The rising tide of city resilience

Members of the now-disbanded 100 Resilient Cities initiative are back, with a new network dedicated to championing urban initiatives meant to combat the effects of climate change.

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Ways to view the climate as an infrastructure asset

Even with relatively conservative assumptions, the math yields a clear and compelling answer: investing in climate action today would be a lot cheaper than the effects of unmitigated warming.

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Plastic to-go containers are bad, but the alternatives might not be much better

Single-use plastic bans are showing up across the nation. But compostable plates and forks may not solve the plastic crisis.

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Photographing a fragile, yet resilient, world

Environmental artist Anne de Carbuccia travels to Earth’s most extreme places, documenting the effects of climate change.

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Meet 9 badass women fighting climate change in cities

Women are more likely than men to suffer from the effects of a changing climate. These leaders are leaning in to ensure that doesn’t happen.

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EWG’s Guide to Healthy Cleaning may change your perceptions of safe, eco-friendly products

If you’re a fan of the purported eco-friendly brands Seventh Generation or Method , the Environmental Working Group’s (EWG) newly expanded Guide to Healthy Cleaning may make you think twice about those products. The guide, which rates over 2,500 products on their effects on human health and the environment, gave both brands D’s and F’s on their rating scale. The guide said the products were rated poor due to toxic ingredients that posed moderate to high health concerns. Keep reading for a closer look as to why these household brands scored so low in EWG’s guide. READ MORE>

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Your sunscreen use is polluting the ocean and killing the coral reefs

Our sunscreen habit is  killing the ocean’s coral reefs. Scientists have been justifiably harping on us for years about the effects of human-driven climate change on reefs and marine life. Now there is a new threat to worry about, because  new evidence  has surfaced that shows just how harmful compounds in sunscreen can be for the delicate ecosystems of our planet’s coral reefs. Luckily, unlike as with global warming, there is an easy solution to the problem. Read the rest of Your sunscreen use is polluting the ocean and killing the coral reefs

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Tatiana Bilbao tackles Mexico’s affordable housing shortage with a flexible modular prototype

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New report shows Scandinavian countries are best-prepared for the effects of climate change

Worried about rising water levels, increased frequency and strength of storms as well as other potential natural disasters? Well, according to the latest  Global Adaptation Index  (GAIN) report, which ranks more than 175 countries based on their vulnerability to climate change and their readiness, you would be better off moving to Scandanavia—specifically Norway and Sweden.  Read the rest of New report shows Scandinavian countries are best-prepared for the effects of climate change Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Climate Change , climate change prepareness , GAIN report , Global Adaptation Index , global warming , norway , Scandanavia , University of Notre Dame , University of Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index

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NRDC Releases Online Tool to Track Local Effects of Climate Change

Reading about the melting ice sheets in the Arctic or desertification in Africa may seem like remote instances, but the effects of climate change also can be seen locally throughout the United States. In order to help make connections between temperature records, extreme weather events, and the spread of disease, the NRDC has created the Snapshot Tool , an online program that allows users to search for occurrences by community. Read the rest of NRDC Releases Online Tool to Track Local Effects of Climate Change Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Africa , Arctic , Climate Change , global warming , nrdc , online , snapshot tool , united states        

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