segunda-feira, 24 de julho de 2023

«MANUAL DE ARQUITETURA BIOCLIMÁTICA»

 


«A Secção Regional dos Açores da Ordem dos Arquitectos (SRAZO), através da Direção Regional do Ambiente e das Alterações Climáticas, foi convidada a dar o seu parecer e contributo sobre o Manual de Arquitetura Bioclimática para a Região Autónoma dos Açores, desenvolvido por esta Direção no âmbito do projeto Planclimac, que envolve as regiões dos Açores, Madeira, Canárias e Cabo Verde. 

 Este projeto tem como objetivo o planeamento, acompanhamento e melhoria do conhecimento face aos riscos decorrentes das alterações climáticas, que já se fazem sentir, neste caso na Macaronésia. (...)». Leia na integra.




sábado, 22 de julho de 2023

«Leadership for a sustainable future»

 

«21 July 2023 - Report presenting the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s new Leadership for a Sustainable Future Framework.  The framework is focused on developing and expanding leadership capacity and is designed to help individuals and collectives reflect on their own and others’ leadership practice».

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terça-feira, 18 de julho de 2023

«Apocalypse or ally? Managing AI to advance sustainability»

 

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«Apocalypse or ally? Managing AI to advance sustainability

Capturing the benefits and minimizing the risks of artificial intelligence will require practical measures that build confidence and trust».

De lá:

«By now, the critics and proponents of artificial intelligence (AI) have our attention. For the past several months there has been a steady downpour of analyses and claims that range from AI presenting a "risk of extinction … alongside other societal scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war" to finding miraculous medical breakthroughs through searches of "genetic haystacks."

One thing is for sure: AI has not suddenly appeared, even though the behavior of hedge funds and other investors and the financial press might cause you to think otherwise. Like most major technological innovations, AI has been on an evolutionary path for some time.

Similar to its growing impacts on the economy and other aspects of social life, AI will stimulate a rethinking of its relationship to sustainability. AI will confer a series of societal benefits, while also embedding the possibility of major disruptions and risks.

What sustainability benefits can we expect from AI?  

There are several major benefit categories from investing in and applying AI technologies. They include:

  • Unifying public health and environmental data. The continuing degradation of biodiversity and related aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems from human activities has yielded an outcome in which human health can no longer be sufficiently protected, as environmental support systems necessary for human life — air, land and water — continue to deteriorate. The promise of AI and related digital technologies lies in the fact that both nature and human infrastructure are increasingly rich sources of data, and effectively designed data-based algorithms can enable decision-makers at all levels to detect changes in viability and status at both specific sites (ecosystems, cities) and at the system level. These insights can create new opportunities for problem prevention and remediation. (...)». 


domingo, 16 de julho de 2023

ACESSO GRATUITO |19 JULHO 2023.18:45 | Cerimónia de entrega do Prémio Gulbenkian para a Humanida | CELEBRA A AÇÃO CLIMÁTICA A NÍVEL MUNDIAL

 


«(...)No valor de um milhão de euros, o Prémio reconhece contribuições de excelência no âmbito da ação climática e soluções climáticas inspiradoras e criadoras de esperança para a humanidade». Saiba mais.