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Sustainability 2020: Sustainable development in the UK in 2020. London, 28 January 2014
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The Sustainable Development Research Network (SDRN) Annual Conference was well attended by representatives from both the research and policy fields, and featured presentations on themes such as natural capital, economic growth, policy-making and engaging the public, evidence, tools and policy evaluation, and renewable energy. The conference generated some interesting discussion and debate, including commentary via the conference twitter hashtag #SD2020 and a number of blog postings. Presentations from the conference are now available on the SDRN website, and can be accessed by following the pdf hyperlinks in the online agenda which is available here. Videos of many of the presentations will also be made available on the SDRN website in due course.
This Big City
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This Big City is an award winning online publication sharing ideas and encouraging discussion about sustainable cities since 2009.
Shale gas and water
Posted on: 4 February 2014
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The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management has produced an in-depth independent review of the likely viability, scale and timing of shale gas exploitation in the UK. It also considers if an industry of any significant scale were to develop, what the implications of hydraulic fracturing of shale would be for water resources, water treatment and the water environment, and the regulatory requirements needed to mitigate the industry’s impact on the environment.
Rethinking governance: practical steps for councils considering changes to their governance arrangements
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The Centre for Public Scrutiny and the Local Government Association have produced a guide to help councils think about the key challenges when considering a change in governance. This guide sets out a ‘thinking toolkit’ of the types of issues that councils, both members and officers, should think when considering governance change. It does not aim to set out the legal and procedural steps which you will need to undertake to do it (which are for the most part set out in legislation), but it will provide you with the tools to think about the challenge.
Great China Welcome
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In mid-March 2014, VistBritain is to launch the GREAT China Welcome to show the world that the UK is ‘China-ready’. It will also help signpost Chinese visitors and travel intermediaries towards appropriate hotels, shops, tours and attractions. Part of this initiative will involve publication of a toolkit containing insights, statistics, guidance and case studies, the web pages will also advise on marketing to and within China, and common do’s and don’ts. Resources already available include statistics on the Chinese market.
The Freiburg Charter for Sustainable Urbanism
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The Freiburg Charter was developed in partnership with the City of Freiburg in recognition of winning the Academy’s European City of the Year Award 2010. The city is an outstanding example of sustainable urbanism of which this publication aims to distill through 12 principles.
Travel 360 Industry Report: A complete perspective on the online travel industry for 2014
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This industry report on the online travel industry aims to explore the themes of integration, big data, and also gain an understanding of the level of digital knowledge and education in the travel industry. The report identifies key trends and potential challenges, and offers the cutting edge strategies and insights, that brands invested in the sector need to optimise campaigns and future-proof businesses.
Travel management priorities for 2014
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More collaboration, increasingly powerful data and a greater focus on travelers: these three themes sum up travel managers’ plans for 2014, according to Carlton Wagonlit Travels’s annual survey on travel management priorities. While savings remain the major objective, the traveler experience is also clearly top of mind as technology and data offer new opportunities for tailored, user-friendly services that support the travel programme.
Establishing and understanding post-2020 climate change mitigation commitments
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A new international climate change agreement that will have legal force and be applicable to all countries is being negotiated under the auspices of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The agreement is to be adopted by 2015 and come into effect from 2020. An effective agreement would include quantitative mitigation commitments from all major emitters and result in concrete actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while catalysing long-term transformations to low-carbon and climate-resilient economies. The aim of this paper is to explore what mitigation commitments put forward under the 2015 agreement might look like, what guidance might be agreed regarding the type of commitments proposed, and which “rules of the game” would need to be agreed before draft commitments for the post-2020 period are put forward. The paper outlines what ex-ante information would need to be provided in order to understand commitments, and explores whether guidance could take the form of “bounded flexibility” for the various dimensions describing mitigation commitments in order to provide a basis for post-2020 emissions accounting and tracking progress. It also describes possible stages of the process for establishing commitments for the 2015 agreement.
Highlights of the International Transport Forum 2013. Funding transport: Session summaries
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The International Transport Forum’s Summit, held in May 2013, brought together Ministers from ITF member countries and many business leaders in total 1,000 delegates from 79 nations to test ideas, to engage with experts, to align perceptions on the funding issue and explore ways to address it. This publication presents the essence of this substantive debate.
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