Panorama Magazine: Spring 2013

Posted on: 23 April 2013
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This issue of the quarterly magazine highlights the role of Cohesion policy in returning growth to Europe. Cohesion policy is the investment arm of the EU budget, aiming to boost growth and competitiveness through capitalising on regional strengths. The policy will, in the future, reinforce even more the achievement of the ‘Europe 2020’ objectives and will focus on sustainable investment with a more effective use of EU, national and regional investment.

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Minimum standards for embedding disaster resilience

Posted on: 23 April 2013
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The Department for International Development (DFID) Business Plan for 2012-2015 commits DFID to embed disaster resilience in all DFID Country Offices by 2015. This document sets out the minimum standards a country office should reach. The Department for International Development has also published a series of briefings highlighting recommendations for building resilience in Nepal, Kenya, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Traditional knowledge and climate science

Posted on: 22 April 2013
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This toolkit provides access to articles, videos and various other resources that will assist indigenous peoples, local communities, policy makers and other stakeholders in accessing research on climate change adapta­tion and mitigation.

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Budget 2013

Posted on: 22 April 2013
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The House of Commons Treasury Select Committee has published a report on the 2013 Budget. The Committee argues that the Help to buy scheme, hailed by George Osborne in last month’s Budget as a way to help first-time buyers and prop up house prices, ‘may have a number of unintended consequences’.

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Adaptation to climate change in Dhaka

Posted on: 22 April 2013
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This video highlights research being undertaken by University College London  to understand how the impacts of climate change in Bangladesh are going to affect the urban poor in the city of Dhaka. Secondly, the study assess how plans for adaptation at the local (neighbourhood level) will affect vulnerability. The research looks at impacts from a vulnerability perspective; understanding who and what is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and climate vulnerability as well as what can be done to address these vulnerabilities. The emphasis is on physical environment and the aspects contributing to adaptation in built environment.

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Housing and intergenerational fairness

Posted on: 22 April 2013
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This report is Policy Exchange’s contribution to retirement housing provider Hanover’s Hanover@50 debate on the future of housing for older people. The report says reform of the planning system to encourage developers to build more homes, including bungalows and self build homes attractive to older people looking to downsize, is the fairer way of reducing the generational divide.

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The economics of airport expansion

Posted on: 22 April 2013
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This major new report challenges the view that improved international air connectivity will necessarily bring significant benefits to the UK economy. The report by the independent Dutch consultants CE Delft, and commissioned jointly by WWF, RSPB and the Heathrow campaign group HACAN, argues that “claims about the economic benefits of connectivity are not founded on solid evidence.”

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Innovation in urban mobility: policy making and planning

Posted on: 22 April 2013
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Every year the Transport Research & Innovation Portal (TRIP) issues four policy brochures on the major transport policy priorities set by the EU. Policy brochures are publications aiming at sharing important information about the critical role transport research plays in policy making, planning and development in the transport and mobility sector. This policy brochure, on urban mobility, highlights the contribution of research in delivering innovative solutions for sustainable and integrated urban transport systems that support economic prosperity and social cohesion in Europe.

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Identifying the best routes to climate compatible development

Posted on: 22 April 2013
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In the first of two pieces reporting on the Climate & Development Knowledge Network’s workshop on Climate Compatible Development (CCD) in Ethiopia, Mónica Andrade, Regional Coordinator of CDKN Latin America and the Caribbean, outlines delegates’ views on the drivers of, and barriers to, successful CCD implementation.

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The future of the EU SDS: expectations and possible contributions from the European Sustainable Development Network. Brussels, 21-22 February 2013

Posted on: 22 April 2013
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The main objectives of this workshop were: to reflect upon the Rio+20 outcomes document and which of its objectives and targets are particularly important to be addressed in the EU; on the basis of this, which topics should be addressed in the forthcoming EU Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS) review and how could a future governance structure for the EU SDS look like; and to identify a potential role and services the ESDN could fulfill for the EU SDS review and in the post-review EU SDS process. A discussion paper, workshop report and presentations are available online.

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