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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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A Communication Strategy for refugees and migrantsicons_use
Berlin, Germany

A Communication Strategy for refugees and migrants

A multi-lingual podcast providing official COVID-19 information.
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Linköping, Sweden

Linköping Carbon Neutral 2025

In 2011 the Municipal Council adopted its long-term climate goal to make Linköping a carbon-neutral community by 2025.
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Bioclimatic upgrade of public spaces
Thessaloniki, Greece

Bioclimatic upgrade of public spaces

The implementation of bioclimatic principles in the design of urban open spaces.
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Melbourne , Australia

Green Factor Tool

Empowering developers to create a greener, more liveable city through innovative urban design
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Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom

Our Future City

Growing creativity and improving wellbeing for children and young people through culture.
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Sangam Digital Media City (DMC) - City of Tomorrow
Seoul , South Korea

Sangam Digital Media City (DMC) - City of Tomorrow

As an industrial cluster of digital media and entertainment companies, the DMC produces and disseminates cutting-edge media contents.
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Francesco Tena
Boston, United States

Francesco Tena

Individual | Municipal Government, Civic Engagement
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Thomas Trachsel
Zurich, Switzerland

Thomas Trachsel

Individual | Research Assistant Sustainable Transport Systems
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Miquel Roig
Barcelona (ciudad), Spain

Miquel Roig

Individual | Economist
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Javier Duarte
Bogotá, Colombia

Javier Duarte

Individual | Architect & Urbanist
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Julia Azpiroz
Barcelona (ciudad), Spain

Julia Azpiroz

Individual | Urban planner
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Cali, Colombia

Andres Perez Zapata

Individual | architect, urban manager
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