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The case for city disclosure
Posted on: 17 July 2012
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A new report from the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has called for more climate change disclosure from businesses and city authorities in recognition of the vital role that the world’s urban areas play in both climate mitigation and adaptation.
Seven climate change lessons from the cities of Europe
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The Carbon Disclosure project (CDP) has released a new report that offers lessons for urban planners and policy makers from seven European cities that are leading on climate change adaptation. As well as target setting, the report identifies and examines six other key areas where European cities are demonstrating best practice to manage climate change.
Partnership for Resilience and Environmental Preparedness (PREP): Value chain climate resilience
Posted on: 17 July 2012
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This guide has been developed by companies and organizations engaged in the Partnership for Resilience and Environmental Preparedness (PREP), a pilot partnership formed to address the risks and opportunities that climate change impacts pose to businesses and the communities on which they depend. One of the primary goals of PREP is to engage and inform good practice in companies as it relates to building climate resilience in partnership with communities. The guide introduces the Business ADAPT tool, the result of collaborative efforts of leading companies from the food and beverage, insurance, investment, technology and energy industries.
The Rio+20 Conference: Objectives, processes and outcomes
Posted on: 17 July 2012
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Being published soon after the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) that took place on 20-22 June 2012, this ESDN Quarterly Report provides a comprehensive overview of the road to the Rio+20 and what the outcomes the conference produced.
Resilient Cities 2: Cities and adaptation to climate change. Proceedings of the Global Forum 2011
Posted on: 17 July 2012
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Assembling papers originally presented at the Resilient Cities 2011 Congress in Bonn, Germany (June 2011), the second global forum on cities and adaptation to climate change, this volume is the second in a series resulting from this annual event. These cutting-edge papers represent the latest research on the topic and reflect the intensification of the debate on the meaning of and interaction between climate adaptation, risk reduction and broader resilience.
Socially just adaption to climate change
Posted on: 16 July 2012
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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has published a report which found that local authorities are only just beginning to consider vulnerable communities and involve them in their climate change adaptation plans. T he report urges the Government to help set the agenda to ensure social justice is considered in climate change adaptation through its National Adaptation Programme.
Overseas Travel and Tourism: 1st quarter 2012
Posted on: 16 July 2012
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Presents quarterly results from the International Passenger Survey. Contains data on visits to and from the UK by overseas residents and visits abroad by UK residents.
Westfield Stratford City
Posted on: 16 July 2012
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Westfield Stratford City is the first in a new series of product specification videos produced in association with Building. With over 70% of visitors to the Olympic Park passing through Stratford City, Westfield had to reduce their original delivery programme from ten to six years. In this video Westfield’s Design Director, Simon Cochrane, looks at the challenges and demands placed on the project, how the interior design concept was delivered and why Westfield chose to work with partners like SAS International.
London 2012 Sustainability Lessons Learned: Reference and Resources Guide
Posted on: 13 July 2012
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Following a six month series of learning events, the UK Green Building Council has published a guide which brings together tips, advice and best practice from the experts involved in the London 2012 construction project, focusing on how they achieved sustainable outcomes. Further information on the lectures can be found here.
An assessment of the effects of conservation areas on value
Posted on: 13 July 2012
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In 2012 English Heritage commissioned the London School of Economics (LSE) to undertake research into the effects of conservation areas on value. A statistical analysis of more than 1 million property transactions between 1995 and 2010 from the Nationwide building society and data on more than 8,000 English conservation areas found that properties in conservation areas sell for 23% more on average than houses outside conservation areas. Even when location, the kind of properties involved and other factors affecting house prices are adjusted for a premium of around 9% was still found.
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