Tag: climate resiliency

  • Report: ‘Future Proofing Cities’

      One of the defining challenges of our time is how to reconcile the need for rapid growth and poverty alleviation in many parts of the world with the need to avoid irreversible and costly environmental damage. This is a challenge that will be played out in the world’s cities.  More than half of the…

  • Architecture for Humanity co-founders to step down

    Cameron Sinclair After 15 years of leadership, Architecture for Humanity (AFH) co-founders Cameron Sinclair and Kate Stohr are stepping down while the organization launches into a new five-year strategic plan.  Stohr, who currently serves as board advisor, will be leave the organization September 30 and return to a career in television and web production. Sinclair, who currently…

  • On the front lines of climate adaptation: Part 2

    Drought, by THEMACGIRL With the business community grappling to understand how the impacts of climate change will affect their bottom line, Sustainable Industries recently interviewed two authors who literally wrote the book on resilience to find out more on the topic. Cole Roberts and Alisdair McGregor are sustainable design gurus from Arup who teamed up with their colleague Fiona Cousins and…

  • Climate change’s upside: Wealthier, healthier cities

    While national governments struggle to establish an agreed global climate deal, many of the world’s largest cities have been taking action to combat the effects of a changing climate. As a result, these cities are cutting their carbon footprint, reporting annual energy savings of up to $13 million, and their residents are benefiting from healthier…

  • New York to spend billions on climate resiliency

    Nearly eight months after Hurricane Sandy slammed the northeastern United States, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is proposing a far-reaching $20 billion plan to build flood barriers and “green infrastructure” to protect low-lying areas of Manhattan from future superstorms.  Following Sandy, the mayor appointed a task force to assess the city’s vulnerability. In a report released…