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Electric cars and solar panels won’t be enough. The effort to combat Climate Change hinges upon good urbanism – the key ingredient to reduce demand for energy and to allow us to meet our GHG emission reduction goals by 2050.  Urbanism is the force multiplier in our effort to avoid the worst impacts from climate… Continue reading 2021 PLACE Initiative Climate Summit

Electric cars and solar panels won’t be enough. The effort to combat Climate Change hinges upon good urbanism – the key ingredient to reduce demand for energy and to allow us to meet our GHG emission reduction goals by 2050.  Urbanism is the force multiplier in our effort to avoid the worst impacts from climate… Continue reading 2021 PLACE Initiative Climate Summit – OLD

We have failed to address climate change across all policy areas. Now as we begin to integrate climate driven policies, those policies must recognize context and community based solutions. These solutions are a necessary lens of understanding climate policy. PLACE Initiative urges that urbanism be a central and integral piece of the reimagined climate change… Continue reading Enhancing Federal Climate Strategies

Urbanism is the discipline that focuses on the planning, design, and governance of the built environment, its natural environment context, and the human communities within which people live, work, learn, share, and play. Our towns, villages, and cities need our help. We are a professional network of expert planners, designers, builders, and public leaders who… Continue reading Climate Change & Urbanism