globalfutures@asu.edu
securing our water future - allagreed on
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solar now in 10 megawatt range
aim to be most sustainable desert city in world
we have global known leaders in circular economy
more acres of parks thanany city walkshed tool
updating our climate action plan- inviting corporates to raise their cli,ate plans
2.8 mn $ investment in new 14 people.. c40 citiesnetwork- susyainable tresilient city - equity ..
need to end heat deaths/illnesses
need to deal with polution now
how our communities can adapt now- collective effort to address compunding impacts- still lot we dont know and need to innovate
urgent action now is psssworrd in phoenix
will need 500000 charging stations around nation - feds must pay for just ast they did in 1850s highways
holstein case 1
hundres of schoolbus - air quality in diesel bus can be 8 times worse - so why not buy electric buses - at end of day bus can help charge peak and then charge themselves during low peak night time
h case 2
need green bank/green energyacceleratpr - 30 billion dollar of capital to kickdstart this - biden proposal
-----------------------------rom Lori Singleton: Thank you Mayor Gallego for your commitment and leadership on climate action and for being an OUTSTANDING Mayor!
From Lauren Kuby to Everyone: 03:54 PM
Phoenix's Climate Action Plan: https://www.phoenix.gov/oep/cap
Tempe's Climate Action Plan: https://www.tempe.gov/government/sustainable-tempe/climate-action-plan
From Jason Franz to Everyone: 04:06 PM
For more about the City of Phoenix’s climate actions and solutions, please watch this video as part of the PBS Peril and Promise series: https://www.pbs.org/wnet/peril-and-promise/video/americas-hottest-city-coping-with-rising-heat/
For more information about the Urban Climate research Center, please visit https://sustainability-innovation.asu.edu/urban-climate/
For more background on policy recommendations for decarbinzation from the Nation Academies, please read https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/accelerating-decarbonization-in-the-united-states-technology-policy-and-societal-dimensions
Please submit any questions for this panel using the Q&A functionality in your Zoom player.
- Phoenix's Climate Action Plan: https://www.phoenix.gov/oep/cap
integratimg tech c=social fin solutions
mark - mile long cool corridor and cool pavement tech - shaded caonopoy- social cohesion when people can share community corridor insted of justr driving cars
George Pettit 04:07 PM
Given the recent temperature induced failure of electric infrastructure in Texas, is the entire grid, generation and distribution system up to the challenge?
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Adam Wiechman 04:08 PM
I appreciate the urgency for significant local action (i.e. transitioning built infrastructure) conveyed so far! How can we channel this urgency towards the “soft infrastructure” (institutions) that governs our cities?
Climate change was not just a result of failed energy systems/other built infrastructure, but also a result of non-responsive or slow-to-respond institutions largely due to the way they’re structured (i.e., role of science and marginalized populations)
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Jana Segal 04:13 PM
Water is huge issue for Arizona. Mines use as much water as they want and their tailings pollute our waterways.
The 1872 Mining Law that defines hardrock mineral extraction as the “highest and best” use of most public lands, tying the hands of federal and local governments when U.S. or foreign mining interests want to mine our public lands.
The federal government treats mining as a right on public lands - one that trumps other uses. That means they allow mining even if it threatens special places such as Grand Canyon or pollutes important water sources such as the Colorado River. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency hardrock mining is the number one polluter in the country and has contaminated the headwaters of 40 percent of our western watersheds. It allows mining interests to take hardrock minerals such as copper, gold, silver and uranium from our public lands without paying any royalties to the American taxpayer.
We need to repeal The 1872 Mining Act. Do you support repealing it?
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lesley hammond 04:17 PM
A.S.U. was experimenting with cool road surfaces, is that research still ongoing?
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Jana Segal 04:18 PM
We need water to run air conditioners and to irrigate those trees that cool neighborhoods to combat urban heat island affects. Tucson is an example in Green Infrastructure and rainwater harvesting. Phoenix does much less rainwater harvesting. What can you do to expand rainwater harvesting and GI in Phoenix?
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Emily Schwimmer 04:19 PM
I might have missed this but will this recording be shared?
Jason Franz 04:20 PM
Yes, it will be posted to Youtube and shared.
Alex Mangelsdorf 04:19 PM
Could planting more trees in the city increase the strain on the water supply, and are there any steps we could take to avoid this strain?
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lori singleton 04:20 PM
Question for Elgie: Is anyone doing a pilot related to the electric school buses and using them to send electricity back to the grid during peak hours?
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