Weather extremes are already affecting lives around the world, damaging crops and coastlines and putting water security at risk.

Climate change will have increasingly severe consequences as extreme heat becomes more frequent, water resources become less reliable, diseases move into new ranges, and sea levels rise. 

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UNITED NATIONS, Aug 4 2014 (IPS) - The headline of every article about the relationship between climate change and conflict should be “It’s complicated,” according to Clionadh Raleigh.

Venn Diagram of four components of Geodesign: 

Carl Steinitz, "A Framework for Geodesign"

• Information Technologies
• Design Professions
• Geographic Sciences 
• People of the Place

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Building Resilient Cities 09: Planning for Public Health Stresses Title Slide

The ultimate net-zero energy home.

Daniel B.

A brief look into what several cities around the world are doing to transition to renewable energy and how Houston can, too.

Joe Peach

This time last year we shared ten awesome sustainability ideas from cities, and now we're doing it again.

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And the number of mobile-broadband subscriptions will reach 2.3 billion globally, new figures released by International Telecomuumications Union (ITU) Monday show. Fifityfive percent of these subscriptions are expected to be in the developing world.

Tom Miles

(Reuters) - An effort by the World Health Organization to measure pollution in cities around the world has found New Delhi admits to having the dirtiest air, while Beijing's measurements, like its skies, are far from clear.