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Urban planning for city leaders
Posted on: 25 September 2012
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The UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) has launched a guide which aims to support urban planning good practice among local decision makers and leaders in developing and emerging economies. The guide includes ten practical “how to” chapters designed to offer advice and guide decisions on topics such as building resilience and reducing climate risks, creating partnerships and measuring impacts. Each chapter features city case studies describing initial challenges, adopted solutions and results.
Onshore wind: Call for evidence
Posted on: 21 September 2012
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The Department of Energy and Climate Change has published two calls for evidence on onshore wind energy, seeking information on:
The different types of engagement activities being carried out between onshore wind developers and communities and the various community benefit packages offered across the UK and internationally. This will be used to examine how communities can have more of a say over, and receive greater economic and wider social benefits from hosting onshore wind farms.
The latest data on pre-development costs, capital costs, operating costs and financial costs of onshore wind development in the UK . This will be used to identify any changes to the costs faced by developers/investors and operators of onshore wind.
Comments are requested by 15 November 2012.
Harnessing market mechanisms to promote sustainable development: Lessons from China
Posted on: 21 September 2012
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The Climate and Development Knowledge Network issues a series of papers in a series entitled Inside Story on Climate Compatible Development. The latest in the series describes how China took advantage of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), created under the Kyoto Protocol to enable developing countries to sell carbon credits to developed countries, and what lessons it has learned.
Technologies for climate change mitigation: Building sector
Posted on: 17 September 2012
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The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Risø Centre on Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) have published a guidebook on mitigation technologies and practices in the building sector, with examples of the use of solar energy, energy efficient building materials, and urban planning for storm water management.
Heat wave risk of European cities
Posted on: 5 September 2012
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Climate change will affect Europe’s cities in different ways. To give an overall impression of the challenge for European cities to adapt to climate change, the European Environment Agency (EEA) has published a series of detailed interactive maps, allowing users to explore data from more than 500 cities across Europe.
Adaptation to climate change
Posted on: 5 September 2012
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This page provides a listing of reports on adaptation to climate change available from the OECD.
Low-carbon growth links with China
Posted on: 30 August 2012
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Assisting China on low-carbon development should be at the heart of Government plans to tackle climate change and secure high-value business opportunities for UK firms, a report by MPs on the Energy and Climate Change Committee argues.
Mitigation Action Plan and Scenarios (MAPS)
Posted on: 24 August 2012
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Mitigation Action Plans and Scenarios (MAPS) is a collaboration amongst developing countries to establish the evidence base for long term transition to robust economies that are carbon efficient. In this way MAPS contributes to ambitious climate change mitigation that aligns economic development with poverty alleviation.
Designing a Copenhagen neighbourhood to deal with climate change
Posted on: 23 August 2012
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Architecture studio Tredje Narur is redesigning a Copenhagen neighbourhood to better handle the floods expected as climate change leads to fewer but heavier rain storms.
Climate change and Singapore: Challenges, opportunities, partnerships
Posted on: 20 August 2012
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Singapore has recently published its national climate change strategy. The document reflects the key elements of Singapore’s efforts on this issue, preparing for the uncertainties and impact of climate change, seizing opportunities for green growth, and supporting the transition to a lower emission economy.
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