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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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Re-discovering the Antonine Wall
Glasgow, United Kingdom

Re-discovering the Antonine Wall

World Heritage for community development
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Medellín, Colombia

Improvement without Barriers

Increasing access and mobility for people with disabilities
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Descontorno Cultural
Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Descontorno Cultural

This event aims to promote artists and cultural initiatives from the peripheries of the city, decentralizing BH’s artistic production.
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Cape Town, South Africa

Building Resilient Food Systems in Cape Town

Collaborative governance pathways
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Metropolitan City of Turin, Italy

RePoPP Circular Markets

Implementing a circular economy for food and food policies
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Glasgow, United Kingdom

Co-operative Glasgow

The City of Glasgow is identifying effective and sustainable ways of addressing economic and social challenges by supporting cooperatives and social enterprises and devolving power to residents.
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Vanessa Miriam Carlow
Berlin, Germany

Vanessa Miriam Carlow

Institution | Professor / Architect and Urban planner
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Alfonso David Barrientos Zapata
La Paz, Bolivia

Alfonso David Barrientos Zapata

Individual | Arquitecto, Docente en la Universidad Mayor de San Andrés La Paz-BOLIVIA
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Frank Martz
Altamonte Springs, United States

Frank Martz

Individual | City Manager
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Madrid, Spain

David García Álvarez

Individual | Assistant Professor
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Berlin, Germany

Sara Grötsch

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Philipp Wilimzig
Bad Belzig, Germany

Philipp Wilimzig

Individual | Managing Director
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