The route to BIM in 10 steps

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The construction industry will have to put its foot down to meet the government’s BIM deadline. In this article, five experts break the route in 10 key stages.

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How do you adapt when your show gets too big for its venue?

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What happens when a show that’s been fixed in one city for years, or has committed ahead of time to a building that can no longer contain it, starts to press at the limits of its chosen venue? What do you do? Or where do you go?

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FEEM Sustainability Index 2013

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A new version of the Sustainability Index developed by Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)is now available online. The index provides overall sustainability performances of the vast majority of countries all over the world. It is an aggregate index comprised of 23 indicators related to economic, social and environmental dimensions. The current indicator set derives from the most relevant literature on sustainable development, green growth and inclusive growth developed by the United Nations, OECD, and World Bank. The index also provides projections of sustainability performances at the national and macro-regional scale up to the year 2030.

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Understanding climate diplomacy: Building diplomatic capacity and systems to avoid dangerous climate change

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This paper, commissioned by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), aims to capture the critical elements of climate diplomacy, and explain how it needs to evolve in order to meet the challenge of avoiding dangerous climate change. CDKN commissioned this work as part of wider efforts to help developing countries better influence the evolution of the international climate change regime.

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Valuing infrastructure spend

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Guidance published by the Treasury uses lessons learned from the Olympics and private sector to drive down infrastructure costs.

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Sustainable tourism governance and management in coastal areas of Africa

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By assessing how to apply sustainability principles and policy instruments for coastal tourism development in Africa, this report presents detailed recommendations are provided to strengthen governance and management to ensure that tourism serves as a positive force in coastal areas, helping to conserve environments and biodiversity, minimising environmental impact and contributing to the well-being of local communities.

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The great house price bubble?

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With house prices hitting record highs at the same time as living standards continue to be squeezed, BBC Panorama reporter Adam Shaw goes in search of affordable homes for ordinary working families. He meets dual income households priced out of home ownership altogether and talks to one of the thousands of people being helped onto the property ladder by the government’s controversial Help to Buy scheme. New research examines the number of UK households at risk of falling into unsustainable debt with each half percent rise in interest rates. This programme was first broadcast on 11 November 2013 and is available to watch for 12 months.

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Disaster Risk Reduction at COP19 Warsaw, Poland 11 to 22 November: Briefing Note

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This paper presents UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) observations and recommendations for the inclusion of disaster risk reduction in the climate change negotiations at the 19th Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC (COP19) in Warsaw, Poland, in November 2013. Presenting the previous decisions linking disaster risk reduction to climate change adaptation, it highlights some evidences from the IPCC Special Report Managing the Risk of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX), the 2013 IPCC Summary of the Physical Science Basis for Climate Change and the UN Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR).  The paper then introduces a series of overall messages on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction and details the rationale of the disaster risk reduction messages specific to COP 19 and specifically related to: (i) institutional mechanisms for loss and damages; (ii) national adaptation plans; and (iii) the Adaptation Committee. Finally, it gives some information about two disaster risk reduction related events at COP 19.

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Climate change and uncertainty from below and above

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The Uncertainty project is working to bridge the gap in the perceptions of those who theorise about climate change and uncertainty from ‘above’, those who experience it from ‘below’, as well as those in the ‘middle’ who act as intermediaries between the two. The project, funded by the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), aims to explore the varied dimensions of climate-related uncertainties and their accompanying discourses.

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Main streets across the world: 2013/2014

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This report presents a global barometer of the retail sector, tracking rents in the world’s top 334 shopping locations across 64 countries. The main league table is drawn up by taking the most expensive location in each of the countries monitored. In addition, the publication provides overall regional commentary as well as specific luxury retail overviews for each region.

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