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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-Use Berlin
Berlin, Germany

Re-Use Berlin

Improving the appeal of buying and donating quality second hand goods.
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Activation of an urban open space through citizen participation
Berlin, Germany

Activation of an urban open space through citizen participation

The project "Tempelhofer Freiheit" aims to establish a diverse combination of reuses of the former Berlin Tempelhof airport.
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Moscow, Russia

“VMESTE!” (“TOGETHER!”)

A community-driven decision-making system
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Rogers Park Community Response Team
Chicago, United States

Rogers Park Community Response Team

Participatory governance in local care programmes.
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Santa Ana, Costa Rica

Santa Ana en Cleta

Women Leading the charge for sustainable change in the city's mobility culture.
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Bandung, Indonesia

OMABA: Supplementary Food Recovery Program

A Public health initiative to support malnourished children and improve nutrition options for young people.
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Hong Kong, China

Ada Chan

Individual | Researcher
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UCLG Learning
Barcelona (área metropolitana), Spain

UCLG Learning

Institution | Local and Regional Government Network
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Zied Nhouchi
Grand Paris, France

Zied Nhouchi

Individual | Planner/Urban designer at IDEACONSULT/STUDI GROUP
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Klara Schwobe
Berlin, Germany

Klara Schwobe

Individual | Senate Department for the Mobility, Transport, Climate Protection and the Environment/ Policy Officer
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Western Sydney University
Sydney, Australia

Western Sydney University

Institution | University
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Eyjolfsdóttir Bryndís
Barcelona (ciudad), Spain

Eyjolfsdóttir Bryndís

Individual | Development
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