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Why religion is fundamental to addressing climate change
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Research by me and my colleagues suggests that framing religion and science as totally separate entities is unhelpful in advancing a global response to climate change.
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The Middle East’s unresolved Water Disputes
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The West Asia and North Africa region is facing a water scarcity crisis. About 60 percent of the region’s population lives in areas of severe water stress. According to recent reports, the International Water Management Institute has warned that climate change in the region will cause more water stress in the coming years.
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Sustainable Development, Social and Environmental Responsibility
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The master plan was drawn up in response to a request from the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research in 2023 and it is a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary intervention plan.
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The path to a sustainable built environment
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Green buildings (GB) and circular buildings (CB) have emerged as two prominent concepts in the building sector. GB aims to increase energy efficiency while being environmentally responsible and socially beneficial throughout a building’s lifecycle.
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MENA’s Path to Net Zero
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The World Bank, in collaboration with the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has released a groundbreaking policy research paper, authored by Hamid Mohtadi and Željko Bogetić.
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Smart cities must embrace the circular economy
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Urbanization has led to increased resource exploitation and pollution. Smart cities, by contrast, represent a forward-thinking approach to development, leveraging technology and the latest innovations to address urban challenges.
With 68 percent of the global population expected to live in urban areas by 2050, integrating circular economy concepts is essential for technological, environmental, and economic transformation.
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Mayday, planet Earth in danger!
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Is it necessary to excel in the theory of predictability and to master all its parameters to affirm that this unbridled overconsumption underlying the obsession with our exclusive well-being and our small comfort inexorably leads us towards a fatal extinction much sooner than Mother Nature had planned?
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Five ways that illustrations can tell climate justice stories
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Climate change is often communicated through scientific reports, statistics and policy discussions. However, these technical approaches can be inaccessible to the public, failing to capture the experiences of those most affected.
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AI-powered social innovation to build more resilient cities
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While urbanization poses a range of challenges for city governments, services, and communities to overcome, the growth of urban populations and urban areas also reveals an opportune moment to accelerate social innovation and uplift urban economies.
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