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IDB Newsletter: Vol. 7, no. 4, October 1969
, 1969 IDB Newsletter is a monthly publication of the Inter-American Development that reports on the activities of the Inter-American Development Bank and appears in English and Spanish ...
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China's Low‐Carbon Energy Transition Over the Past Two Decades: Experiences and Implications
Advanced Science, EarlyView.China's low‐carbon energy transition features a brief decline and subsequent rebound in coal consumption, alongside the rapid expansion of renewable energy. This study develops a stage‐based analytical framework to explain this evolution from the perspectives of economic development, energy security, and environmental sustainability, revealing how ...
Yu Liu +3 more
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Connecting nature and technology: using artificial intelligence to plan greener cities [PDF]
Present Environment and Sustainable DevelopmentThe field of spatial planning uses digital technologies as support for planning and decision-making activities. Recently, artificial intelligence technologies started to be used also in green infrastructure planning to allow better decisions and to find ...
Oana-Cătălina POPESCU +2 more
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Creating Livable Cities: Regional Perspectives [PDF]
, 2019 The shift of people from rural areas to cities and urban towns in developing and emerging economies is one of the most profound demographic changes happening globally.
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Low latency carbon budget estimates for July 2024–June 2025 combine atmospheric CO2 growth rates, fossil emissions, ocean uptake, DGVM land fluxes, and OCO‐2 inversions. The budget shows that late‐2024 land carbon losses dominate the annual anomaly, while early‐2025 recovery differs between bottom‐up models and top‐down inversions, especially in ...
Piyu Ke +32 more
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Synopsis Mainstreaming Gender in Urban Housing Projects
, 2014 Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have seen an increase in the number of poor households in temporary urban settlements characterized by informal land tenure.
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.A microfluidic Herd‐Immunity‐on‐a‐Chip experimentally recreates structured contact networks to quantify viral transmission dynamics. By controlling susceptible, infected, and non‐susceptible populations, the platform reveals how contact topology governs the reproduction number, outbreak propagation, herd‐immunity–like behavior, and intervention ...
Jiande Zhang +6 more
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Bridging Horizontal to Vertical Radiative Cooling
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Radiative cooling materials are mature but only work facing the sky, confining them to rooftops. Instead of developing new ones, this system bridges existing horizontal coolers to vertical windows using blades outside the glass. On an occupied urban building, windows stay up to 1.4°C below air temperature while preserving daylight, outward views, and ...
Xiangyu Meng, Gan Huang
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Sustainable CommunitiesIntroduction Extreme weather events combined with urbanization patterns have exacerbated urban flooding and drought risks, threatening water security in cities.
Riyan Habeeb +4 more
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Development Effectiveness Overview (DEO) 2024
The Development Effectiveness Overview (DEO) is an annual report produced by the IDB Group to share the results and impact of its work in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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