Climate change isn't just a buzzword — its effects are becoming more cataclysmic. It is causing deaths, displacements and destruction, even more so in recent years as global temperatures rise.
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As intense heat breaks records around the world, a little-reported fact offers some hope for cooling down cities: Under even the most intense periods of extreme heat, some city blocks never experience heat wave temperatures.
The Building Resilience Coalition, a major sponsor of the Pacific Northwest Economic Region, has achieved major goals in strengthening efforts to raise the level of resiliency in the built environment through a greater emphasis on Disaster Risk Reduction.
In the closing hours of a highly successful 2024 Annual Summit, the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) Delegate Council elected three new leaders to join its executive board, which includes a president and four vice presidents – two from the U.S. and two from Canada.