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Video: Want to Curb Climate Change? Cities Need to Get Involved.

Feature | Apr 02, 2018

Associate Professor Jeffrey Raven and NYIT student Luciana Godinho talk about ways that mayors and urban leaders can help residents adapt to a warming climate.

How Cities Can Curb Climate Change -- Facebook Live Discussion

Blog | Mar 28, 2018

"The only way to ensure that cities remain livable is for mayors and urban leaders—together with urban designers—to simultaneously cut emissions and help residents adapt to a warming planet," argues Jeffrey Raven, associate professor in the NYIT School of Architecture and Design. . The discussion leverages Jeffrey’s op-ed, To Curb Climate Change, Cities Need The Right Design, published on Forbes.
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Urban Climate Lab: Graduate Urban Design Mid-Term Review held on 15 March at NYIT-Manhattan

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Graduate student Ruchita Mistry presenting for jury
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Graduate student Luciana B. Nogueira Godinho presenting for jury
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NYIT professor Dong-Sei Kim speaking to graduate students
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Graduate student Alaa Marrawi speaking to jury

The Urban Climate Lab envisions urban design shaping transformative climate action in cities. It focuses on urban design’s central role in greenhouse gas emission mitigation and urban heat stress adaptation and resiliency.
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