Season 1, Episode 4
The Future of Cities Impacted by Climate Change with Timon McPhearson
You'll Learn
Why applying multiple approaches at the same time will help combat Climate Change.
The definitions of global warming and climate change.
Who’s impacted by heatwaves – most vulnerable groups.
Urban Heat Islands.
Implementing Green and Blue Infrastructure in cities and other methods to cool city
What our timeline is to mitigate heatwaves – looking 50-100 years into the future is important.
Plug in to your local community and meet people in your neighborhood.
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About Timon
ABOUT DR. TIMON MCPHEARSON
Dr. Timon McPhearson is an Associate Professor of Urban Ecology, Director of the Urban Systems Lab and research faculty at the Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School. He is also a Research Fellow at The Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and Associate Research Fellow at Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University. He studies the ecology in, of, and for cities to advance resilience, sustainability, and justice. Timon publishes in multiple scientific journals such as Nature, Nature Climate Change, and BioScience, and contributed to Urban Planet, published by Cambridge University Press. He co-leads the U.S. National Science Foundation “Urban Resilience to Extreme Weather Related Events” Sustainability Research Network in the US and Latin America and teaches courses on urban resilience, urban social-ecological-technological systems, and urban green infrastructure. Timon’s work is covered widely including in The Guardian, The New York Times, The Nation, and more. See below for his latest publication.
Latest Paper Published in Nature
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