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Plans to extend the Northern line to Nine Elms and Battersea
Posted on: 9 November 2012
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Feedback is requested on Transport for London’s proposals to extend the Northern line to Nine Elms and Battersea, as part of wider plans to regenerate the Vauxhall, Nine Elms and Battersea area. The proposals include: extension of the Charing Cross branch of the Northern line from Kennington to Battersea via Nine Elms; new stations at Nine Elms and Battersea; two permanent shafts at Kennington Green and Kennington Park to provide ventilation, cooling and emergency access if required; and two temporary shafts to enable works to stabilise the ground in preparation for the new tunnels to be built. Comments are requested by 16 December 2012.
Airports as Drivers of Economic Success in Peripheral Regions
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The ADES (Airports as Drivers of Economic Success in Peripheral Regions) project officially started in November 2011. The project is set out to investigate the role of regional airports in making peripheral European regions grow. The Interim Report with its Annexes is online.
UN-REDD Programme. Lessons learned: Africa
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The UN-REDD Programme is the United Nations collaborative initiative on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) in developing countries. A report has been published which introduces the 16 UN-REDD partner countries in Africa, and discusses regional specific opportunities and challenges arising from reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries (REDD+). It highlights the need to: extend REDD+ knowledge and dialogue beyond policy makers to include all relevant stakeholders; and build a solid institutional framework for REDD+ that promotes coordination and cooperation. The report emphasises the importance of integrating REDD+ into sustainable development such that the environmental and social benefits from REDD+ can be maximised while the risks are minimised.
Plans for Great City in China
Posted on: 8 November 2012
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Work is about to start on a high-density, car-free “satellite city” for 80,000 people that will be built from scratch in a rural location close to Chengdu and later replicated in other parts of China. Chicago firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture for private developer Beijing Vantone Real Estate Co., Ltd, the 1.3 square kilometre Great City will feature a high-rise core surrounded by a “buffer landscape” of open space comprising 60% of the total area.
Data Hub for the Energy Performance of Buildings
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The Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE), has launched an open data portal gathering technical data on buildings performance in Europe. The new portal presents facts and figures collected in the framework of the BPIE’s “Europe’s Buildings under the Microscope” study released in 2011. By providing in depth data about energy efficiency in European buildings, the new platform aims to assist policy-makers at EU level Member State level, technical experts, buildings professionals, researchers, academics, and consultants. It provides them with the possibility to access country profiles, search specific parameters, generate overviews and graphs as well as screen the underlying data. The tool allows for cross-country comparisons and cost free downloads. Suggestions for data updates and corrections will be possible through online forms. The data will be enriched over time with additional topics and information generated through data exchange projects and research partnerships. BPIE is inviting any other organisations interested in joining their effort to increase data transparency about the energy performance of the European building stock.
Resilient Cities webinars
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ICLEI Resilient Cities has added some new webinars on the following:
Stakeholders in risk assessments and adaptation. 30 October 2012
This webinar focuses on inclusion of local stakeholders in the community specifically the urban poor and the most vulnerable, into climate change adaptation and more specifically, risk assessment methods.
Urban agriculture and food security. 18 October 2012
This webinar focuses on urban agriculture and food security first looking at multi-stakeholder approaches for cities and how to include urban agriculture in laws and planning. Then the role it has for a city’s resilience and the importance for climate change adaptation.
City to City cooperation on Disaster Risk Reduction. 12 October 2012
This webinar focuses on the importance of co-operating between cities in order to share knowledge and resources on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR).
Wind energy in the UK: State of the industry 2012
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RenewableUK’s 2012 State of the Industry report looks back over the year, charting experience of developers across offshore and onshore wind, including large and small developments.
Disaster risk assessment and risk financing
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The World Bank with the contribution from 15 other countries and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) have published Disaster Risk Assessment and Risk Financing, a manual for the best practices to deal with natural disasters. The document recommends governments to concentrate on financial stability, to ensure that risks are allocated to the private sector, to establish transparent rules about distributing disaster funds and to consider ahead of time the financial implications of investing in disaster risk reduction projects.
Too late for two degrees? Low carbon economy index 2012
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The annual Low Carbon Economy Index, published by PricewaterhouseCoopers, centres on one core statistic, that of the rate of change of global carbon intensity. The Index evaluates the rate of decarbonisation of the global economy that is needed to limit warming to 2°C.
Unlocking growth through partnership
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This report, produced jointly by the Local Government Association and British Property Federation, recommends ten ways councils, developers and partnerships can boost economic growth.
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