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Saudi Arabia lowers predicted number of residents at The Line by 2030

Deezen

The Line mega-city, which is the flagship development for Saudi Arabia's Neom project, will allegedly house fewer than 300,000 people by 2030, down from an original goal of 1.5 When the project was introduced, estimates for how many people would live in the mega city in northwestern Saudi Arabia by 2030 ranged from one million people to 1.5

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Foster + Partners and Arup release first designs of California High-Speed Rail stations

Archinect

Construction is underway , and planners expect to have the first operable line readied between 2030 and 2033 after years of financing issues and a recent multibillion-dollar boost from the federal government.

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IKEA partners with SunPower to sell solar panels in California stores

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Founded in 1985, SunPower sells, installs, and finances solar power products, including panels, batteries, mounting hardware, and monitoring software. This partnership forms part of IKEA’s mission to become circular and climate positive by 2030. The initiative is expected to launch in select California markets in Fall 2022.

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Saudi Arabia’s The Line Megadevelopment Gets A Lot Shorter

Dwell

Last month, The Guardian and Bloomberg CityLab reported a massive scaling back of the development’s footprint: By 2030, a completed segment of The Line is now predicted to house just 300,000 people and be less than 1.5 The Line, however long it will be at the 2030 goalpost, is currently under construction. miles long.

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Meeting BC’s Climate Commitments

Westeck News

And British Columbians know that delaying is not an option.This plan delivers on CleanBC: Roadmap to 2030 to meet B.C.’s s emissions reduction targets for 2030 and reach net-zero by 2050. low-Interest Financing Program provides loans with interest rates as low as 0% for switching from fossil fuel heating systems to heat pumps.

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Event: COP28 UAE - United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC)

Bustler

As we approach the halfway mark since the Paris Agreement, with seven years gone and seven more to go until 2030, the urgency to address climate change has never been more pronounced. link] Read the full post on Bustler

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The Future of Architecture: Changing How Housing Is Built in the World’s Most Disaster-Prone Countries

Architizer

Architecture 2030 ’s mission is to rapidly transform the built environment from a major emitter of greenhouse gases to a central source of solutions to the climate crisis. Beyond designing housing and schools, we transform systems for regulating, financing, building and improving informal housing across the Global South.

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