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Financing Urban Resiliency: Coastal Resiliency in Lower Manhattan
Cities across the US, particularly those along the coasts, are facing mounting threats from climate
change and sea-level rise. In New York City, Lower Manhattan was hit particularly hard by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
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Financing Urban Resiliency Investing in Complete Communities in the London City Region
By 2050, 68 percent of the world’s population will be living in cities, more than double the percen
tage reported in 1950. Urban growth has risen sharply since 2000, and many cities, London among them, are under extreme pressure to improve their lon
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Financing Urban Resiliency: Innovative Approaches to Deliver Affordable Housing in Chicago
In many US cities, concentrated poverty and chronic disinvestment have resulted in wide social, eco
nomic, and geographic disparities.
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Investing in Los Angeles' Urban Resiliency - Executive Summary
Most countries are underinvesting in their efforts to deal with expected population increases and c
limate stresses, producing an annual global shortfall of US$350B in global infrastructure spending.
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Targeting Tau — Our Hope to Solving the Dementia Crisis
In our systems-based review of the biomedical landscape supporting research of a cellular protein c
alled tau—a common culprit in a number of neurodegenerative diseases—we make the case that focused strategic investment in tau research and the , At present, no disease-modifying therapies for the pure tauopathies exist. Researchers are working to develop effective therapeutic agents, which include approaches such as decreasing the amount of tau within the brain., Symptomatic Interventions
At present, no disease-modifying therapies for the pure tauopathies exist.
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Misophonia - A Giving Smarter Guide
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Financing Lung Cancer Screening in China
Lung cancer, one of the most preventable diseases, surpasses all other cancer deaths worldwide.
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(Re)inventing Israel's Capital Markets: Financing the Transition from Startup Nation to Global Nation
By 2013, Israel’s IPO market had collapsed and 95 percent of start-ups were being sold to foreign e
ntities. These conditions put at risk the future of local capital investment and overall economic growth in Israel.
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New Models for Financing Translational Medical Research in Singapore
Adapting scientific lab discoveries into life-saving drugs for commercial consumption is no small f
eat. Often times medical research stalls when drugs get to the translational stage of the process.
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Growing the US Green Bond Market: Lab 2
As climate-related events, including wildfires, become more prevalent throughout California, invest
ors and issuers alike are looking for new tools to protect the state from increasingly devastating environmental disasters.
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Accelerating a Green Recovery for Los Angeles: Pathways for Investing in Building Retrofits and Green Affordable Housing Development
Please read this summary of the virtual roundtable the Institute hosted with Los Angeles Mayor Eric
Garcetti that explored how to facilitate a "green recovery" during the COVID-19 induced economic downturn while also advancing the goals laid out in LA's
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Nonprofits: A Growing Force in Drug Development
Shepherding a drug from discovery to the market is a complex process that involves many actors.