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The transformative role of cross-cutting climate action instruments in public administration
Public administrations have made notable progress in recent years in the design of specific mitigation and adaptation strategies to address climate change. Energy efficiency in buildings, the deployment of renewable energies, green infrastructure, nature-based solutions and ecological urban planning have become established as fundamental pillars for reducing emissions and strengthening territorial resilience. However, experience shows…
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Ecosystem services: Making the invisible visible
‘What is not named does not exist.’ In other words, anything without a name, value or clear measure is simply excluded from decisions. This is precisely what happens with ecosystem services. The benefits that nature provides to society, such as climate regulation, water purification and carbon capture, are essential to human life and well-being. However,…
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Living Labs: The impact of collaboration
Far from being mere laboratories for experimentation and innovation, Living Labs represent a new model of collaborative governance between the actors of the quadruple helix (public administrations, businesses, academia and citizens). In these environments, co-creation is the fundamental pillar that allows for the participatory design of policies and strategies that are more responsive to reality…
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Planes de Actuación Energética. De la planificación a la acción climática
Los planes de clima y energía constituyen la principal herramienta de planificación estratégica en materia de energía y sostenibilidad. Su finalidad es organizar y coordinar las actuaciones necesarias dentro de un período determinado, garantizando que los recursos disponibles se empleen de manera eficiente para alcanzar objetivos previamente definidos. Dado su papel esencial en la transición…
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Herramientas para la planificación climática y la resiliencia territorial: ¿al servicio de quién?
Los finales e inicios de año suelen ser momento de recapitulación y valoración del año anterior. Si pensamos en el pasado 2024, la DANA (Depresión Aislada en Niveles Altos) que afectó a Valencia se erige como el principal recordatorio anclado en las memorias colectivas de nuestra sociedad. Este evento extremo no solo evidenció la vulnerabilidad…
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Cities with an industrial heritage face a major urban transformation challenge
The city, both as a concept and in its physical expression, faces one of the greatest transformation challenges of recent times. The experience of the past decades has left us with countless examples of what has worked, but, above all, of what has failed in the model of cities that were built and expanded as…
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Laws, the means to Energy Transition; social change, the sure way forward
Laws and regulations are one of the main mechanisms that modern society has to establish the frame of reference that regulates the behaviours “accepted” by society, theoretically in favour of the common welfare and thus, guide our individual and collective actions towards the necessary path. Western society firmly believes in its power, almost as if…
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Socio-economic impact analysis of Low Emission Zones, a cornerstone of good regulation
With the implementation of Low Emission Zones in full swing, in recent years there has been a succession of news of the approval and rejection of several of them throughout Spain. And the fact is that, just like the Tobacco Law in its time, Law 7/2021 on Climate Change and Energy Transition, which regulates the…
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School environments and their transformative role in the face of societal challenges
In the midst of a whirlwind of change in the urban planning model of our cities and urban environments, work is being done to make public space more inhabitant-friendly, favouring socialisation, comfort and contact with nature, as well as non-motorised mobility to the detriment of private vehicles. All of this is aimed at increasing the…