-neutrality goals. These goals involve allocating funding to green-minded infrastr (...)