Places for the future: Supplementary Planning Document

Posted on: 14 March 2012
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Birmingham City Council is preparing a new Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) for the city which will provide guidance to developers on sustainable development. The purpose of the SPD is to provide detailed guidance for future development and investment in Birmingham in support of the Sustainable Development of the draft Core Strategy. This covers sustainable communities, green infrastructure and climate change adaptation, sustainable transport, low and zero carbon energy, water efficiency and sustainable construction and waste.

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Retrofit for housing. Manchester, 2 February 2012

Posted on: 13 March 2012
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Retrofitting is considered to be the single biggest challenge facing the social housing sector today. This event aimed to seek answers to the retrofit challenge and discuss viable solutions to the Green Deal. This seminar was aimed at senior decision makers in strategy and planning, finance, business development, asset management, procurement and those with regeneration and sustainability responsibilities in housing organisations. Presentations are available online.

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Zero Carbon Hub Annual Conference 2012. London, 2 February 2012

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Building on the success of the 2011 event, the 2012 Conference attracted a strong line up of speakers from across the housing sector, energy and finance, with encouraging levels of support from sponsors, exhibitors and delegates. The theme of the 2012 Conference was ‘Progress towards 2016’ and the agenda was structured to shed light not only on the valuable progress that has been made, but also, crucially, what we need to do now to maintain momentum in the remaining years up to 2016. Key sessions of the day included a consideration of higher level policy on zero carbon homes by Stewart Baseley, HBF, and Mark Clare, Barratt Developments.  Further sessions covered the link between policy and delivery, consumer focus and practical delivery, each drawing on insights from professionals involved in housing policy and the planning, design and construction of homes. A video review of the day is available here on the above , while presentations can be found online.

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A new flightplan: Getting global aviation climate measures off the ground. Brussels, 7 February 2012

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World experts on the issues set out the latest science on aviation’s climate impacts, examined the policy options and looked at how these could be tackled on the global level. Presentations and a background report are available online.

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International Workshop on Measuring Investment in Transport Infrastructure. Paris, 9-10 February 2012

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This workshop provided a platform for statisticians and stakeholders to discuss and better understand transport infrastructure investment and maintenance data. The aim was to bring together data providers and users to share their experience with the methodology, interpretation and limitations of transport investment data. The workshop allowed for comparison and discussion of practice and examined the experience with harmonising definitions and methods. In doing so, opportunities for data quality improvement were identified. Presentations are available online, covering the following themes: Measuring infrastructure investment and maintenance; Combining data from public and private entities; Harmonisation of international data collections; Matching needs and identifying gaps.

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IT-TRANS, IT trends and innovations for public transport. Karlsruhe, 15-17 February 2012

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IT-TRANS (IT Solutions for Public Transport) has developed into a leading global information and communication platform for IT solutions in public transport. Interviews from this event are available online.

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Urban Forum 2012. Brussels, 16 February 2012

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The European Commission’s recently published proposals for new Regulations in the field of regional policy put a strong emphasis on integrated urban development, with a number of important suggestions to ensure that cities play their full role in driving growth in the EU. A key element in these proposals is the Commission’s intention to seek a direct, long-term, interaction between mayors and Commission officials working on their regions at a European level, with the aim of identifying future urban challenges and how they can be tackled successfully at all levels. The Urban Forum provided an opportunity to discuss the new proposals, with a particular focus on the role of cities in promoting sustainable growth. The Forum was divided into three thematic panels: Europe 2020 and the challenge of coordinating thematic investments in cities and promoting integrated urban development; Innovative actions for sustainable urban development; Integrated Territorial Investment: How may it work for fostering the urban dimension of cohesion policy? Presentations and background information are available online.

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ICTTE 2012: International Conference on Traffic and Transportation Engineering. Hong Kong, 17 February 2012

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This event provides an opportunity for scientists, scholars, engineers and students from universities around the world, together with industry, to present ongoing research activities and foster relationships between universities and industry. Papers from the event are available in a volume of International Proceedings of Computer Science and Information Technology.

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GMS 2020: Balancing economic growth and environmental sustainability. Bangkok, 20-21 February 2012

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The Asian Development Bank (ADB), together with Mekong countries, including Cambodia, China, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam, among other regional stakeholders, hosted the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Conference, which addressed several themes relating to economic growth and environmental sustainability. Presentations are available from the following sessions: decade of development, growth and impacts 2001-2010 in the GMS; food security; land, water and climate change; energy; and responses to challenges of the next decade in the GMS.

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12th Special Session of the Governing Council / Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC/GMEF). Nairobi, 20-22 February 2012

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The 12th Special Session of the Governing Council / Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC/GMEF) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will be held from 20 to 22 February 2012 at the United Nations Office in Nairobi, Kenya. The ministerial consultations during the twelfth special session will focus on emerging policy issues under the overall theme of “The environmental agenda in the changing world: from Stockholm (1972) to Rio (2012)”. Documentation from the event is available online.

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