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Climate change and health: a tool to estimate health and adaptation costs
Posted on: 5 July 2013
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The World Health Organisation has published a report to help national policy-makers in Europe to assess the costs of health and adaptation. It provides guidance on assessing the costs of the health impacts of climate change and also the costs and benefits of adaptation to avoid or minimise these impacts.
Increasing climate change resilience of urban water infrastructure
Posted on: 5 July 2013
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has released a guidance publication, titled ‘Increasing Climate Resilience of Urban Water Infrastructure,’ based on a case study from Wuhan City, China. The guidance focuses on answering questions faced by city planners and managers: what changes might be caused by climate change?; how will these affect services and utilities?; and what can we do now to prepare for them? The guidance is divided into two sections, the first focuses on an approach to increasing climate resilience of urban water infrastructure, the second outlines short-term investment opportunities.
National Adaptation Programme
Posted on: 2 July 2013
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The National Adaptation Programme report sets out what leading businesses, councils and communities, as well as government, are doing to tackle climate threats. The Programme is divided into chapters looking at the: Built environment; Infrastructure; Healthy and resilient communities; Agriculture and forestry; Natural environment; and Business and local government. A separate analytical annex contains the current evidence base for adaptation decision-making. It presents the analysis that informs the National Adaptation Programme’s approach to adaptation to climate change.
The Knowledge Navigator: Your guide to key climate change platforms
Posted on: 2 July 2013
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The ever-growing number of knowledge sharing platforms on climate change and development has meant that users of climate knowledge are often unsure which services are most appropriate to their needs. Eldis has recently added a new interactive tool, the Knowledge Navigator, to the Climate Change Resource Guide which aims to help users tackle this problem.
From ice to high seas: Sea-level rise and European coastlines
Posted on: 28 June 2013
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This report provides an overview of the main issues surrounding the future of sea level rise, and how this will affect European coastlines. The emphasis is to improve understanding of the very real issues facing individuals and governments, and the institutions responsible for protecting and managing our coastal environments. The document is not simply a report from the ice2sea programme, but draws on established and recent science to provide a valuable primer and sourcebook for policy makers and general interest readers alike.
Meeting Carbon Budgets: 2013 Progress report to Parliament
Posted on: 28 June 2013
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The Committee on Climate Change (CCC), the Government’s independent climate advisor, has today called for stronger incentives for uptake of insulation under the Green Deal, in its 2013 annual progress report.
Together in transition. The Hague, 16-17 May 2013-06-27
Posted on: 27 June 2013
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This event, the 21st International Annual Conference of Climate Alliance, provided an opportunity to discuss the role of local authorities in the transition process. Presentations are available online.
A new conversation with the centre-right about climate change: Values, frames and narratives
Posted on: 26 June 2013
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This report takes the first steps towards developing a better understanding of how to engage centre-right citizens on climate change. At the end of 2012, a roundtable meeting with some of the UK’s leading experts on communicating climate change to centre-right audiences was convened. This report summarises and condenses a growing body of academic and policy research on climate change communication into a set of principles, recommendations and core messages for beginning a meaningful conversation about climate change with centre-right audiences. It is aimed at anyone – left or right – who seeks to engage citizens with centre-right views on climate and energy issues: campaigners, politicians, community organizers and business leaders. A video of the report’s launch event can be viewed here.
Turn down the heat: Climate extremes, regional impacts, and the case for resilience
Posted on: 26 June 2013
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This report builds on a World Bank report released in 2012, which concluded the world would warm by 4 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by the end of this century if we did not take concerted action now. This new report looks at the likely impacts of present day, 2°C and 4°C warming on agricultural production, water resources, coastal ecosystems and cities across Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and South East Asia.
Resilient Cities 2013: 4th Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation. Bonn, 31 May – 2 June 2013
Posted on: 14 June 2013
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Every year, since 2009, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, with the City of Bonn, and other partners has been organizing the Resilient Cities congress in Bonn, Germany. The Congress brings together local government leaders and climate adaptation experts from around the world. The Congress serves as the meeting ground for innovative ideas, strategies for resilient urban planning and knowledge sharing. Blogs, videos and presentations are available online.
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