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Climate Adaptation Outlook: A proposed National Adaptation Assessment Network
Posted on: 5 December 2013
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This report is the first of a structured series of reports on how well placed Australia, including its businesses, communities and institutions, is to manage the impacts of unavoidable climate change. This report proposes a national assessment framework to assess progress in adapting to the impacts of climate change.
Reviewing the nationally significant infrastructure planning regime: a discussion document
Posted on: 5 December 2013
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The government is keen to get further feedback from users of the nationally significant infrastructure planning regime and other individuals or organisations who may wish to contribute to the review, helping to shape the final set of proposals for improvement, to be implemented where possible by spring 2015. Comments are requested by 24 January 2013.
Saving lives with sustainable transport: Traffic safety impact of sustainable transport policies
Posted on: 5 December 2013
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This document reviews evidence of the safety benefits of sustainable transport, with a particular focus on the applicability of these findings to cities in developing countries. Where the information is available, it also provides estimates of the magnitude of safety benefits that have been recorded for specific projects.
Global Market Perspective
Posted on: 5 December 2013
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The latest report from Jones Lang LaSalle, for the 4th quarter of 2013, argues that there is good reason to be optimistic about the global real estate market in 2014, as the world economy regains some vigour, business confidence improves and strong corporate balance sheets encourage increasing capital expenditure.
Global Office Forecast 2014-2015
Posted on: 5 December 2013
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This report from Cushman & Wakefield argues that the global office market is poised for slow steady growth in 2014, while 2015 should be more robust as recovery takes hold and business gains renewed confidence.
RICS Research Trust
Posted on: 5 December 2013
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The RICS Research Trust has recently been formed by the merger of the long-standing RICS Education Trust and RICS Foundation. As an established charity, it has a key remit of supporting, delivering and disseminating high quality research, independent reliable knowledge and future thinking through research funding in the disciplines of land, property and construction. A copy of the strategy for 2014/2017 is available online.
Changes to the Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation
Posted on: 5 December 2013
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This blog outlines proposed Government changes to the Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation.
3rd UNWTO International Conference on Tourism and the Media: How new media is shaping the news. Estoril, Portugal, 2-3 December 2013
Posted on: 5 December 2013
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This event addressed issues such as how tourism’s media presence and narrative has changed in this new media context or what the future of tourism communication looks like. Presentations are available online.
The Environmental Sustainability Knowledge Transfer Network
Posted on: 3 December 2013
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The Environmental Sustainability Knowledge Transfer Network exists to accelerate the UK’s transition to a low carbon, resource and energy efficient economy by connecting businesses, universities, other research organisations and government agencies, and catalysing innovation across a wide range of environmental technologies. Videos of conferences and worksops are available here.
What price independent lives?
Posted on: 3 December 2013
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This report from the Habinteg Housing Association highlights the combined effect of a range of benefit cuts on disabled people’s incomes and the threat this poses to independent living. This report details depth analysis of our tenancy data revealing the real impact of cumulative benefit cuts.
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