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Join our webinar: Cities are getting hotter

Join our webinar: Cities are getting hotter

How can cities prepare for more extreme heat? Join USE and Dr Sara Meerow for a practical webinar on seven heat resilience planning principles, with examples from leading cities and tools to support urban heat planning.
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How to protect citizens from the next heat-wave?

How to protect citizens from the next heat-wave?

Heat waves place a lot of citizens at risk of health issues. Barcelona's climate shelter network shows how cities can protect the most vulnerable, using infrastructure they already have.
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Barcelona's Climate Shelters

Barcelona's Climate Shelters

Barcelona has developed a citywide network of climate shelters to protect residents from extreme heat in summer and cold in winter by taking advantage of already existing public and private infrastructure.
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UTOPÍAS
Mexico City, Mexico

UTOPÍAS

Transforming urban peripheries by regenerating public spaces
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Dublin, Ireland

AWE – Cultural engagement through accessibility, wellbeing and evidence

Connecting people and empowering communities through culture, dialogue and listening
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Shijiuyang Ecological Wetland for Safe Drinking Water
Jiaxing, China

Shijiuyang Ecological Wetland for Safe Drinking Water

This practice ensures drinking water safety for residents and promotes continuous improvement in ecological and residential environments.
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New Taipei City's Climate Action Plan
New Taipei, Taiwan

New Taipei City's Climate Action Plan

New Taipei City is combating climate change through innovative and state-of-the-art interventions.
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BibloRed
Bogotá, Colombia

BibloRed

The Public Libraries of Bogotá District Network
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Crisis management planning
Berlin, Germany

Crisis management planning

The Berlin Senate Department for Health, Care and Gender Equality ("Senatsverwaltung für Gesundheit, Pflege und Gleichstellung") has developed a model for standardised operational planning for crisis management.
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Rabat, Morocco

Anis Balafrej

Individual | Student at sciences Po Paris
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Berlin, Germany

Hadi

Individual | Architect
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Barcelona (ciudad), Spain

Laura Trujillo

Individual | Officer
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Berlin, Germany

Nélida Rostock

Individual | geographer
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Barcelona (ciudad), Spain

Sara Udina Armengol - Ajuntament del Prat de Llobregat

Institution | Municipality of El Prat de Llobregat. Head of the city’s Department of Planning
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Claudio Acioly Jr
Nairobi, Kenya

Claudio Acioly Jr

Individual | Head of Capacity Building and Interim Director Research and Capacity Development of UN-Habitat, United Nations Human Settlements Programme
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