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Urban development with climate co-benefits: Aligning climate, environmental and other development goals in cities
Posted on: 26 November 2013
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Rapid urbanization in developing countries demands a massive provision of infrastructure, public transportation, housing and jobs for their population, as well as a healthy environment. Consequently, urban areas in those countries contribute increasingly to climate change, and suffers its impacts. The climate co-benefits approach in this report refers to the development and implementation of policies and strategies that simultaneously contribute to addressing climate change and solving local environmental problems, which also have other development impacts. Relying on the results of research carried out in Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and Japan, this report offers lessons to understand projects and policies that generate co-benefits and the factors that influence them.
Climate change, sustainability of aquatic ecosystems and food security. Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, 3-5 October 2013
Posted on: 22 November 2013
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This second International Conference on Ecosystem Conservation, Climate Change and Sustainable Development provided an opportunity to share innovative ideas on ecosystem conservation, climate change adaptation and mitigation and sustainable development. Presentations and a report of recommendations are available online.
Living with environmental change. London, 8 October 2013
Posted on: 22 November 2013
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This event brought together leading UK researchers, practitioners and policy professionals who are working on the rapidly developing field of environmental change and health research. Research that will help the UK address the risks and opportunities to health and wellbeing from climate change, resource depletion, wide-spread pollution and changes in biodiversity. Presentations are available online.
Up in smoke: How the EU’s faltering climate policy is undermining the City of London
Posted on: 22 November 2013
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This report argues that the EU has a proud record of taking the lead in tackling climate change, and the City of London has been a major beneficiary of this leadership. However, recent criticisms of the EU’s approach and substantial problems with Europe’s emissions trading scheme risk snuffing out the EU’s momentum and undermining the City of London’s leading role in carbon finance.
Scotland’s adaptation conference. Edinburgh, 9 September 2013
Posted on: 22 November 2013
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Through a combination of key note speakers, interactive parallel sessions, case studies and panel discussions this conference provided a forum to: raise awareness of the broad range of adaptation initiatives underway in Scotland and elsewhere; engage a wide range of stakeholders on adaptation policy developments and the draft Scottish Climate Change Adaptation Programme; and network across sectors to develop new ideas, projects and partnerships, and inspire action. Presentations are available online.
Climate change, disasters, and development post-2015
Posted on: 21 November 2013
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The year 2015 will be pivotal for climate change, disasters, and development. In all three areas, new international frameworks are due to be agreed to guide policy and action. These include the framework and targets to take forward the current Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the second phase of the Hyogo Framework for Action to make the world safer from natural hazards, and a new comprehensive UNFCCC agreement on international climate change action. While these develop in parallel, it is crucial that the three frameworks are linked up such that poverty and social justice concerns are reflected in climate change and disasters frameworks, and tackling climate change and natural hazards is integrated into development targets, policy and planning. This collection of articles from Institute of Development Studies Bulletins from the past few decades provides insights for the development of these international policy frameworks.
Sustainable cities adapting and mitigating climate change
Posted on: 21 November 2013
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There are a variety of pathways by which cities can be more sustainable and respond to climate change. A few initiatives are summarised here, along with suggestions for how cities can influence global climate negotiations.
Climate-change impacts, adaptation challenges and costs for Africa
Posted on: 19 November 2013
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This report from UNEP presents a stark analysis of where Africa stands in relation to its adaptation goals and is a cautionary indicator of what may happen should the emissions gap remain – necessitating additional adaptation.
Financing mitigation: Exposing gender gaps in financing climate change mitigation and proposing solutions
Posted on: 19 November 2013
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This summary factsheet presents three case studies and an overview that contribute to the limited pool of research on the linkages between gender equality and mitigation finance. It highlights best practices from mitigation projects implemented in Colombia, Mali and Nepal, and makes recommendations for next steps to improve research on the issue and develop gender-sensitive tools geared to climate finance and mitigation experts and practitioners.
Respond: COP 19 Warsaw
Posted on: 15 November 2013
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This magazine has been produced by Responding to Climate Change, a news and analysis website focused on providing the latest updates and insight into global low carbon developments, to provide information for the UN climate change negotiations taking place in Warsaw on 11-22 November 2013.
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