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Shaded rest, clean water, and cooling systems safeguard workers from extreme heat while boosting productivity.
Resilient health systems, early warning tools, and community safeguards can reduce chronic heat risks and protect vulnerable populations.
Gradual tariff adjustment combined with a heating allowance for vulnerable consumers can support the transition to sustainable heating.
Urban cooling with nature-based solutions requires integrated planning, equitable access, community input, and local adaptation for fair, effective results.
Potential threats to the labor market with the onset of the Fourth Industrial Revolution are giving rise to quality assurance collaborations among TVET institutions.
Ecosystem-based adaptation solutions can reduce vulnerability and build resilience of urban areas to climate change.
Energy master planning is key to preparing bankable projects that improve municipal heating, lower costs, and help achieve environmental goals.
Policies should promote the growth and sustainability of social enterprises without making them dependent on state support.
Public-private partnerships can help make clean technologies for turning waste into energy accessible to cities.
Singapore is transforming its drainage system into re-naturalized streams and bioswales that enhance urban living.