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For New Zealand to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, it must commit to urgent action in the design, building, and construction sectors. The industry has both a challenge and an opportunity: to redefine how buildings are designed, constructed, and maintained to minimize their carbon …
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Scientists anticipate that 2024 will emerge as the hottest year on record, surpassing the previous heat levels recorded in 2023. This year will also mark the first complete year exceeding the Paris Agreement's temperature threshold of 1.5°C. According to Carbon Brief's State of the Climate …
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San Francisco faces a triple threat from climate change: rising sea levels, extreme storms that dump record volumes of water into the city’s already stressed sewer systems, and flooding. A new report, "Come Hell or High Water," from the San Francisco Civil Grand Jury, shows that the city’s …
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From June to August 2024, many cities across the U.S., from the East Coast to California, recorded unprecedented high temperatures. Some locations tied and broke heat records set over the past 70 years. 2023 marked the hottest on record globally, with average temperature surpassing the …
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A quarter of the country's bridges are aging, having been constructed before the 1960s. High temperatures and increased floods due to climate change are speeding up their aging and making them more fragile. The New York Times article showed examples of how scorching temperatures and severe …
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People have been drawn to coastal locations as settlement sites and trading posts since immemorial. Coasts provide the availability of transport links and access to marine resources. Although living along or near coastal areas provides many benefits, it exposes people and assets to various …
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Climate change impacts are escalating around the world. Extreme events are happening worldwide this year, not even halfway through 2024. Asian countries like India, Pakistan, Thailand, and the Philippines, for instance, suffered through a deadly heatwave with temperatures exceeding 42°C that …
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Urban landscapes are ever-changing due to population growth and the need for infrastructure development. By 2050, 68% of the global population will live in cities, or an additional 2.8 billion more people than today. The consequences of the growing population in cities are evident. For …
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Airports worldwide have responded to the growing calls to become more sustainable and reduce carbon emissions to help fight climate change. Airports have been associated with many environmental challenges, such as contributing to greenhouse gas emissions – the aviation industry generates close …
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Could Japan's waste-to-energy technology help countries address their waste and energy problem while tackling the climate crisis by reducing waste and generating clean energy? Our waste problem is increasing. Plastic waste has become a severe environmental issue. According to a Plastic …
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On 7 November 2022, the annual climate change summit, COP27, started in Egypt. This year's climate change summit gathered world leaders to discuss and plan how to tackle the climate crisis through climate mitigation or reducing emissions, and climate adaptation or how to prepare for the impacts …
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Urban areas in New Zealand are already feeling the impacts of climate change. Sea levels in the country have been rising at an average rate of 1.81 millimeters per year since the record began, making coastal communities and infrastructure vulnerable to floods, floods, tsunamis, storm surges, and …
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