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The $40 Billion Fund That’s Gambling With Europe’s Climate Goal

A solar panel manufacturer that’s laying off workers. A battery maker that spurned Europe for American subsidies. A green hydrogen project stalled for lack of electricity. These are a handful of the early results from the European Union’s Innovation Fund, a €40 billion ($43 billion) investment vehicle at the core of Europe’s plans to overhaul its economy to be zero-carbon by the middle of the…

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#clean tech #Emissions trading #Europe #Germany #green #HOLCIM LTD #INNOVATION FUND/THE #Investment decision #Michael R. Bloomberg #Norway #Renewable energy

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"A new World Health Organization (WHO) report highlights that 5.6 billion people – 71% of the world’s population – are now protected with at least one best practice policy to help save lives from deadly tobacco – five times more than in 2007.

[Note: Going by the math, that means just (roughly) 14% of people were covered by tobacco control policies in 2007. Talk about a huge increase!]

In the last 15 years since WHO’s MPOWER tobacco control measures were introduced globally, smoking rates have fallen. Without this decline there would be an estimated 300 million more smokers in the world today.

This WHO Report on the global tobacco epidemic, supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies, is focused on protecting the public from second-hand smoke, highlighting that almost 40% of countries now have completely smoke-free indoor public places.

The report rates country progress in tobacco control and shows that two more countries, Mauritius and the Netherlands, have achieved best-practice level in all MPOWER measures, a feat that only Brazil and Türkiye had accomplished until now.

[Note: In late 2021, the former Turkey changed official its name to Türkiye, shedding the English/Anglicized spelling.]

“These data show that slowly but surely, more and more people are being protected from the harms of tobacco by WHO’s evidence-based best-practice policies,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General...

Smoke-free public spaces is just one policy in the set of effective tobacco control measures, MPOWER, to help countries implement the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and curb the tobacco epidemic.

Smoke-free environments help people breathe clean air, shield the public from deadly second-hand smoke, motivate people to quit, denormalize smoking and help prevent young people from ever starting to smoke or use e-cigarettes.

“While smoking rates have been going down, tobacco is still the leading cause of preventable death in the world – largely due to relentless marketing campaigns by the tobacco industry,” said Michael R. Bloomberg, WHO Global Ambassador for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries...

Eight countries are just one MPOWER policy away from joining the leaders in tobacco control: Ethiopia, Iran, Ireland, Jordan, Madagascar, Mexico, New Zealand, and Spain...

This report demonstrates that all countries irrespective of income levels can drive down the demand for deadly tobacco, achieve major wins for public health and save economies billions of dollars in health care and productivity costs."

-via World Health Organization, July 31, 2023

#smoking #cigarette #tobacco #cw smoking #nicotine #big tobacco #smokers #world health organization #brazil #turkiye #turkey #netherlands #mauritius #public health #preventable diseases #mortality rate #good news #hope

[thewales]

Prince William, Founder of The Earthshot Prize and UN Special Envoy on Climate Ambition, Michael R. Bloomberg pose with winners and finalists of the 2022 Earthshot Prize during The Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit In Partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies at The Plaza Hotel.

#brf #the prince of wales #earthshot prize

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«Rampike», Vol. 5, No. 3, 'Terra Incognita', Edited by Karl Jirgens, Toronto, 1987 [UWindsor Institutional Repository, University of Windsor, Windsor. room 3o2 books, Ottawa]

Contributions by Pierre-André Arcand, Hank Bull, Giovanni Fontana, Noel Harding, R. Murray Schafer, Paul Dutton, Christopher Dewdney, Steve McCaffery, Aina Tilups, Susan Parker, Richard F. Purdy, George Bowering, Brian Edwards, Philippe Sollers, Marina LaPalma, Charles Bernstein, Michael Dennis, Giorgio Manganelli, Roberto Echavarren, Alicia Borinsky, Saul Yurkievich, Juan Cameon, Al Purdy, R. Barretto-Rivera, Richard Martel, Andre Tcetera, Ed Bloomberg, Alan Lord, Monty Cantsin, Gary Paul, Robert Harris, Harry Polkinhorn, Jurgen O. Olbrich, Ian Chunn, Robert C. Morgan, David UU, Larry Baiden, George Honecker, Thomas M. McDade, Melody Sumner, Nancy Zboch, Karl Mickel, Uwe Kolbe, Istvan Eorsi, Tillye Boesche-Zacharow, Imre Orvecz, Line McMurray, Jones, Jon Cone, Guillermo Deisler, Chris Magwood, Cheryl Kitts, Jim Francis, Maxine Gadd, James Gray, Nancy Johnson, Shelagh Alexander, Barbara Kruger, Opal L. Nations

Cover Art by Christopher Dewdney

#graphic design #typography #art #mail art #poetry #collage #map #magazine #cover #magazine cover #rampike #karl jirgens #christopher dewdney #uwindsor institutional repository #room 3o2 books #1980s

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THE SECOND ANNUAL SUMMIT WILL UNVEIL THE FIFTEEN 2023 EARTHSHOT PRIZE FINALISTS WHO ARE TRAILBLAZING CLIMATE SOLUTIONS TO REPAIR OUR PLANET BY 2030

The Earthshot Prize and Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced they will co-host the second Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit on September 19, 2023, in New York City with the founder of The Earthshot Prize, Prince William, expected to attend.

Held during New York Climate Week and the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly, the Summit will convene previous Earthshot Prize Winners and Finalists with policymakers, global business leaders, philanthropists, and climate activists to scale their innovative solutions.

At the Summit, The Earthshot Prize will reveal this year’s 15 Finalists and introduce their groundbreaking climate and environmental solutions to repair our planet this decade on one of the biggest international stages.

To help drive meaningful change, and accelerate the collaborations and investments needed to scale those solutions, the Summit will connect the new and previous Earthshot Prize Finalists and Winners with forward-thinking business leaders, philanthropists, and governments already working to regenerate the planet. September’s Summit begins the countdown to The Earthshot Prize’s third annual Awards ceremony in Singapore, where, on November 7, 2023, five of the 15 Finalists will be awarded a catalytic £1 million to scale their cutting-edge solutions.

Alongside Prince William, Michael R. Bloomberg, Global Advisor to the Winners of The Earthshot Prize, will address the assembled guests. Other featured speakers will include policymakers, business leaders, climate innovators, and previous Earthshot Prize Winners and Finalists. The full agenda will be announced in due course

Founded by Prince William and The Royal Foundation in 2020, The Earthshot Prize is a global environmental prize to discover, accelerate, and scale ground-breaking solutions that can help put the world firmly on a trajectory toward a stable climate where communities, oceans, and biodiversity thrive in harmony by 2030.

Inspired by President John F. Kennedy’s Moonshot, which united millions of people around the goal of reaching the moon, The Earthshot Prize recognizes Finalists and Winners across five challenges, or ‘Earthshots’: Protect and Restore Nature, Clean our Air, Revive our Oceans, Build a Waste-free World, and Fix our Climate. The Prize aims to turn the current pessimism surrounding environmental issues into optimism and will discover 50 winners over 10 years with the power to repair the planet

The inaugural 2021 Earthshot Prize Finalists have already driven incredible impact with more than 1.5 million people benefiting directly from their solutions. Over 7,000 hectares of land and almost 2.1 million hectares of ocean have been protected or restored, while over 35,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions have been reduced, avoided, or sequestered. The 2022 Finalists, announced this past autumn, are well on their way to creating similar impact.

To help accelerate the work of the inaugural Finalists at last year’s Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit, Bloomberg Philanthropies committed more than $20 million through direct grants, co-funding, and other efforts to support the success of the inaugural Finalists and Winners of The Earthshot Prize 2021, including:

Scaling Takachar’s technology, which reduces smoke emissions from agricultural waste by up to 98%, through a pilot program in villages in the state of Punjab and Haryana, India.

Supercharging Pristine Seas’ 30×30 ocean protected goal through funding major ocean expeditions, helping establish more marine protected areas, and enhancing diplomacy and advocacy efforts. Pristine Seas has already helped establish 26 marine reserves worldwide, across an area over twice the size of India.

Scaling Coral Vita’s research capabilities to identify new restoration sites and monitor both restoration progress and local marine health after installation. Coral Vita’s cutting-edge methods to grow coral up to 50 times faster than nature can help replant our oceans and give new life to dying ecosystems.

Expanding the capacity of the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs and Blue Map App to scale its data, research, and reporting capabilities.

Convening at least ten North American and European cities in partnership with C40 and NRDC to accelerate efforts to address food waste and food insecurity by sharing best practices from and helping to scale the City of Milan’s Local Food Waste Hub initiative, which currently provides about 260,000 meals to those most in need, to other cities.

As a mayor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, Michael R. Bloomberg has long been a global leader in the fight against climate change. He has committed more than $1 billion to efforts across the world to mobilize cities and local leaders to reduce emissions, improve air quality, advance the global transition to clean energy, protect and preserve ocean ecosystems, and help unlock billions of dollars in sustainable finance.

Bloomberg helps lead a number of efforts including the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy, America Is All In Coalition, Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, Climate Finance Leaders Initiative, and the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero.

“To effectively tackle the climate crisis, we need to invest in innovative solutions and new ideas that can accelerate global progress and help repair the planet. This year’s Earthshot Prize Finalists are great examples of the kind of bold action and creative thinking we need, and our team is looking forward to working with Prince William to support them as they expand their ambitions.”

Michael R. Bloomberg, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Climate Ambition and Solutions, Founder of Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropies, and 108th Mayor of New York City

“The Earthshot Prize scours the world to find entrepreneurs and innovators who exemplify the power of human ingenuity to address our most significant climate and environmental challenges. Our next class of Finalists are on the cutting-edge of some of the most exciting ideas and technologies, and with the support of our Global Alliance Partners and the global community gathering at the UN General Assembly, they have the potential to transform communities around the world for the better. By spotlighting the incredible work of our 2023 Finalists at the Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit, we hope to inspire a wave of positive change and unlock a more sustainable and resilient future.”

Hannah Jones, The Earthshot Prize CEO

#earthshot 23 #prince william #Bloomberg #Singapore #united nations #2023

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Emergency injunction and tribunal order was served to WHO and all Criminal Defendants

BREAKING NEWS:

Emergency injunction and tribunal order was served to WHO and all Criminal Defendants listed below to immediately cease and desist a criminal conspiracy to commit war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity and to arrest and incarcerate these criminal defendants.

All Constitutional law enforcements officers worldwide are being served starting with Interpol and constitutional law enforcements in everyone of the 194 member nations under Writs of Mandamus ordering them to carry out their duties to arrest and incarcerate these criminal codefendants for unlawful and Genocidal acts in connection with the WHO Pandemic preparedness response and changes to the international health regulations.

Tribunal Writs of Mandamus is defined as:

“The lawful term writ of mandamus refers to an order by a court to a lesser government official to perform an act required by law, which he has refused or neglected to do.

This type of court order is a remedy that may be sought if a governmental agency, public authority, or corporation in service of the government, fails or refuses to do its public or statutory duty.”

This has been ordered by the Tribunal Under Articles 6 (Genocide) and 7 (Crimes Against Humanity) of the International Criminal Code.

List of Criminal Defendants 2009-2023 Lockstep Vaccination Genocidal Pandemic Criminal Co-conspiracy, including and not limited to individually and collectively:

Bill and Melinda Gates individually and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

World Health Organization (WHO) and Officers, Directors, Employees, and Agents Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus WHO Director General, Anthony Stephen Fauci.

World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab and Officers, Directors, Employees, and Agents. Michael Bloomberg, David Rockefeller Jr, Warren Buffett, George Soros, Ted Turner, Oprah Winfrey, Rockefeller Foundation, Global Business Network (GBN), Peter Schwartz, Chairman GBN.

Convicted Vaccination Genocidal Pandemic and Neural Monitoring Governmental Executive Defendants: Xi JinPing, General Secretary of the Communist Party.

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, President of the Russian Federation. Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America. Joseph R. Biden 46th President of the United States of America.

Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel. Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the UK. Matt Hancock, UK Secretary of State for Health.

The Crown Corporation and any and all of its Subsidiaries including and not limited to Serco. Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada. Scott Morrison, Prime Minister of Australia. Jacinda Arden, Prime Minister of New Zealand.

Stefan Löfven Prime Minister of Sweden. Minister of Heath Lena Hallengren. Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India.

Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron, President of France. Edouard Phillipe, Prime Minister of France.

Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany.

António Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations Organization.

European Union, and President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. President of the Parliament, David Sassoli. President of the European Council, Charles Michel. Michael Ryan, WHO CEO's at GCHQ-UK, NSA-USA and Bilderberg Group, all CEOs, Monarchies, and Members.

Convicted Defendant Pandemic Vaccine Programs: Global Alliance Vaccine Initiative [GAVI], The Vaccine Alliance, including and not limited to its Pandemic Vaccine Program.

Pandemic Vaccine Program United States of America, Operation Warp Speed and successor Pandemic Vaccine Program.

World Health Organization COVAX, Pandemic Vaccine Program. Pandemic Vaccine Program People's Republic of China, National Institutes for Food and Drug Control.

Russian Federation, Rospotrebnadzor.

Convicted Genocidal Vaccination Entities: Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Moderna, Johnson and Johnson, The Pirbright Institute.

02/24/23 Judge Pascal Najadi:

They will all be arrested as soon as possible, Military and law enforcement worldwide are preparing for this to happen. Godspeed.

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21 September 2022: Queen Rania called for mobilizing collective action and ingenuity to repair the planet, and reaffirmed the transformative power of hope and innovation in the global climate battle.

As council member of The Earthshot Prize, Her Majesty made her remarks at the first-ever Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit on the sidelines of United Nations General Assembly week.

Hosted by the UN Special Envoy on Climate Ambition and Solutions, Michael R. Bloomberg, and marking Climate Week in New York, the summit aims to showcase and highlight the impact of groundbreaking climate solutions, and connect the next generation of climate visionaries with influential world leaders.

Founded in 2020 by Prince William and The Royal Foundation, The Earthshot Prize is a global environmental prize and platform to discover, accelerate, and scale trailblazing eco-innovations to regenerate the planet.

In her remarks, Queen Rania thanked the Prince of Wales for his leadership and vision and paid tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II and her climate advocacy. 

Addressing heads of state, top environmental innovators, philanthropists, and prominent business leaders from across the world, Her Majesty cautioned that in this time of heightened volatility, “no one can afford to sit on the sidelines,” and “no one can claim that climate change is somebody else’s problem, or shrug it off for future generations to address.” (Source: Petra)

“We’re all affected by a warming planet, and decisions being made right now will determine our shared tomorrow. So, we must choose, and we must act as united nations,” she said.

Her Majesty stated that in order to fuel the global fight against climate change and accelerate progress, leaders must join forces and apply their collective ingenuity to repair the planet.

“If we stick together, we can make fixing the climate the greatest project, and greatest achievement, of our lifetimes,” she said.

The Queen explained that while the world is not short on climate science or solutions, it must rally the “political will” to build a safer, healthier, and more stable future.

In a call for unity, Her Majesty envisioned a future where clean, green development enhances the livability of communities, enables greater equity, and feeds a burgeoning global population.

Stressing the urgency of this crisis, the Queen also warned of the dire costs of climate inaction, which are “worse than any nightmare.”

“But let us be driven by hope, not fear, because hope is not passive. It is the ultimate source of renewable energy,” she said, adding that achieving carbon-neutrality can be a journey of innovation, fueled by a spirit of possibility and driven by faith in ourselves.

In addition to hosting finalists and winners of The Earthshot Prize, and celebrating their pioneering eco-innovations, The Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit featured panel discussions, and presentations spotlighting its five key pillars of climate solutions: Protect and Restore Nature, Clean Our Air, Revive Our Oceans, Build A Waste-Free World, and Fix Our Climate.

Among those who spoke at the summit were Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Bill Gates, chair of The Earthshot Prize Christiana Figueres, and actor Matt Damon.

Designed to incentivize change, The Earthshot Prize is an annual prize that catalyzes an Earthshot challenge to urgently scale environmental innovations that can help put the world firmly on a trajectory towards a stable climate, where communities, oceans, and biodiversity thrive by 2030. The 2022 Earthshot Prize ceremony is set to take place in Boston later this year.

#Queen Rania

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Salute. Milano aderisce alla "Partnership for Healthy Cities", per metropoli più sane e sicure. Ad annunciarlo, il sindaco Giuseppe Sala

Salute. Milano aderisce alla "Partnership for Healthy Cities", per metropoli più sane e sicure. Ad annunciarlo, il sindaco Giuseppe Sala. Il sindaco Giuseppe Sala ha annunciato giovedì 7 marzo che Milano ha aderito alla Partnership for Healthy Cities, una prestigiosa rete globale composta da oltre 70 città impegnate a salvare vite prevenendo malattie non trasmissibili - come cancro, malattie cardiache e diabete - e gli infortuni. "Poiché i tassi di malattie e infortuni prevenibili continuano ad aumentare a livello globale, dobbiamo agire ora per affrontare questa crisi - ha detto il sindaco Sala -. Sono orgoglioso che Milano si unisca alla Partnership for Healthy Cites. Milano si impegna a proteggere sia l'ambiente che la salute dei cittadini milanesi tramite politiche ambiziose che sostengono una città e una qualità di vita più sane. Come parte della rete, saremo in grado di aumentare i nostri sforzi per garantire una vita più sana per i residenti di Milano." Le malattie non trasmissibili e gli infortuni sono responsabili di oltre l'80% dei decessi nel mondo. Poiché la maggior parte della popolazione mondiale vive in contesti urbani, proteggere la salute e il benessere di chi abita nelle città è quindi cruciale. Le città e i loro sindaci si trovano in un contesto favorevole per innovare la lotta contro le malattie non trasmissibili e i danni accidentali, implementando politiche che riducano significativamente l'esposizione a fattori di rischio. "Tramite la Partnership for Healthy Cities, i leader locali di tutto il mondo stanno contribuendo a migliorare la salute pubblica e a salvare vite, e oggi siamo lieti di accogliere la città di Milano - ha dichiarato Michael R. Bloomberg, fondatore della Bloomberg Philanthropies e della Bloomberg LP, nonchè ambasciatore globale dell'Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità per le malattie non trasmissibili e gli infortuni -. Milano ha dimostrato di essere impegnata nell'implementare politiche che proteggano la salute e la sicurezza di milioni di persone e non vediamo l'ora di sostenere il loro lavoro e contribuire a diffonderlo in altre città del mondo". L'impatto delle malattie non trasmissibili e degli infortuni sullo sviluppo globale è enorme. Circa l'86% dei decessi considerati prematuri a causa di malattie non trasmissibili si verifica nei paesi a basso e medio reddito, e i danni non intenzionali tolgono la vita a oltre 3 milioni di persone all'anno. I progressi sono a portata di mano: ad oggi esiste un programma per ridurre significativamente l'esposizione alle malattie non trasmissibili e ai fattori di rischio che causano infortuni che può essere rapidamente implementato nelle aree urbane. Attraverso la Partnership for Healthy Cities, le città si impegnano in uno dei 14 interventi proposti, come la promulgazione di leggi contro il fumo che proteggano i residenti dal fumo passivo, la creazione di piste ciclabili sicure per gli utenti della strada o ancora la limitazione alle pubblicità per le bevande zuccherate e i cosiddetti "cibi spazzatura", che impattano negativamente sulle diete della popolazione. La Partnership è sostenuta da Bloomberg Philanthropies, in collaborazione con l'Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità (OMS) e l'organizzazione sanitaria globale Vital Strategies. "La Partnership for Healthy Cities sta dimostrando che con i piani e le politiche appropriate sindaci e consigli comunali possono fare la differenza per la salute dei loro residenti, ogni giorno" - ha commentato il Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Direttore Generale dell'Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità. "Le città sono da sempre promotrici del miglioramento della salute pubblica - ha dichiarato José Luis Castro, Presidente e Amministratore Delegato di Vital Strategies -. Accogliamo con favore gli sforzi dei sindaci che lavorano per creare centri urbani più sani e più forti dove i residenti possano prosperare. Diamo il benvenuto a Milano nella partnership e siamo ansiosi di sostenere i loro sforzi per creare un cambiamento sistemico e duraturo che migliori la salute in tutto il mondo". Per ulteriori informazioni sulla Partnership for Healthy Cities e per visualizzare l'elenco completo dei 14 interventi, visita il sito https://cities4health.org o bloomberg.org Sulla Partnership for Healthy Cities La Partnership for Healthy Cities è una prestigiosa rete globale composta da oltre 70 città impegnate a salvare vite prevenendo malattie non trasmissibili e infortuni. Sostenuta da Bloomberg Philanthropies in collaborazione con l'Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità e l'organizzazione Vital Strategies, l'iniziativa consente alle città di tutto il mondo di fornire una politica ad alto impatto e interventi programmatici per ridurre le malattie non trasmissibili e gli infortuni nelle loro comunità.... #notizie #news #breakingnews #cronaca #politica #eventi #sport #moda Read the full article

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Why We Can’t Build Better Cities (ft.Not Just Bikes) See Dracula's Ex-Girlfriend here when it comes out! https://ift.tt/ergxQqK Support the show on Patreon - https://ift.tt/UoIVS2u Subscribe! https://ift.tt/n9vTryk Twitter: @PhilosophyTube Instagram, TikTok, Tumblr, BlueSky: @theabigailthorn Facebook: https://ift.tt/ceOBXRm MUSIC: ‘Cold in amarillo’ by Luke Levenson https://ift.tt/gClvPbd BIBLIOGRAPHY Esther Addley, “‘This is political expediency’: how the Tories turned on 15-minute cities,” in The Guardian Sara Ahmed, The Cultural Politics of Emotion Bernadette Atuahene, “Predatory Cities,” in California Law Review Bernadette Atuahene, “The Scandal of the Predatory City,” in The Washington Post David Banks, The City Authentic Adam Barnett, Michaele Herrmann, and Christopher Deane, “Revealed: the Science Denial Network Behind Oxford’s ‘Climate Lockdown’ Backlash,” in DeSmog BBC News, ‘How 15 Minutes Cities Became a Lockdown Conspiracy’ Judith Butler, Who’s Afraid of Gender? Alice Capelle, “The Anti 15 Minute City Conspiracy is Ridiculous” Alice Capelle, “The manosphere meets the climate movement” Lisa Chamberlain, “The Surprising Stickiness of the “15 Minute City”,” in World Economic Forum Steven Conn, The Lies of the Land: Seeing Rural America for What It Is (And Isn’t) Samuel R. Delaney, Times Square Red, Times Square Blue Gareth Fearn et al., “Planning For the Public: Why Labour Should Support A Public Planning System” Hannah Fry, “A ‘failure to launch’: Why young people are having less sex,” in Los Angeles Times Edward Glaeser, “The 15-minute city is a dead end - cities must be places of opportunity for everyone” David Harvey, “The Art of Rent” David Harvey, “The Political Economy of Public Spaces” David Harvey, “The Right to the City” Tiffany Hsu, “He Wanted to Unclog Cities. Now He’s ‘Public Enemy No. 1.’,” in The New York Times Frank Laundry, “The USA Will Never Build Walkable Cities” David Lawler, “A World of Boomtowns,” in Axios Eisha Maharasingham-Shah and Pierre Vaux, “‘Climate Lockdown’ and the Culture Wars: How COVID-19 Sparked A New Narrative Against Climate Action,” in Institute for Strategic Dialogue Michael Naas, “Comme si, comme ca” in Derrida From Now On NotJustBikes, Designing Urban Places that Don’t Suck (A Sense of Place) NotJustBikes, How Suburban Development Makes American Cities Poorer NotJustBikes, Suburbia is Subsidized: Here’s the Math NotJustBikes, The Great Places Erased by Suburbia (the Third Place) Oh the Urbanity! “15-Minute City Conspiracies Have It Backwards” Feargus O’Sullivan, “Where the ‘15-Minute City’ Falls Short,” in Bloomberg Feargus O’Sullivan and Daniel Zuidijk, “The 15 Minute City Freakout is A Case Study in Conspiracy Paranoia,” in Bloomberg QAnon Anonymous, “Attending the 15 Minute Cities Oxford Protest with Annie Kelly” Elliot Sang, “Nowhere To Go: the Loss of the Third Place” Chris Stanford, “The 15-Minute City: Where Urban Planning Meets Conspiracy Theories,” in The New York Times Darin Tenev, “La Déconstruction en enfant: the Concept of Phantasm in the Work of Derrida” Trashfuture, “Cell Block IPA” Trashfuture, Honk if You’re Honu ft. Dr Gareth Fearn Joy White, Terraformed: Young Black Lives in the Inner City Kim Willsher, “Paris Mayor Unveils ‘15-minute city’ plan in re-election campaign,” in The Guardian #philosophy #education via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lHNkUjR9nM

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The $40 Billion Fund That’s Gambling With Europe’s Climate Goal

A solar panel manufacturer that’s laying off workers. A battery maker that spurned Europe for American subsidies. A green hydrogen project stalled for lack of electricity. These are a handful of the early results from the European Union’s Innovation Fund, a €40 billion ($43 billion) investment vehicle at the core of Europe’s plans to overhaul its economy to be zero-carbon by the middle of the…

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#clean tech #Emissions trading #Europe #Germany #green #HOLCIM LTD #INNOVATION FUND/THE #Investment decision #Michael R. Bloomberg #Norway #Renewable energy

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Readout of the Defense Innovation Board Winter 2024 Meeting

View Online IMMEDIATE RELEASE Readout of the Defense Innovation Board Winter 2024 Meeting Jan. 29, 2024 The Defense Innovation Board (DIB) held its winter board meeting in the Pentagon on Jan. 26, 2024. At 10 EST, DIB Executive Director and Designated Federal Officer, Dr. Marina Theodotou, called the public portion of the meeting into session. The DIB Chair, Mr. Michael R. Bloomberg, gave…

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[thewales]

The Earthshot Innovation Summit will be HUGE.

I’m sad that Prince William is probably going to miss it for obvious reasons but wow, this is big!

The summit will take place on the morning of September 21, 2022 at The Plaza Hotel in New York City. It will be hosted by Michael R. Bloomberg, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Climate Ambition and Solutions; it will bring together heads of state, government and civil society leaders, philanthropists, business executives, and grassroots climate activists from around the world.

Bloomberg, Global Advisor to the Winners of The Earthshot Prize, will welcome a number of speakers and special guests including:

Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah, Member of The Earthshot Prize Council

Alexandra Cousteau, Senior Advisor to Oceana

Alyssa Gaines, 2022 National Youth Poet Laureate

Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris

Bill Gates, Co-Chair and Board Member, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Brad Smith, President, Microsoft;

The Honorable Caroline Kennedy, U.S. Ambassador to Australia

Cate Blanchett, Actor and Member of The Earthshot Prize Council

Christiana Figueres, Chair of The Earthshot Prize and Former Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

Ambassador Cindy McCain, US Ambassador, United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture

Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund

Gayle Smith, CEO, One Campaign

Hannah Jones, CEO, The Earthshot Prize

Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Member of The Earthshot Prize Council

Joy Harjo, 23rd United States Poet Laureate

Matt Damon, Actor and Activist, Co-Founder, Water.org

Urban Word NYC Youth Poets Rev. Lennox Yearwood, CEO and President, Hip Hop Caucus

Mindy Lubber, CEO and President, Ceres

Tokunboh Ishmael, Founding Trustee, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Alitheia Capital

Ruth Porat, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Alphabet and Google and,

Oscar the Grouch.

And The inaugural Finalists and Winners of The Earthshot Prize.

The event will be held from 8:00am-12:30pm ET at The Plaza Hotel in New York City.

The Summit’s mainstage program will feature keynote remarks, panel discussions, fireside chats, and presentations celebrating The Earthshot Prize’s 2021 Finalists and spotlighting the Prize’s five key pillars of climate solutions: Protect and Restore Nature, Clean Our Air, Revive Our Oceans, Build A Waste-Free World, and Fix Our Climate.

#Prince William #Prince of wales #the earthshot prize #Earthshot summit

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Antonio Velardo shares: Bloomberg Says He’s Made Succession Plans for His Company’s Future by The New York Times

By The New York Times “If you make a lot of money, you have to do something with it,” former New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said. Published: September 21, 2023 at 10:49AM from NYT Climate https://ift.tt/cIVRBfg via IFTTT

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Cerca de um terço dos portugueses sofre de hipertensão

Cerca de um terço dos portugueses sofre de hipertensão, segundo um relatório divulgado hoje pela Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS) sobre o impacto da doença no mundo.

No perfil traçado pela OMS, através de dados de 2019, há 2,7 milhões de adultos entre os 30 e os 79 anos com pressão arterial elevada, sendo mais prevalecente nos homens (37%) do que nas mulheres (28%).

Segundo o documento, para Portugal atingir uma taxa de controlo de 50%, seria preciso tratar de forma eficaz mais de 69.000 pessoas hipertensas.

Se o cenário de progresso fosse alcançado, 16.000 mortes poderiam ser evitadas até 2040, de acordo com a OMS, que calculou 32.600 óbitos provocados pela hipertensão em 2019.

No panorama internacional, o organismo das Nações Unidas refere que aproximadamente quatro em cada cinco pessoas com hipertensão não são tratadas de forma adequada, alertando que, se os países conseguissem aumentar o controlo, poderiam ser evitadas 76 milhões de mortes nos próximos 27 anos.

Também seriam ser evitados 120 milhões de acidentes vasculares cerebrais, 79 milhões de ataques cardíacos e 17 milhões de casos de insuficiência cardíaca entre 2023 e 2050.

A hipertensão afeta um em cada três adultos em todo o mundo, levando a acidentes vasculares cerebrais, ataques cardíacos, insuficiências cardíacas, danos renais e outros problemas de saúde.

“A hipertensão pode ser controlada de forma eficaz com regimes de medicação simples e de baixo custo e, no entanto, apenas uma em cada cinco pessoas a controla”, disse o diretor-geral da OMS, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, citado jum comunicado sobre o relatório.

A idade avançada, a genética e os maus hábitos alimentares podem aumentar o risco de hipertensão, mas uma dieta mais saudável, parar de fumar e ser mais ativo pode ajudar a reduzir a pressão arterial.

“Os programas de controlo da hipertensão continuam negligenciados (…) muito subfinanciados. O reforço do controlo da hipertensão deve fazer parte do caminho de todos os países rumo à cobertura universal de saúde, sustentado em sistemas de saúde que funcionem bem, equitativos e resilientes, construídos sobre uma base de cuidados de saúde primários”, realçou.

Para o Embaixador Global da OMS para Doenças e Lesões Não Transmissíveis, Michael R. Bloomberg, a maioria dos ataques cardíacos e acidentes vasculares cerebrais no mundo podem ser prevenidos com medicamentos e outras intervenções, como a redução de sal na alimentação.

“Tratar a hipertensão através de cuidados de saúde primários salvará vidas e poupará, ao mesmo tempo, milhares de milhões de dólares por ano”, acrescentou.

De acordo com o presidente da organização internacional Resolve to Save Lives, Tom Frieden, “a cada hora, mais de 1.000 pessoas morrem de derrames e ataques cardíacos”, sendo que a “maioria das mortes é provocada por hipertensão”.

O relatório está a ser apresentado na 78.ª Sessão da Assembleia Geral das Nações Unidas, que aborda os avanços alcançados nos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável, incluindo os de saúde em matéria de preparação e resposta a pandemias, erradicação da tuberculose e obtenção da cobertura universal de saúde.

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Ten Global Cities Named Winners of the Bloomberg Initiative for Cycling Infrastructure.

In recognition of World Bike Day on June 3, Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced the first-ever winners of the Bloomberg Initiative for Cycling Infrastructure (BICI), with ten global cities receiving support to build innovative cycling infrastructure and sustainable mobility options for their residents. The goal of BICI is to help cities design streets that increase biking rates, revitalize neighborhoods, and promote the health and well-being of their communities. Led in partnership with the Global Designing Cities Initiative (GDCI), in addition to funding to enact their proposals, each winning BICI city will receive technical assistance from GDCI on project development, cycling facility design, data collection, and resident engagement.

Successful cities need transportation systems that allow people to move safely, efficiently, and sustainably. Research consistently shows that providing cycling infrastructure brings social benefits that far outweigh its initial investment and that people who cycle are healthier and happier. However, a significant barrier to cycling in many cities is the lack of safe cycling infrastructure. BICI is designed to help city leaders meet the urgent need to build more connected and expansive cycling infrastructure that serves as many residents as possible.

The 10 BICI winners are: Fortaleza, Brazil—winner of a $1 million prize—and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Bogota, Colombia; Lisbon, Portugal; Milan, Italy; Mombasa, Kenya; Pimpri-Chinchwad, India; Quelimane, Mozambique; Tirana, Albania; and Wellington, New Zealand, each of which will receive $400,000 in funding.

“Fighting climate change goes hand-in-hand with giving people more transportation options,” said Michael R. Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropies and 108th mayor of New York City. “These proposals to make cycling safer and more accessible will require robust technical assistance, and our team is glad to support the winners as they turn their ideas into action. The progress that these 10 cities make will help clean the air, protect the environment, and drive economic growth, too. We’re looking forward to seeing the results.”

“Cycle lanes aren’t amenities, they are essential infrastructure for cities,” said Janette Sadik-Khan, Transportation Principal at Bloomberg Associates and former commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation. “These grants will help these 10 cities take the decisive action necessary to transform streets and turn the corner on traffic violence, pollution and climate change.”

The 10 winning BICI cities named today hail from 10 countries on five continents and collectively represent more than 15 million residents. Winners were selected from 275 applications submitted between November 10, 2022, and February 3, 2023, from cities with over 100,000 residents.

The 10 winning projects include:

Fortaleza, Brazil (winner of the $1 million prize): Develop 180 kilometers of cutting-edge cycling infrastructure to invite more community members to cycle.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Double the number of protected cycle lanes to achieve Africa’s largest city cycle network.

Bogota, Colombia: Co-design new infrastructure with children to revitalize a low-income neighborhood and engage young residents.

Lisbon, Portugal: Roll-out new solutions to increase the diversity of residents cycling throughout the city.

Milan, Italy: Build sustainable, green cycle lanes that connect over 40 schools.

Mombasa, Kenya: Protect and connect a cycle network along key corridors with high cycling volumes.

Pimpri-Chinchwad, India: Launch a neighborhood model for a 15-minute city, starting with cycling.

Quelimane, Mozambique: Build new cycling infrastructure that includes protected cycling lanes, pedestrian space, and unique bicycle taxi parking to support non-motorized travel.

Tirana, Albania: Create an all-ages cycling network through the implementation of safe intersection design.

Wellington, New Zealand: Increase the number of bike lanes in the city by 160 percent using resident input to inform planning and development.

“When it comes to reducing emissions and promoting healthier, greener cities, we must keep raising our collective ambitions,” said James Anderson, who leads the Government Innovation program at Bloomberg Philanthropies. “The Bloomberg Initiative for Cycling Infrastructure gave cities around the world the chance to dream big and show what’s possible—and these winning projects demonstrate the extraordinary ideation that this opportunity has unlocked. We look forward to working with these global cities to implement their powerful projects, and as we do, share lessons with their peers worldwide.”

“Building safe, connected cycling networks is a universal need that benefits people’s physical and mental health and well-being, just as much as it benefits the environment and the economy,” said Skye Duncan, Executive Director of GDCI. “Through their ambitious cycling infrastructure projects, the selected cities will transform their streets by putting people above all else—while benefiting their local communities to ensure healthier, safe, and more equitable spaces for everyone. The BICI team at GDCI is eager to start working alongside these cities to assist them in achieving their city cycling infrastructure initiatives.”

Bloomberg Philanthropies will convene the 10 winning cities from June 26 through June 29, 2023, in London, providing an opportunity for those city leaders to meet, trade ideas with peers, begin their project planning, and learn from GDCI’s urban design experts.

BICI, the first global city initiative of its kind, was announced in October 2022 at Bloomberg Philanthropies’ CityLab. To learn more about BICI and the winning cities, visit bloombergcities.jhu.edu/bici or globaldesigningcities.org.

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