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... "If we start thinking about net zero in the university, it's too late," added Shahidehpour. "You have to start from elementary school, you need to educate people from the very early stages to understand that "Just as engineers and researchers they need to conserve energy, that have turned our attention to they cannot waste any time." Such low-carbon technologies, so we efforts would help meet a demand should be preparing our students for a net zero future." that already exists.
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From page 18...
... "The more we get global -- need to align or they are alignment between public policy and very difficult to implement." climate change–related activities -- – Leslie Shoemaker [including] carbon management as well as adaptation -- the more likely that we'll be able to influence land use–related activities and build them into how cities are actually designed." Furthermore, to optimize their effects, "Policies at every level -- local, state, provincial, national, and global -- need to align or they are very difficult to implement." As a specific example of alignment, Shoemaker discussed how to minimize the amount of concrete used in construction projects through
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From page 19...
... "The broader geopolitical issue is a tough one," ­Washington acknowledged. "We have to figure out a holistic solution globally for addressing this, and that's what makes this type of strategy so difficult." As Lieuwen pointed out, "it's wonderful for this city or that state to reduce its ­carbon footprint, but ultimately what ­matters is global carbon dioxide emissions, and sometimes it's not obvious to understand how these things interact such that our behaviors either increase or decrease the global climate problem." Other potential policies center on promotion of what Lieuwen called a circular economy.
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From page 20...
... With the carbon dioxide problem, it's a global issue, so everything interacts." Shoemaker recalled the phrase think globally and act locally. "­Climate change is challenging because it's a global environmental problem and… because the impacts are locally felt, and solutions are different at different spatial scales.
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From page 21...
... When the covid-19 pandemic hit, human behavior changed substantially, as when a sizable fraction of the workforce began doing their jobs from home. Also, the ability to understand the natural world has been increasing rapidly because of new sensors and analytic capabilities, she pointed out.
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... But now what we dream about is developing technologies that are going to make their future a brighter place, so this is another call that the time is now. There is urgency, there is motion.
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