by Gary Chandler | Apr 11, 2020 | Local Government, Public Health
Obama, Bloomberg Offer Advice On Virus Management Participants from more than 300 cities around the world, including mayors, local leaders, and members of response teams joined Bloomberg Philanthropies’ virtual COVID-19 Local Response Initiative, where President...
by Gary Chandler | Mar 19, 2020 | Green Cities, State Government
Greener Cities Are Resilient, Responsible By Katy Aranoff, The New Republic The global economy is headed for a recession thanks to the coronavirus. A new poll finds that nearly one in five workers in the United States has already faced layoff or a loss of...
by Gary Chandler | Feb 23, 2020 | Climate Change, Corporate Leadership
Employees Hold Amazon Accountable For Change The battle against climate change suddenly has a new champion amidst a stunning leadership crisis. Better late than never. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has emerged from the back of the pack to take the lead where other capitalists...
by Gary Chandler | Jan 11, 2020 | Urban Forestry
Trees Promote Health and Climate Mitigation By Isabella Kaminski, The Developer Governments love a good tree-planting scheme, because they’re popular and always hit the headlines. The latest source of funding, announced by former environment secretary Michael Gove in...
by Gary Chandler | Dec 18, 2019 | Climate Change, Extreme Weather
Higher Tides, Declining Tax Base Drowning Cities By Nicholas Kusnetz, Inside Climate News High-tide flooding is eating away at the coastal property tax base just when communities need it most to adapt to climate change and repair the damage. Rising seas have already...
by Gary Chandler | Nov 1, 2019 | Climate Change, Green Cities
Cities Fueling Global Warming Towns and cities in the world’s developing countries are growing on an unprecedented scale. Ten years ago, an estimated 40 percent of the developing world’s population – or 2 billion people – lived in urban areas....
by Gary Chandler | Oct 6, 2019 | Climate Change, Resiliency
Floods, Droughts Fueling Changes In Food Production, Prices By Daisy Simmons, Yale Climate Connections Food may be a universal language — but in these record-breaking hot days, so too is climate change. With July clocking in as the hottest month on Earth in...
by Gary Chandler | Sep 22, 2019 | Climate Change, State Government
Public, Private Commitments Announced Major announcements by government and private sector leaders at the United Nations Climate Action Summit boosted climate action momentum, and demonstrated growing recognition that the pace of climate action must be rapidly...
by Gary Chandler | Aug 12, 2019 | Resiliency, Sustainable Cities
Ashoka Resilience Challenge Spots Innovators What will the cities of tomorrow look like? How will they adapt and evolve? How will we effectively manage and respond to physical, economic and social risks? QBE and Ashoka are hosting the Urban Resilience Challenge – a...
by Gary Chandler | Jul 5, 2019 | Climate Change, Corporate Leadership
Developing Global Programs To Promote Resiliency Climate change is gaining momentum as global warming heats up. The impact on nations, cities, farms and ecosystems is rising fast. People are growing increasingly frustrated with elected officials who refuse to prevent...
