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iFutureCities

@ifuturecities

Institute for Future Cities aims to improve quality of human life across the world through innovative research that enables cities to be understood in new ways

Glasgow, UKstrath.ac.uk/cities/Joined March 2014

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Integrating Artificial Urban Wetlands Into Communities: A Pathway to Carbon Zero? frontiersin.org/articles/10.33 #Glasgow case study - examines how a potential integrated urban wetland can contribute to urban net zero targets through carbon sequestration, to achieve wider sustainability

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Integrating Artificial Urban Wetlands Into Communities: A Pathway to Carbon Zero?

In their natural state, wetland ecosystems provide an optimum natural environment for the sequestration and long-term storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. The loss of wetlands under...

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The Resilience Shift

@resilienceshift

📺 #COPResilienceHub Rewind: How do you plan for #climateresilience, with increasing #urbanisation? A key question for countries in Africa. In this session, thinkers and planners from cities across #Africa give their local perspectives & discuss solutions. youtube.com/watch?v=wGTBPH

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Cockburn Association (The Edinburgh Civic Trust)

The A-listed Provand's Lordship, the oldest house in Glasgow, is to have its original lime harling and limewash coating reinstated to protect its crumbling stonework. urbanrealm.com/news/9855/Cons

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Thanks to our partners helping drive this innovation forward

@UniStrathclyde

@SPEnergyNetwork

@ClimaReadyClyde

@localenergysco

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We're shortlisted in the #CeeDAwards in the Collaboration in Net Zero category for our work on climate neutral innovation districts ceed-scotland.com/news/ceed-indu

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@CPI_foundation

We're proud to have supported #digitaltransformation across Europe 🌍 through

@BloombergDotOrg

’s Digital Innovation Initiative 👇 Read our key takeaways from curating a learning experience that enables cities to listen, learn, and adapt

centreforpublicimpact.org

Digital Cities: Transforming public services in Europe

Through Bloomberg Philanthropies' Digital Innovation Initiative, we curated a learning experience that enabled cities to listen, learn and adapt to an ever-changing landscape for digital services.

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It's hard to keep up with everything going on, but there should be several persons from the GEO community at the Arctic Observing Summit next month Links to our work on agriculture, biodiversity, climate, health and Indigenous communities. lnkd.in/gwYwWwN3

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The Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at JHU

As one of 15 Winning

@BloombergCities

Mayors Challenge Cities, who each receive $1M to grow impact for residents,

@CityofPaterson

, where over 1,700 #opioid-related overdoses occur, who is creating “RealFix,” which offers MAT onboarding and prescriptions.

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15 cities win Global Mayors Challenge | @BloombergCities

The 15 winning cities of this year’s Global Mayors Challenge hail from 13 nations on six continents and collectively represent 30 million residents.

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Come join

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on 10th of March at

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to find out how investing in Fair Work can help everyone in your workplace and drive lasting and positive change. scdi.org.uk/events/central

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He's joined a stellar class, our fifth ever. With stellar 'classmates' from around the world -- Bogota, Vancouver, Baltimore, Bristol to name a few -- all focused on sharing ideas, learning from each another, and delivering results for residents. Great to have him.

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Dana Rubinstein

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On top of hosting a birthday party for @MikeBloomberg and giving him the key to the city, @NYCMayor is also attending Bloomberg's "mayors school" at Harvard this year (this one: cityleadership.harvard.edu/program), his press office has confirmed

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Calling all film makers! The UN-Habitat

@BetterCitiesFF

Film Festival is back! Submit your films & let it inspire audiences at the 11th Session Of the World Urban Forum. Bring your short films, feature films, documentaries or animated pieces! 📽️👉bit.ly/3rVnCdm #WUF11

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Architecture and Design Scotland

Our aim is to make sure the Place Principle to become the ‘new normal’ in how our places are planned and sustained. | Read our Alva Pathfinder Case Study: ads.org.uk/alva_pathfinde

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The Centre for Civic Innovation

Today we're participating in our final session with

. Sharing our findings and recommendations with the steering board. We'd like to thank everyone who has collaborated and co-designed with us, we look forward to seeing how the ideas develop. cciglasgow.org/Articles/Artic

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Fresh off the press "Devolution of Decision-Making: Tools and Technologies towards Equitable Place-Based Participation in Planning"

Devolution of Decision-Making: Tools and Technologies towards Equitable Place-Based Participation...

Neoliberal development has increased spatial inequalities for communities in both urban and peri-urban settlements across in the global north and south alike. The financialisation of property has...

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Case studies from #Moscow #Belgrade and #Edinburgh on how to engage citizens in urban innovation...

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Devolution of Decision-Making: Tools and Technologies towards Equitable Place-Based Participation in Planning

Devolution of Decision-Making: Tools and Technologies towards Equitable Place-Based Participation...

Neoliberal development has increased spatial inequalities for communities in both urban and peri-urban settlements across in the global north and south alike. The financialisation of property has...

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M. Jhoga, Ph.D., ELI-MP, Core Dynamics™ Specialist

On “The Planet Podcast” today 8pm CET, 2pm ET 🎙🌍 callin.com/link/eEwigaBlUH

interviews

Chief Engagement Officer

on #earth observations Join the conversation!

#environment #sustainability #climateaction 🎥d.q.music:IG

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This is something we can fix. Have to fix. If we ignore these capacity challenges--especially in places long left behind--we will leave them behind again. Count me among those who believes capacity-supporting philanthropy can be a difference maker...

'Nobody Is Ready:' Many U.S. Cities Lack Resources to Chase $1 Trln Infrastructure Windfall

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Sometimes it just takes a single mayor to stand up and say, hey, this makes sense, this aligns with our values, let's rethink the status quo. And then public buses become free to all. And other cities take note. Making her mark quickly,

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Mayor Michelle Wu’s push for free buses is spurring other cities and towns to act - The Boston Globe

Riders of the MBTA’s 23, 28, and 29 buses, which run through Mattapan, Dorchester, and Roxbury, will not be charged any fares starting in March, marking progress toward a campaign goal of the mayor...

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Architecture and Design Scotland

Join us! We are looking for two new board members. We are particularly looking for experience of: the role of the built environment in tackling the climate emergency and experience of collaborative place-making. Deadline 9 March. More here ads.org.uk/join-us-we-are

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@CPI_foundation

Introducing our first "Reflect and reimagine" report, where we take a look back at the past year and distill the lessons we've learned, the achievements we've accomplished, and chart our path forward.

centreforpublicimpact.org

Reflect and reimagine: Learning from the work of our North America team in 2021

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Any folks in #Wien should head along to our exhibition, Extr-Activism,: Decolonising Space Mining with music by the galaxy's own Crater Digger beepwellington.com/crater-digger insta

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Saskia Vermeylen on actual desires in the #space sector on the occasion of the exhibition... EXTR-ACTIVISM DECOLONISING SPACE MINING @wukvienna Curated by Saskia Vermeylen, Design by Donagh Horgan, Sound by Crater Digger bit.ly/3Gwiel8 @godonagh

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Saskia Vermeylen über aktuelle Begehrlichkeiten im Raumfahrtsektor anlässlich der Ausstellung "EXTR-Activism" in der Kunsthalle Exnergasse.

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Saskia Vermeylen on actual desires in the #space sector on the occasion of the exhibition... EXTR-ACTIVISM DECOLONISING SPACE MINING

Curated by Saskia Vermeylen, Design by Donagh Horgan, Sound by Crater Digger bit.ly/3Gwiel8

EXTR-Activism - De-colonising space mining

Saskia Vermeylen on actual desires in the space sector on the occasion of the exhibition "EXTR-Activism" at Kunsthalle Exnergasse.

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Jetzt im WUK Magazin: EXTR-Activism dlvr.it/SJX8Mg

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A brand new exhibition EXTR-Activism !! @ Kunsthalle Exnergasse Vienna opening 10.2 presents artistic and activist positions that question and challenge the new commercial space race for mineral extractivism. Curated by Saskia Vermeylen wuk.at/en/events/extr

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Extr-Activism - Entkolonialisierung des Weltraumbergbaus

Extr-Activism - Entkolonialisierung des Weltraumbergbaus

Die Ausstellung in der Exnergasse Wien thematisiert die kritische Auseinandersetzung der extraktivistischen Ausbeutung im Weltraum.

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I love this

survey of mayors. Sometimes you have to get out of the Beltway to understand what's happening in America. These mayors have their finger on the pulse. Thankful for Local Leaders. 🙏🙌

Violent crime to labor shortages: Mayors say Covid's toll on cities is far-reaching

Mayors across the country sounded off in a new POLITICO survey about the challenges brought on by Covid-19.

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@ciara_mcgrathx

The incredible

TV team created this video for the #YWE Awards. I talk about my work on spacecraft 🛰️, what engineering really is ⚒️, why satellite data matters 🌍, and how I got to be where I am today☘️.

Ciara McGrath - My Story: Astrodynamics and space mission design

Ciara McGrath is one of many young women in engineering looking to inspire and encourage more women in to a career in engineering by becoming an engineering ...

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Vous pouvais aider? L’#Algérie se trouve au carrefour palpitant dans leur développement touristique. Il existe beaucoup de potentiel et c’est fascinant de faire un questionnaire sur le développement du tourisme pour créer une stratégie de développement: strathbusiness.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eR

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Mes amis en #France, en #Algérie et ailleurs, vous pouvais aider mon étudiant avec cé recherche sur le potential pour #tourisme en Algérie? 🙏🏼🗺️🌛🧳

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Vous pouvais aider? L’#Algérie se trouve au carrefour palpitant dans leur développement touristique. Il existe beaucoup de potentiel et c’est fascinant de faire un questionnaire sur le développement du tourisme pour créer une stratégie de développement: strathbusiness.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eR

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The Centre for Civic Innovation

Throughout the pandemic, the CCI worked with members of the community in Greater Pollok to help re-design

in order to combat the effect of COVID-19. You can read the story here: cciglasgow.org/Articles/Artic #Glasgow #Poverty #Data #Design #Pollok #WeMakeADifference

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The #2030Agenda is a vision for a better future - but how do we know if we're getting there? With #stats & data of course!

's new #cesUNECE Road Map on Stats for #SDGs guides countries through the challenges: unece.org/climate-change

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If you are resident in Derry City might you have a moment to take this quick survey on tourism development in the city, and the potential for community-led initiatives for an amazing student of mine: strathbusiness.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bg ? 💎🗺️🧳

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The Centre for Civic Innovation

Today

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Black Females in Architecture

There is one week left to go to see the exhibition How We Live Now: Reimagining Spaces with Matrix Feminist Design Co-operative

@barbicancentre

designed by

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António Guterres

@antonioguterres

No new coal plants. No expansion in oil and gas exploration. Now is the time for an unprecedented investment surge in renewable energy - particularly in emerging & developing economies - tripling to $5 trillion dollars annually by 2030.

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The national conversation on #DerelictIreland grows & grows Thanks to everyone who supported me &

since we started shining a light in June 2020 Still long way to go, we need far more strategic approach, a toolbox of co-designed measures but moving in right direction🙏

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New regulations which would allow vacant and derelict pubs to be turned into homes - without the need for planning permission - will come before the Oireachtas at the beginning of next month | bit.ly/3qMlRhV

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How did our housing system become so broken, and what can we do to fix it? Muireann Kelliher in conservation with @RoryHearne,

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The Resilience Shift

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How do you encourage the use of Nature-based Solutions when creating #resilient #infrastructure?

has some great thoughts and recommendations following discussions at the #COPResilienceHub. Read their release below👇and watch the session here: youtube.com/watch?v=_Rhr0G

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Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

Involving local communities & indigenous people aids implementation of NbS in practice & science for NbS. Read the key discussion points, challenges & recommendations in this outcome document from our #COP26 session on Pioneering NbS for #resilientinfra cdri.world/sites/default/

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Architecture and Design Scotland

A 20-minute neighbourhood is an attractive, safe, walkable place where people of all ages and abilities can access the vast majority of the facilities and services they need daily within a walk of around 20 minutes.

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