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Rwanda: Pioneering steps towards a climate resilient green economy
Posted on: 25 September 2013
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The September 2013 issue of Climate & Development Outlook, produced by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), summarises CDKN’s partnership work with Rwanda to date, highlighting key achievements and signposting further information.
Building consensus in the UNFCCC
Posted on: 25 September 2013
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The Climate & Development Knowledge Nnetwork (CDKN) has published a new Working Paper on the possibilities for building consensus within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This is one of several CDKN activities to encourage negotiators to share their experience of working toward consensus among the Parties. The paper is intended to prompt further discussion around the negotiation and consensus-building process, and is part of CDKN’s work to amplify the voices of poor and most climate-vulnerable countries within the international negotiations.
Bangladesh’s National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA): an evaluation of the “Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change through Coastal Afforestation in Bangladesh” Project (coastal afforestation/NAPA project)climate
Posted on: 24 September 2013
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Coastal zones are the highest priority sector in Bangladesh’s National Adaptation Program of Action (NAPA) due to the importance of the economic resources being affected; the urgency, severity and certainty of severe climate change impacts, and because coastal areas comprise 32% of the country’s land space, with over 35 million people (1/4 of the population) living just 1m above sea level. In this paper Josephine Zappia investigates communitiy based adaptation in coastal Bangladesh.
Water: Climate change impacts
Posted on: 16 September 2013
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The Water Climate Change Impacts Report card was published by the Living with Environmental Change Partnership, with contributions from over 30 academics and other stakeholders. The report card looks at the effect of climate change on fresh water, including rainfall, floods and droughts. It is intended to help people understand the scale of possible change and to help inform decisions about the way that water is managed. The water report card is mainly aimed at decision-makers who need to understand and plan for a changing water environment.
New climate alliances
Posted on: 12 September 2013
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This is a report born out of a workshop held at the University of Hull in July 2012 entitled ‘European climate change governance: Towards new alliances? The range of actors who encounter climate change adaptation and mitigation in their everyday experiences, and the levels of scales at which climate issues are experienced and tackled, go far beyond national governments. This report explores the new climate alliances emerging in the absence of an ambitious international framework.
Research priorities for vulnerability, impacts and adaptation: Responding to the climate change challenge
Posted on: 11 September 2013
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To respond to the demand for better coordination of research, the international research programme, PROVIA (Programme of Research on Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation), has led the development of a set of research priorities on vulnerability, impacts and adaptation in consultation with both experts and policy makers. The research priorities include new and emerging topics, and topics that have long been recognized as important but for which research is still required.
Climate Alliance International Annual Conference and General Assembly. The Hague, 15-17 May 2013
Posted on: 9 September 2013
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While facing the challenge of climate change and designing a sustainable energy landscape in Europe, the local level has become the driving force for the transition of our energy system. “Transition” means more than just a switch to new energy sources and includes completely new ways of governance. This conference aimed to address these issues. Presentations and minutes are available online.
Climate-friendly urban regeneration: Lessons from Japan
Posted on: 9 September 2013
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As part of their research within the Sustainable Urban Futures Programme, two United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) academics examine the potential role of urban regeneration in climate change mitigation and adaptation. The research was based on two case studies in Japan where the focus of urban planning has shifted from growth to reorganization that is designed to create compact cities in the country’s era of depopulation. There are recent attempts to convert existing regeneration sites into smart districts, where carbon emissions and environmental footprints are lowered. However, further research that strengthens the links between urban regeneration and climate change is required to foment the scale-up of these initiatives.
Water and climate change adaptation: Policies to navigate uncharted waters
Posted on: 5 September 2013
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This publication sets out the challenge for freshwater in a changing climate and provides policy guidance on how to navigate this new “waterscape”.
Climate change adaptation in the built environment
Posted on: 4 September 2013
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The Modern Built Environment Knowledge Transfer Network on behalf of the Climate Ready Support Service led by the Environment Agency undertook two surveys to assess the knowledge of climate change adaptation in the industry. The first survey focused on the levels of knowledge, current attitudes, engagement and activity related to climate change adaptation. The majority of the participants felt that they understood the phase climate change adaptation but less than 15% regarded it as a high priority for their business. A second survey was undertaken to capture the knowledge and experiences from the 50 projects that took part in the Technology Strategy Boards funded Design for Future Climate competition. This survey focused on understanding the challenges and opportunities of climate change in projects with the aim of capturing the lessons learnt.
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