This document summarizes the key topics and concepts from the book "The Sustainable Revolution Threats and Opportunities" by Peter McManners. It discusses climate resilience and the consequences of climate change across different sectors. It also outlines strategies for building sustainable cities, including infrastructure design, location, city design, building design, energy, water, and transport systems. The document recommends the book as compulsory reading for leaders and policymakers to support real change towards sustainability.
Environment, innovation, agility, business. Video of Patrick Dixon at Globe Forum 2009. Sustainable business and how
green technology will help sustainability, climate change, global warming, water shortages, food shortages, transport,
energy, fuel, cities. Future aviation, travel, rail, cars, tourism, corporate travel, heating, lighting, heat pumps.
Solar cells, wind power, biofuels, alternatiive energy generation. Future of coil, oil, gas and nuclear power. Electric
vehicles. Green living. Protecting rainforests. Why climate change and other sustainability issues can be solved. Costs
of global warming action. Marketing of green tech. Open innovation and crowdsourcing. Leadership of business and
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The conference provides a context for a general debate about the regeneration of the city centre and discusses how urbanism is affected by the paradigms of ecology.
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The world is entering a new era where the economic and political importance of cities is growing rapidly. Today, the majority of the world’s population lives in cities and urban concentration is accelerating. Therefore, cities are vital for solving major social, environmental and economic challenges.
Environment, innovation, agility, business. Video of Patrick Dixon at Globe Forum 2009. Sustainable business and how
green technology will help sustainability, climate change, global warming, water shortages, food shortages, transport,
energy, fuel, cities. Future aviation, travel, rail, cars, tourism, corporate travel, heating, lighting, heat pumps.
Solar cells, wind power, biofuels, alternatiive energy generation. Future of coil, oil, gas and nuclear power. Electric
vehicles. Green living. Protecting rainforests. Why climate change and other sustainability issues can be solved. Costs
of global warming action. Marketing of green tech. Open innovation and crowdsourcing. Leadership of business and
government. Government regulation, politics and political agreement. Activists and campaigning.
Traffic Congestion PowerPoint Presentation, how to reduce traffic congestion, costs of traffic congestion, road accidents and traffic congestion, loss of time due to congestion, pollution, health , diseases, photos, images
The conference provides a context for a general debate about the regeneration of the city centre and discusses how urbanism is affected by the paradigms of ecology.
Networked Society City Index 2016 - infographEricsson
The world is entering a new era where the economic and political importance of cities is growing rapidly. Today, the majority of the world’s population lives in cities and urban concentration is accelerating. Therefore, cities are vital for solving major social, environmental and economic challenges.
Organizations are doing great advocacy and fundraising work in a variety of channels -- online, offline, and everywhere in between. With an integrated approach, all that work can add up to more than the sum of its parts, but figuring out where to focus can be frustrating.
Join Avalon Consulting and Change.org to learn the five critical strategies that will help integrate your efforts and drive the most value from your direct marketing work across all your channels, including:
* Welcoming new supporters and capitalizing on first-time donors
* Cross-channel integration best practices
* Testing and tracking multichannel efforts
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
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Organizations are doing great advocacy and fundraising work in a variety of channels -- online, offline, and everywhere in between. With an integrated approach, all that work can add up to more than the sum of its parts, but figuring out where to focus can be frustrating.
Join Avalon Consulting and Change.org to learn the five critical strategies that will help integrate your efforts and drive the most value from your direct marketing work across all your channels, including:
* Welcoming new supporters and capitalizing on first-time donors
* Cross-channel integration best practices
* Testing and tracking multichannel efforts
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
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Speakers:
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Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
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Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
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Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
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https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
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Peter McManners
1. The Sustainable Revolution Threats and Opportunities Peter McManners www.petermcmanners.com 18 th November 2009
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3. ... government and business who are currently unable to see beyond the current political term/share prices will oppose this book, but in twenty years they will be quoting it as the ‘Essential guide for Survival’ Etelä-Suomen Sanomat, Finland’. ISBN: 9780955736902
5. ’ This book should be compulsory reading for all people with influence over the future direction of society, from world leaders and policy makers to teachers and voters. The time has come to support real change.’ Sir David King ISBN: 9780955736919
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8. Climate Resilience Consequences Sectors Adaptation Water Ecosystems Food Coasts Health Infrastructure Transport Energy Short-term Medium-Term Long-term Climate Resilient Cities, The World Bank 2009 Sea Level Temperature Rainfall Extreme Events
Published 18 months ago Year 2000 – hard to get an audience in the Business School, 18 months ago still too green Year 2004 – Green Economics Conference, too much use of business as the primary agent for change Fin quote P.172 The book is now liked by my business colleagues, but is still way greener than most will accept Green economists have come around to my hard-edged view – Green Outcomes in a real World He book came about from 2004-2008 Finland Top and Top CSR too limited: Not core and strategic Too much spin (green wash) Society is changing: A revolution Huge disruption Huge opportunities
1 st degree engineering – solar water project MSc GIS Defence mapping expert Went into Defence Int and satellites and databases Dissertation RGS – understand climate change As a geographer and map maker I see the pressing need to change the way we treat the planet As an engineer I see many technical solutions In teaching strategy to MBA students I se the power of business to take action Disconnected – bring them together
Too much talk, not enough action; need to make people sit up. Easy to say what’s wrong I like to talk about how to make it better. One Third disaster, two thirds how to avoid it. Just released few copes for sale, I can sign
Are there any climate change deniers? Lost written in the press, few brief comments Polar bears swim north looking for ice Polar bears cannot survive in the wild We will keep the gene line alive in zoos These grand predators are solitary creature used to the big outdoors – They go mad in captivity Gene survives but the animal is dead in any real sense The arctic ocean will be ice-free each summer in the next decade Oil and gas opportunities Power to effect public opinion? Polar bear will be extinct in the wild
Timescale:20 years Oil last Climate change not too bad Timescale:30 years to make the infrastructure change for a low-carbon future 50 years – eternal optimist (or deluded fool) V of S Need to take action and need resilience to live in an altered climate
Recent World Bank Report Focused on poorer countries Some severe problems Bangladesh Hurricanes Droughts Finland perspective (+) UK perspective better wine, drier hotter summers Go through some of the issues that arise from a UK perspective FM and energy Expo London Sustainability workshop (not much real sustainability but it is now the buzz word to use) Question of contracts abroad – Answer if client does not ask we don’t bother I would like to see UK companies offering sustainable solutions (based on strong home base)
Greenland Vicky Pope story Tipping point 7m 200 years Massive implications for the world and for London
Closer to Oxford More extreme weather events – not hurricanes (we hope) but floods Building on flood plains Our house ‘Victorian’ and above high mark
What does this show We know this but we like our cars LSE story
BedZed ecological footprint much less than UK average – UK could support a population of 30 million if we all lived like this What features? Use of light Natural ventilation Sogum roof High density What features not shown? PV Solar Water Wind
Location? CAT 1972 Hippy, self build Uncompromising commitment to sustainable building
Our Finnish house 1980 Triple glazed Area heating Good insulation; good resilience Not sustainable materials WISE CAT – experimental bit hippyish Auditorium lights Earth walls John Prescott question Adaptation labatory concept
Self sufficient is resilient Flip the energy market Sweden Hydro story Thames Hydro Solar water and PV now do it.
Hot dry summers High water bills (metered) Harvest rainwater will be a good idea and a sound business case – in the South East
Finland example: Think long-term Make the investment
Climate refugees, resources squeeze, could be unrest. Mad Max V of S Resilient means secure - Dense communities are low carbon and secure No more sprawling suburbs with low efficiency big houses and space to park 2 (3) cars
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