NLC (National League of Cities)

APRIL 20, 2023

are grappling with simultaneous and compounding crises: climate-driven disasters, the systemic and long-running disinvestment in communities of color, a growing mental health crisis (particularly among teens) and more. Communities across the U.S.

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The City Fix

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Public transport is one of the best, most cost-effective solutions available to address today’s climate and development challenges. Buses and trains can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by up to two-thirds per passenger, per kilometer compared to private vehicles. The UN’s latest.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

In the two years since the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), officially known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), became law, communities of all sizes have been using these funds to address longstanding environmental problems, invest in infrastructure and prepare for emergent climate challenges.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Partnerships bringing together the public sector, the private sector, and philanthropies are increasingly emerging to address climate and nature challenges such as tackling the net-zero transition, reducing forest loss, and promoting biodiversity.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

JANUARY 8, 2024

Reaching Malaysia’s climate-neutral goals will require large shifts in multiple sectors of the economy, resulting in potential challenges but also creating green business building opportunities.

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Sustainability 79

Center for Community Progress

MAY 11, 2023

By Erin Kelly Communities across the country are battling the effects of climate change. Urban heat, stormwater runoff, and increasingly destructive storms all require places to engage in “climate adaptation planning” to respond to these threats to community health and well-being.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

APRIL 23, 2024

From greenhouse gases and wildfire smoke leading to reduced air quality to rising temperatures impacting agricultural productivity and the food supply chain, the impacts of climate change on cities are complex and widespread.

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Development 52

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

MARCH 20, 2024

World leaders are confronting the challenge of turning ambitious climate commitments into action. They are naturally focused on the essential objective of reducing global emissions quickly.

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Accountability 70

GCN

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

government's most comprehensive report on the effects of climate change details challenges for every part of the country.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 19, 2023

Technology, data, and innovation play a fundamental role in helping governments, organisations, and society address sustainability-related challenges. As observed by the Met Office, the signs of climate change are increasingly frequent and severe extreme weather events like heat, drought, and flooding.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 29, 2023

When many think of climate change, they often think of floods, fires, droughts, and ecosystem collapse. However, the impacts of climate change spread far beyond natural disasters. Interested startups can apply for the Halcyon Climate Resilience in Latin America and the Caribbean through April 28.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

AUGUST 17, 2022

Geopolitical and climatic events are impacting the food system’s resilience. Here’s what happened this year, what may come next year, potential consequences, and considerations that may mitigate the impact.

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State Tech Magazine

MARCH 29, 2023

The challenges facing the nation’s community water systems are vast and ever-expanding. In recent years, they’ve been forced to develop strategies to maintain operations in the face of new threats posed by climate change, extreme weather and cybercriminals.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 13, 2024

Parks with extraordinary environmental features face big losses in the face of sustained heat. national parks are trying to go carbon-free. What does that mean for visitors? ," National Geographic -- " What to Save?

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Open Access Government - Technology News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Farmers, traditionally focused on agriculture, are finding a unique way to engage in conversations about climate change through TikTok Researchers at Penn State discovered that TikTok can elicit emotional empathy from viewers of farmer’s climate change -related videos.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

MAY 10, 2023

C1’s cofounder and CEO discusses the challenges he overcame in transitioning from “classical” internet businesses to climate tech.

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The City Fix

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

City officials tasked with reducing and eliminating greenhouse gas emissions from their communities face a tricky task in estimating building emissions as they work to prevent the most harmful impacts of climate change. The biggest challenge is that there isn’t consensus.

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Development Urban Planning Sustainability Transportation 64

NLC (National League of Cities)

APRIL 14, 2023

Even as a growing majority of Americans say that they see the climate as a major concern, climate change can be a difficult topic to engage people in. Both the scale of the crisis and the abstract way in which it is often discussed contribute to this challenge. In order to engage communities in resilience […] Source

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Engagement 59

The City Fix

MARCH 18, 2021

National governments face an enormous triple challenge right now: recovering from COVID-19, creating sustainable and inclusive development, and addressing the climate crisis. New research shows that focusing on cities is key to overcoming these challenges while generating considerable economic, social and environmental benefits.

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The City Fix

MAY 18, 2022

As the latest IPCC report notes, cities will play a critical role in climate action over the next decade, and many challenges and opportunities for generating more clean electricity lie ahead. After remaining undaunted in their pursuit of renewables in 2020, U.S. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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The City Fix

JULY 12, 2022

The world’s ability to overcome the climate change challenge hinges, in part, on what happens on China’s roads. China’s cars, buses, trucks, shipping and other transport generated 828 million tonnes of greenhouse gases in 2014. That’s almost the equivalent of the EU. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Citizen Lab

JANUARY 4, 2023

If the world’s democracies are failing on the climate crisis, how can we motivate them to step up to the challenge? By shifting power and working together with community members to create climate action, governments can invest in sustainable projects that have community support.

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Google Public Sector

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

NEON aims to make the data in their network uniform, searchable, easy to use, reproducible, and citable to advance understanding of the impacts of climate and land use change on U.S. NEON datasets are used extensively, including in research areas focused on climate resilience. ecosystems. This makes collaboration difficult.

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Google Public Sector

AUGUST 29, 2023

To address this challenge, Salk embarked on a 5-year initiative to migrate its entire infrastructure to the cloud, simplifying the processing and storage of extensive data volumes. One notable approach is the utilization of Google Cloud's Climate Insights solution, coupled with enhanced data monitoring throughout the state.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

These startups are developing groundbreaking solutions to help cities address infrastructure-related sustainability challenges. RUNWITHIT creates digital city sandbox environments, then adds scenarios of weather, policy, technology, and infrastructure to help measure predicted outcomes, including climate, emissions and economics.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

There is a need to address sustainability challenges collectively and move organisations from reactive to proactive to unlock scalable business models. Sustainability initiatives require a mindset shift Organizations need a mindset shift to address sustainability challenges.

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Google Public Sector

JUNE 23, 2022

Governments play a vital role in understanding and responding to climate change; however, they often lack the actionable insights they need to respond quickly. Through GEE, climate researchers can access a multi-petabyte catalog of satellite imagery and geospatial datasets with planetary-scale analysis capabilities.

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Google Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Transportation leaders are facing challenges in providing safe and effective mobility. Road fatalities have reached a 16-year high , extreme weather and climate risks are calling for a more resilient infrastructure , and there’s a growing urgency to address equity gaps.

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Policy Chats

MARCH 10, 2023

In this episode, Water Consulting Expert Les Chau talk with a student from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about California's Water Challenges. About Les Chau : Mr. Chau specializes in One Water consulting, climate adaptation planning, water resource studies, water quality compliance, and water infrastructure asset management.

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Policy Chats

MARCH 10, 2023

In this episode, Water Consulting Expert Les Chau talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about California's Water Challenges. About Les Chau : Mr. Chau specializes in One Water consulting, climate adaptation planning, water resource studies, water quality compliance, and water infrastructure asset management.

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Public Policy Management 52

Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Julie Delahanty, President of the International Development Research Centre, applauds the collaboration with FCDO, highlighting AI’s role in addressing global challenges like inequality, poverty, climate change, and education.

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Google Public Sector

JUNE 7, 2023

In times of challenge, like the pandemic, we saw agencies rapidly apply AI to critical digital services. Below you can see a few AI examples we’ve outlined in more detail from the report - as well as the potential of Generative AI. At Google Public Sector, we’ve had the privilege of working with customers to bring AI into their organizations.

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The City Fix

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Climate change is the defining challenge of our time, and clean energy and green transport are the keys to addressing it. Less than two decades ago, energy emissions seemed to be spiraling out of control as countries were locked into. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Transportation Public Transportation 76

Barrett & Greene

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

With the recent passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (which is really more about climate than inflation) this is an important moment for local governments to take advantage of the opportunities of the day to preserve clean air and water for generations to come. Four Paths To Change. ?. Governments don’t need to start from scratch.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

With government-mandated climate action targets, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting requirements, and demands from end consumers on the environmental and social impact of goods and services, sustainability needs to be intrinsically linked with each organisation’s unique value proposition.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

As consumption of materials continues to increase and competition for natural resources grows, building sustainable and resilient infrastructure is crucial in the fight against climate change. This is why Amazon Web Services (AWS) is launching the next AWS Sustainable Cities Accelerator cohort with a focus on infrastructure.

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Google Public Sector

AUGUST 29, 2023

To address this challenge, Salk embarked on a 5-year initiative to migrate its entire infrastructure to the cloud, simplifying the processing and storage of extensive data volumes. One notable approach is the utilization of Google Cloud's Climate Insights solution, coupled with enhanced data monitoring throughout the state.

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Education 2023 Government Public Sector 52