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sdg21.theme "responsive" again

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The previous sdg21.WordPress theme was no longer "responsive" for quite a while, which is why not all functions could be used, especially on smartphones. This week I was finally able to solve the problem. Thus, the sdg21.web database is now also available again on tablets and smartphones in the full range of functions.

Due to the new "theme", there may still be some unwanted behavior at one point or another. The bugs will be discovered and fixed bit by bit. The basic functions have been checked and are displayed as usual.

Info Responsive Design
with Responsive Design, function, design and content follow the respective screen resolution of the desktop, tablet or smartphone used. The term Responsive Web Design figuratively means "responsive web design". Content and navigation elements as well as the structural design of a website adapt to the screen resolution of the (mobile) end device - it reacts to and corresponds with the resolution of the end device. Responsive web design follows the user, and not the user rigidly constructed layouts of websites.


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WerkBundCity Berlin
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WerkBundCity Berlin

33 architectural firms from Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland, among others, have presented the design for WerkBundStadt Berlin. Around 1,100 new apartments are to be built in 38 buildings on 2.8 hectares of land. A critique of the project in the deutsche bauzeitung (db) reminds readers of the historical heritage in which the project stands: "It is laudable that the Deutscher Werkbund is speaking out with a contribution. After all, it is precisely the Werkbund housing estates from Stuttgart to Breslau, Prague, Vienna and Zurich that stand for the experimental living worlds of modernism. It was about housing for the subsistence level, small apartments, variable floor plans, new building materials and prefabrication, and last but not least about the coexistence of generations and society." The WerkBundStadt is quite clearly a break in content from the previous less dense WerkBundSiedlungen and for this reason alone an important statement, particularly with regard to the mix of uses and building density. Nevertheless, the designs are not very innovative in terms of sustainability. Unfortunately, the designers make it too easy for themselves by treating the issue solely with the concept of natural ventilation and a high building density. In this way, the WerkBundStadt falls far behind the standards developed in recent decades for sustainable housing. If this building exhibition is to have any charisma, if it is to communicate groundbreaking transferable concepts, then many of the themes of sustainable urban development and housing are missing. If the WerkBundStadt remains as it is at present, the building exhibition would probably become an interesting collection of contemporary architectural sculptures on an urbanistic scale, but it would lack central themes of the 21st century!

In the past decades, resolutions towards sustainable development have been repeatedly made the subject of discussion and politically adopted, also by the worldwide architecture and urban planning associations. In 2003, it was the "New Athens Charter. Vision for the Cities of the 21st Century." by the European council of town planners. And in 2007 the "Leipzig Charter on Sustainable European Cities".

In terms of world politics, the most recent three agreements should be mentioned:

  1. 2015 the UN World Summit on Sustainable Development in New York and the adoption of the SDGs 2030
  2. 2016 Paris Climate Conference
  3. and also in 2016 the world settlement conference Habitat III in Quito (New urban agenda).

These agreements clearly state that the sustainable conversion/design of existing and new settlements and neighbourhoods will play a central role in achieving the agreed policy objectives.

For further reading:
Manifestos and political agreements from 1958: https://siedlungen.eu/manifeste-und-abkommen
Blog with many photos about the developments (until the end of 2016): www.architektur-urbanistik.berlin/...werkbundstadt...
A review of WerkBundStadt in the db (12/2016): www.db-bauzeitung.de/...



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Expo, News Blog Berlin, Planning offices, Quarters

Climate Alliance: Cities worldwide declare climate emergency
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Climate Alliance: Cities worldwide declare climate emergency

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Climate Alliance calls on politicians to protect the climate with the Climate Action Call shortly before the EU elections

Stakeholders from across Europe have today launched a call for climate action. "Hundreds of cities across Europe and the world are declaring a climate emergency. They are pushing for an end to fossil fuels and the exclusive use of renewable energy to contribute to climate justice worldwide," explains Thomas Brose, Executive Director of Climate Alliance, co-signatory of the call. "It is time for current and future EU politicians to work together to turn this goal into a European reality."

The Climate Action Call was launched in the run-up to the meeting of heads of state and government on 9 May on the future of Europe and the European elections, which will take place from 23 to 26 May. In parallel, more than 200 mayors are sending an open letter to the European Council and its member states calling for a sustainable and future-proof climate policy. The signatories of the Climate Action Call are calling on current and future EU leaders to take social and municipal calls seriously, take action and make climate action a top priority.

The Climate Action Call lists the following five steps for the new EU Parliament and the Commission as well as all EU member states:

  1. reduce greenhouse gas emissions more quickly by 2030 and achieve greenhouse gas neutrality as quickly as possible.
  2. Focus on the end of fossil fuels and support energy efficiency, renewable energy and emission reductions outside the energy sector.
  3. Ensure fair and equitable structural change. Furthermore, to ensure that the EU provides greater support to developing countries in climate protection and adaptation to climate change.
  4. step up efforts to introduce the circular economy and increase resource efficiency.
  5. protect biodiversity and promote the restoration of ecosystems as a crucial component of climate protection.

Hundreds of cities, companies, investors, scientists, religious communities, sports clubs and civil society organisations from areas ranging from climate protection to human rights and health have taken up the Climate Action Call to bring about profound changes in how we organise our society and economy to keep global warming below 1.5°C.

Further information

 

Contact

Sarah Mekjian, Climate Alliance
Tel. 069- 717 139 20
Email: s.mekjian@klimabuendnis.org

The Climate Alliance

For more than 25 years, the member municipalities of the Climate Alliance have been working with their indigenous partners in the rainforests to protect the global climate. With 1,700 members from 26 European countries, the Climate Alliance is the world's largest city network dedicated to climate protection and the only one to set specific targets: Each Climate Alliance municipality has committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by ten per cent every five years. As our lifestyle has a direct impact on particularly endangered peoples and places on this planet, the Climate Alliance combines local action with global responsibility.
www.klimabuendnis.org

Source: Climate Alliance press release, 07/05/2019



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