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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.
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.
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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Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

Greening The Grassroots in Petaling Jaya

Based on business and community participation, the Greening The Grassroots programme will assist with the transformation of Petaling Jaya into a low carbon city by 2020 with government support.
Cultural Resources Climate Change Task Force
Sacramento, United States

Cultural Resources Climate Change Task Force

Engaging cultural heritage in climate action
Bristol, United Kingdom

Smart City Bristol

Bristol's innovative approach to becoming a smart city is based on people and not on technology: a Public-Private-People approach. Projects to date include smart metering, open data, smart grid and electric vehicles which build on the City's strengths in micro-electronic and digital companies.
Greater Helsinki, Finland

Helsinki Climate Street project

The Climate Street project involves public agencies, residents and businesses working together to convert sustainable ideas into practical, replicable and scalable actions.
Albay (Province), Philippines

Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation strategies for building resilient communities

The province of Albay in the Philippines has adopted strategies for disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) to foster economic prosperity and keep its population safe.
Valladolid, Spain

CreArt

Networking creative cities

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Jakarta, Indonesia

Kota Kita Kota Kita Foundation

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Pere Giralt
Barcelona (área metropolitana), Spain

Pere Giralt

Individual | International Relations Intern
Sabelo B Nkosi
Durban, South Africa

Sabelo B Nkosi

Individual | Acting Senior Manager: Biodiversity Planning, Biodiversity Management Department
Pierre Gillet
Brussels Capital Region, Belgium

Pierre Gillet

Individual | project manager
David Connor
Liverpool, United Kingdom

David Connor

Individual | Founder
Madrid, Spain

Carrillo Ana

Individual | Communication Service Manager