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Housing for Older Adults

NLC (National League of Cities)

By 2030, one-fifth of the American population will be aged 65 or over, which will only make worse a critical deficit in suitable housing that caters to their specific requirements. As individuals grow older, their housing needs change, including increased accommodations for those with disabilities.

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Overcoming Risk Aversion to Accelerate Green Investments: Lessons from Mexico, Brazil and India

The City Fix

By 2030, cities will house approximately 60% of the world’s population and already more than one in three urban dwellers lack access to at least one core service like reliable energy, clean water or affordable housing. Green, sustainable infrastructure, including. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Earth Day Part 1: DC isn't achieving its sustainability goals wrt waste diversion

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

According to the Washington Informer article, " DC's new plan to slash its trash ," DC is adding ten years, one decade more, to its waste diversion goal, from 2030 to 2040 That's 16 years!!!!!!!!!! Detached housing neighborhoods tend to generate a lot more yard waste than rowhouse neighborhoods.

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India’s Shift to Low-Carbon Construction Must Not Leave Workers Behind

The City Fix

India aims to reduce the emissions intensity of its economy by 45% by 2030, compared to 2005 levels, and to achieve net-zero emissions by 2070. The country can’t achieve either goal without a radical transformation in its buildings and construction sector, which was responsible for around 17% of the nation’s.

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Helping governments and businesses pioneer sustainability initiatives: Top takeaways from the AWS Sustainability Conference

AWS Public Sector Blog

Paul van der Lingen, director of solutions architects from NetApp, discussed that by 2030, 1000 zettabytes of data will be generated, and 68% of this data will probably never used again. Scope, scale and speed in sustainability is shocking but it is a massive opportunity.” Collaboration is key to obtain a truly sustainable world.

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Transforming the performance of your built assets and estate

Open Access Government - Technology News

Attaining the UK Governments Carbon Net Zero by 2030 and embracing new ways of building and operating built assets to build sustainably and reduce in-use energy consumption. of the UK’s landmass, including 115,000 non-residential buildings and 50,000 houses. The UK Government is on track to reach net zero by 2030.

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Meeting at the intersection of race and ethnicity in federal data analysis

Partnership for Public Service

 These efforts would help our government understand important demographic trends—and address persistent intersecting inequities—when it evaluates 2030 census data.  looking at race/ethnicity and gender, or race/ethnicity and age). These 15 in 1977.

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