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The International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts that the push for #building energy efficiency will drive significant job growth in the coming decade, with retrofitting buildings alone estimated to create an additional 1.3 million #jobs by 2030 based on a scenario where net-zero emissions are achieved by 2050. Dialogue among policymakers, employers and labor unions will play a critical role in #training workers for skills relevant to the jobs being offered, a new IEA report says.

Many U.S. drivers may take their ability to turn right at a red light for granted. But at more and more intersections across the nation, that maneuver, which entails a driver fully stopping at a red light and yielding to pedestrians and other traffic before turning right, is no longer allowed. Cities across the U.S. are adopting or considering widespread bans on right-turn-on-red to address surging fatalities and serious injuries among #pedestrians and #cyclists. Despite this policy trend, questions about the efficacy of such bans remain. #rightonred #roadsafety #walkable #cities

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed three bills changing #renter #protection practices in the state last month. A major remaining question is whether voters will approve an upcoming ballot measure to expand local governments’ authority to enact rent control.

San Antonio is piloting an online tool to see how potential land use changes could result in benefits for carbon #sequestration, urban #cooling and residents’ access to #nature.

A hit show on Toronto’s failed smart city project is returning to the stage in November. The award-winning play, “The Master Plan,” dramatizes the city’s fractured relationship with then-Google subsidiary Sidewalk Labs. #smartcity

Local governments are preparing to deal with high volumes of #election #waste, including yard signs, mailers and other campaign material, as the fall election season ramps up.

FEMA’s recent push for states and localities to adopt more disaster-resilient building codes took center stage at a hearing held last week by federal lawmakers. #buildingcodes #resilience

Multiple #utilities say they will need to completely rebuild, rather than repair, electric systems in the areas hardest hit by Hurricane #Helene.