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Climate impacts: Taking action in the face of uncertainty
Posted on: 5 March 2014
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Uncertainty is an inherent feature of our knowledge about climate, but this paper argues that decision makers need to be able to plan for the future while understanding the uncertainty involved.
National biodiversity climate change vulnerability model
Posted on: 3 March 2014
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The National Biodiversity Climate Change Vulnerability Model (NBCCVM) aims to provide a spatially explicit assessment of the relative vulnerability of priority habitats based on established climate change adaptation principles; suite of map-based-GIS outputs at a variety of scales which can be used (in conjunction with other relevant spatial data) to target action to build biodiversity resilience and a flexible, GIS based, decision support tool that allows the user to incorporate locally specific datasets and select how adaptation principles are combined to reflect local circumstances and priorities.
Climate change
Posted on: 3 March 2014
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This Eurobarometer Survey provides measures on: perceptions of climate change in relation to other world problems; perceptions of the seriousness of climate change; opinions on who within the EU is responsible for tackling climate change; and a number of the issues.
The GLOBE Climate Legislation Study
Posted on: 27 February 2014
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The Global Legislators Organisation (GLOBE International) has released the 4th edition of the GLOBE Climate Legislation Study, produced in partnership with the Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics. The Study is the most comprehensive audit of climate legislation across 66 countries, together responsible for around 88% of global manmade greenhouse gas emissions. The 700 page study reviews almost 500 pieces of legislation that have been passed in the 66 study countries.
No Regrets Charter: Why we need principles for climate change adaptation in cities
Posted on: 24 February 2014
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The Metropolis Initiative on Integrated Urban Governance, led by Berlin, organised the second dialogue of the series “No Regrets”, which seeks to mobilize cities to adapt to climate change. Recommending actions that must be taken now before it is too late, the initiative took a step further on promoting measures for sustainable development in European cities, which can be replicated further on at Metropolis member cities in other regions as well.
Rethinking the global agreement for disaster risk reduction
Posted on: 17 February 2014
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The Climate & Development Knowledge Network has launched a new blog series Rethinking the global agreement for disaster risk reduction. The first blog in the series is Katie Peters’ New disasters agreement must learn from peace-building and state-building.
Energy, water and food security
Posted on: 13 February 2014
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Attaining energy, water and food security for all was the theme for the 14th edition of the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit, held from 6-8 February, 2014 in New Delhi, India. The Eldis Climate Change Resource Guide has brought together some key resources on the water-energy-climate-food nexus.
The recent storms and floods in the UK
Posted on: 13 February 2014
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This paper, from the Meteorological Office, documents the record-breaking weather and flooding, considers the potential drivers and discusses whether climate change contributed to the severity of the weather and its impacts.
Decarbonising cities: Certifying carbon reduction in urban development
Posted on: 12 February 2014
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Although carbon certification is now widely adopted as a voluntary carbon market instrument for a variety of sectors, it has not yet been applied to urban development. This PhD thesis therefore examines the implications of certifying carbon reductions within this sector. A framework is proposed, which includes a standardised approach to quantifying emissions at the precinct-scale and five core elements that would need to be considered when certifying urban development. It is argued that certification can help to acknowledge and reward progressive developers, increase the credibility of carbon claims within the built environment and help to provide benchmarks and baselines for the sector. Certification could also become a mechanism by which a variety of incentives can be offered to developers to encourage greater uptake of low carbon design. It is expected that a combination of factors, a standard approach to quantifying emissions, carbon certification and the provision of incentives, can help to mainstream this type of development, which will be essential in addressing many global challenges such as climate change and resource depletion. The first article in a series of three, based on this PhD thesis from Curtin University’s Dr Vanessa Rauland, looks at the myriad opportunities available for decarbonising our cities, demonstrating the potential for urban development to dramatically assist in tackling climate change. Click here to read.
Climate action in mega cities
Posted on: 7 February 2014
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The C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40) has released a report showing that the world’s megacities, roughly defined as cities with a total population of more than 10 million, are fast expanding efforts to curb climate change, such as implementing tough energy efficiency standards for buildings. The report analyses mayoral powers and identifies major trends across sectors and geographies, demonstrating that cities have the power, the expertise, the political will and the resourcefulness to continue to take meaningful climate action.
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