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Technology Strategy Board Design for Future Climate Showcase Conference. London, 12 June 2012
Posted on: 10 July 2012
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This event provided a showcase for projects funded during the two phases of the Technology Strategy Board Design for Future Climate: Adapting Buildings competition. It provided an overview of why adaptation is important and showcased the challenges and opportunities that are available to built environment professionals, clients, decision makers and local authorities. The presenters highlighted the innovative solutions they have developed to adapt their buildings in terms of comfort (e.g. management of internal temperatures), construction (e.g. stability of foundations in changing ground conditions) and water management (e.g. increasing resilience to flooding). Presentations and factsheets are available online. Register for free to access documentation.
Community resilience in a changing climate
Posted on: 10 July 2012
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This interim briefing paper reports on findings from two complementary research projects that are investigating the delivery in a changing climate of health and social care in acute and community settings.
Climate change: Risk perception and communication
Posted on: 5 July 2012
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The journal Risk Analysis has published a special issue (Vol.32 Issue 6, June 2012), featuring articles on the themes of risk, climate change and communication. The articles were prompted by an academic workshop held in 2010, and cover issues such as uncertainty and public engagement. All are free to access and download.
CIRCLE-2 Climate adaptation Infobase
Posted on: 5 July 2012
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CIRCLE-2 is a European Network that funds research and shares knowledge on climate adaptation, and maintains INFOBASE, a searchable online library of climate adaptation projects. INFOBASE now contains summaries and contact information for over 700 projects, including local, national and trans-national activities. CIRCLE-2 welcomes new additions to INFOBASE, as well as updates to existing to entries.
Meeting Carbon Budgets: 2012 Progress Report to Parliament
Posted on: 29 June 2012
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This report from the Committee on Climate Change looks at emissions trends over the past year and evaluates underlying progress in implementing carbon-reduction measures and policies in the UK. It assesses performance of government policies in driving down emissions, including in areas such as Electricity Market Reform, the Green Deal and Carbon Capture & Storage. The report finds that greenhouse gas emissions fell by 7%. But only 0.8% of this can be linked directly to implementation of proactive carbon lowering measures. This means the rate of underlying progress is only a quarter of what’s needed to meet future carbon budgets. The report also highlights challenges which remain across key issue areas namely: lack of investment in renewable energy and low carbon power; energy efficiency and renewable heat in buildings; and cleaner transport and travel.
Who’s going to save the planet? Brighton, 17 May 2012
Posted on: 27 June 2012
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The STEPS Centre and the Institute of Development Studies hosted a public debate as part of the Brighton Fringe Festival. The panel included Caroline Lucas, Green Party MP for Brighton Pavilion; Solitaire Townsend, MD of the sustainability communications agency Futerra; Thurstan Crockett, Head of Sustainability and Environmental Policy, Brighton and Hove City Council; and Nick Robins, Head of HSBC’s Climate Change Centre of Excellence. An audio recording of the event is available online.
7th ITU Symposium on ICTs, the environment and climate change. Montreal, 29-31 May 2012
Posted on: 27 June 2012
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The symposium focused on the issue of ICTs, the environment and climate change in the world and the needs for the use of ICTs to promote environmental sustainability. Topics discussed included mitigation and adaptation to climate change, e-waste management, disaster preparedness and emergency communications, cost-effective ICT technologies, methodologies for the environmental impact assessment of ICTs, challenges and opportunities in the transition to a green and resource efficient economy, among others. The symposium concluded with the Montreal Declaration which identifies possible goals, commitments and modalities of ICT sector commitments to be developed in the process leading to the 2012 ITU World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA-12) and United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD 2012 or Rio+20), strengthening at the same time the collaboration between the ICT and environmental communities.
Unlocking local leadership on climate change: perspectives from coalition MPs
Posted on: 25 June 2012
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This pamphlet, published by the Green Alliance as part as part of its Climate Leadership Programme, brings together the perspectives of three Coalition MPs: Damian Hinds, MP for East Hampshire; Martin Vickers, MP for Cleethorpes; and Julian Huppert, MP for Cambridge. In it they give their views on how government can link two crucial aims: tackling climate change and empowering local areas.
Low carbon transitions: Relevant lessons from the 1970s crisis?
Posted on: 21 June 2012
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The purpose of this paper is to provide orientation for participants in the workshop, Low Carbon Transitions: Relevant Lessons from the 1970s Crisis? held in Manchester on 25 April 2012.
Resilient Cities: 3rd Global Forum on Urban Resilience & Adaptation. Bonn, 12-15 May 2012
Posted on: 21 June 2012
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This event is the global platform for learning, cooperation and networking on all aspects of urban resilience and adaptation to climate change. It is convened by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, the City of Bonn, and the World Mayors Council on Climate Change. The main themes covered were: Urban risk; Resilient building and construction; Resilient urban logistics; Financing the resilient city. A report is scheduled for release in August 2012 on the progress that has been made in key thematic areas at Resilient Cities 2012, and on the way forward towards Resilient Cities 2013. Presentations from the event are available online.
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