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Historically, earth observation satellites have been utilized for defense and security purposes. With increasing pressures from rapid urbanization and climate change, economic and infrastructure development underscores the need to leverage Earth observation (EO) satellites for sustainable …
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The construction industry is increasingly feeling the impact of extreme events, which are becoming more frequent and intense. Simultaneously, the sector is contributing to climate change. The built environment accounts for approximately 40% of global energy-related carbon emissions. Of this, …
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The construction industry continues to trend toward sustainable construction practices to reduce carbon emissions and environmental impact. According to Buildpass, sustainable construction has seven principles: sustainable design, durability, energy efficiency, waste reduction, indoor air …
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Extreme events from climate change are impacting bridges all over the world and the safety of its users. Climatic extremes like intense heat, wildfires, freezing temperatures, and strong winds are straining all parts of the bridge, making it unstable and more prone to service disruptions due to …
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Climate change affects everyone and everything around us, particularly the infrastructure we depend on daily. The latest IPCC report cycle, the IPCC Six Assessment Report, unequivocally states that climate change is not a future threat but is happening right now. Trillions of dollars are being …
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Climate change is a defining issue of our time. Despite efforts to limit warming by and within 1.5°C towards the end of the century, we will more than likely breach the limit, with a 66% likelihood that we will exceed this temperature in 2023 to 2027, according to the World Meteorological …
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The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has warned about the country’s infrastructure for more than two decades. Their most recent grade from the professional body for transportation infrastructure is a D-, and hazardous waste is a D+. The poor state of the country’s infrastructure, from …
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Natural events, such as storms, floods, and earthquakes, that impact transportation assets such as road networks, bridges, and tunnels have become more frequent and catastrophic, resulting in significant damage, economic losses, social isolation, and adverse cascading effects on other critical …
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Africa could be the world's breadbasket if it has enabling policies, a conducive business environment, adequate and resilient infrastructure, innovative technologies, access to capital, and transparency in governance that will help the continent achieve this potential. An article in White …
Extreme events from climate change will continue to cause disruption and damage to road networks. Despite the vulnerability of our infrastructure networks to natural disasters and climate events, they also play a critical role in boosting our resilience to these impacts. Low-income countries and …
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The latest IPCC assessment report, AR6, concludes that temperatures will continue to rise until at least 2050 under all emissions scenarios. Rising temperature means extreme weather events like heavy rainfall, flooding, stronger typhoons and hurricanes, droughts, and heat waves will become more …
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The United States Transmission networks face many challenges – aging, rising outages, and the impacts of severe weather events are becoming more frequent. The Reuters article, "Creaky US power grid threatens progress on renewables, EVs," presents that improving the US electric grid will boost the …
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