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Construction

Six Steps to Decarbonising Buildings

Irene Garcia and Michael Shank - June 11, 2024

This article was written for CityChangers.org by Irene Garcia, Built Environment Lead, and Michael Shank, Director of Engagement, both with the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance. In it, they outline a six-step plan – illustrated...

Retrofitting

Decarbonising Cities to Reverse Climate Change

Karl Dickinson - July 14, 2021

Cities emit seemingly endless cascades of greenhouse gasses. Carbon dioxide is the number one offender. Rectifying this is pivotal to halting global warming and preventing irreversible climate damage. But decarbonising cities at a mass...

Walking

Walking: Facts & Figures

Karl Dickinson - April 19, 2021

Sedentary behaviour has become part of our everyday lives. It’s dangerous for our health, wellbeing, the environment, and the economy. Walking provides an antidote. But what do you really know about the wonders of...

Retrofitting

Be Happy With What You’ve Got: The Case for Retrofitting

Karl Dickinson - June 14, 2021

What would your dream home look like? Some people will be lucky enough to build fanciful follies from scratch. The rest of us get to pick the choice cuts from pre-existing stock; but older...

Retrofitting

Retrofitting: Facts & Figures

Karl Dickinson - July 8, 2021

Populations are rising. We cannot build fast enough to accommodate everyone. We need to utilise older buildings for our living, working, and leisure needs. Retrofitting makes them future-proof, efficient, and climate-friendly, shaping the urban...

Greenery

A Little Bit of Green Among the Grey: The Case for Greenery

Metka Novak - July 8, 2021

The United Nations’ article 'Cities and Pollution' states that cities use up 78% of the world’s energy and produce more than 60% of greenhouse gas emissions, all while covering less than 2% of our...

Greenery

Greenery: Facts & Figures

Metka Novak - July 29, 2021

The basis for every city-changing venture is to do your research and to know your facts and data. For this very purpose, we have gathered the most important, surprising, or even uplifting ones in...

Young Leaders

Young Leader Khate Torres: Using Environmental Psychology to Create Healthy Urban Spaces

Karl Dickinson - August 21, 2023

Achieving climate and sustainability goals requires a willingness to change. Without this, the urban transformation would lack substance. We already have so much of the knowledge we need to make a significant impact, but,...

FWE Nexus

What Is the Food-Water-Energy Nexus?

Karl Dickinson - October 25, 2022

Water, food, energy: in terms of creating sustainable cities, they are virtually impossible to separate. Optimising outputs for one relies on efficient resource management for all three, intrinsically locked as they are in the...

Greenery

The Case for Green Roofs

Metka Novak - June 28, 2021

How to incorporate greenery into urban spaces? Where to put green spaces in a densely populated area? Putting them on a roof is a way to go! The benefits of green roofs are being...

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