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Coalition Forms to Promote Resilience to Extreme Heat in Federal...
A diverse group of 20 organizations has drafted a letter (Heat in Federal Policy 7_29_21) to leaders in the White House and Capitol Hill to highlight the opportunity to include resilience to extreme...
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Extreme Heat in Reconciliation Legislation
A group of organizations have sent an open letter to Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Schumer to highlight the opportunity of incorporating heat resilience into the reconciliation legislation and...
View ArticleWithout Cool and Green Surfaces, Cities Leave Billions of Dollars on the Table
We have known for a long time that smarter roof choices significantly improve cities and the people who live and work in them. This new report from Washington DC’s municipal government and Capital E...
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Announcing the Rosenfeld Urban Cooling Achievement Award
The Global Cool Cities Alliance (GCCA) has established an award to honor the legacy and impact of Dr. Arthur Rosenfeld’s advocacy for cooler buildings, cooler cities, and a cooler planet. Dr. Rosenfeld...
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The One Million Cool Roofs Challenge
The Cool Roofs Challenge is an unprecedented $2 million initiative comprising an outcome-based $1 million challenge prize and $1 million of grant pool of up to ten $100,000 grants to support teams...
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Recommendations for cities during the COVID-19 pandemic
Recommendations from GCCA, Society of Behavioral Medicine and others provide a roadmap for cities to address dangerous heat during the COVID-19 pandemic. A new policy brief from the Society of...
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Primer for Cool Cities — Passive Cooling Solutions and How to Implement Them
GCCA Executive Director Kurt Shickman is the lead author on a new World Bank report — Primer for Cool Cities: Reducing Excessive Urban Heat with a Focus on Passive Measures — that details the many ways...
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Cool Roadways Partnership
Credit: LA Bureau of Street Services Cool Roadways Solutions Request for Information Results Cool Roadways Partnership Fact Sheet Cool Pavement Fact Sheet and FAQ Cool Roadways Partnership launch press...
View ArticleCool Roadways Solutions: What is Available Today
In December 2020, the Cool Roadways Partnership released a Request for Information to better understand the nascent but rapidly growing market for products that improve the heat resilience of our roads...
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Kurt Shickman Receives Dr. Arthur Rosenfeld Award
Kurt Shickman wins 2021 Dr. Arthur H. Rosenfeld Urban Cooling Achievement Award February 2022 A Message from the GCCA Board – New Leadership and Rosenfeld Urban Cooling Achievement Award Winner Thank...
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