The UK government has unveiled a record £2.65Bn investment in #flooddefence projects, set to build or maintain up to 1,000 defences and protect 66,500 homes and businesses from devastating #floods.
https://t.co/q00B6RagEs
#UKInvestment#ClimateAction#ResilienceBuilding
Is Thane City at Risk of Losing Its ‘Lake City’ Title? Experts highlight gridlocked traffic, unaffordable housing, shrinking green cover, and worsening air quality amid booming mega-infrastructure projects.
Via: @poonammidday#Thane#Housing#Mumbai#realestate
https://t.co/1ghvWeI6XJ
In 2008, botanist Patrick Blanc transformed a tunnel in Aix-en-Provence into a garden that benefits the city:
- 650m² and approximately 20,000 plants
- Noise reduction of up to 40%
- Lower temperatures in the surrounding area
Grey or green urban environment?
Will this be sustainable in the Indian context? I’ve seen vertical greening on metro pillars in but it later fell into complete disrepair due to poor O&M.
credit: @LiorSteinberg
Green roofs can have a positive impact on mental health, reducing stress and improving #mood. 🌿😊
Nature within everyone's reach!
#MentalHealth#GreenRoofs 🌱
🛢️A hidden crisis in #Texas: Leaking #oil wells are poisoning #water, endangering #wildlife, and threatening #publichealth. Bureaucratic delays & lack of funding stall solutions. Can Texas act before it’s too late? ⚠️
https://t.co/kpv6If9xOn
Work has officially begun on the Flood Resilient Garden at @howberypark 🌱
Over the next few weeks the space will be transformed into a garden resilient for the future!
Check out the Flood Resilient Garden at Chelsea Flower Show last year🔗 https://t.co/QOfczoARWd
#InternationalDayofCleanEnergy - This day highlights the importance of promoting clean and sustainable energy sources to mitigate climate change and reduce our carbon footprint. Do you use any form of clean energy? 👍🏾💬☀️ #solarwind#bestday
New proposals will allow infrastructure planning decisions of national significance to be taken more quickly.
https://t.co/Qrmf96yFHj
#Wales#Welshinfrastructure#infrastructure
We've started emergency works on the River #Mersey#Didsbury to provide a temporary fix to sections of flood embankments which collapsed when the River Mersey reached record levels over New Year
Do you know your #flood risk?
Be prepared ▶️ https://t.co/vN4XkSZlMi
🌳 Having trees down your street may protect your home from adverse weather. They can:
💧 Absorb rainwater runoff
💨 Protect from strong winds
🔥 Provide cooling benefits in summer
☀️ Reduce UV exposure
HUMIES BEWARE...
We beings of the natural world are going to take back the Planet!
RESPECT EXISTENCE or EXPECT RESISTENCE
Nature will have the last word over mankind's biosphere & atmosphere disrespect & neglect.
🦋LJC
#GlobalWarming #pollution #extinction #Respect #environment #art #Awareness
“That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, every human being who ever was...the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known" Carl Sagan
We have the solutions. Protect people & the planet.
#ActOnClimate#climate#climatecrisis#nature