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Tracking adaptation and measuring development
Posted on: 4 May 2012
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This paper from the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) discusses some of the key issues related to the monitoring and evaluation of adaptation. It outlines some of the main difficulties and constraints in the development of adaptation indicators. It also proposed a theory of change that could lead to more effective adaptation investments for climate resilient development.
Climate Ready
Posted on: 4 May 2012
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The Government’s new climate change adaptation programme in England will formally be known as Climate Ready. The Environment Agency will be the principal advice and support body, providing the Climate Ready Support Service. A bi-monthly newsletter provides updates about the service’s work. You can sign up for the newsletter at http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/research/137763.aspx.
Today’s attitudes to low and zero carbon homes: Views of occupiers, house builders and housing associations
Posted on: 4 May 2012
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This primary research report summarises the current thoughts, awareness and understanding towards issues such as climate change, the 2016 zero carbon definition, airtightness and renewable technologies. Containing a detailed examination of responses from occupiers, house builders and housing associations, the report assesses the priorities of industry and the consumer when building or purchasing a new home. It looks at views that could impact new homes of the future and sets the context for the research and presents the key findings, recommendations and current details of the definition of zero carbon homes.
Planet under pressure. London, 26-29 March 2012
Posted on: 3 May 2012
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Based on the latest scientific evidence, this conference aimed to provide a comprehensive update of our knowledge of the Earth system and the pressure our planet is now under. The event focused on the scientific community’s and the wider world’s attention on climate, ecological degradation, human well-being, planetary thresholds, food security, energy, governance across scales and poverty alleviation. The conference discussed solutions, at all scales, to move societies on to a sustainable pathway, and aimed to provide scientific leadership towards the 2012 UN Rio +20 conference. Outcomes from the conference including recordings of the plenary sessions are available online.
Taking stock of Durban: Review of key outcomes and the road ahead
Posted on: 1 May 2012
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The Durban Climate Conference in December 2011 represented a significant step forward for the United Nations climate change process. Although its outcomes continue to be debated, the Durban Conference could prove to be a game-changing conference for the climate negotiations. Governments adopted a comprehensive package of decisions, including an agreement to initiate a second commitment period for the Kyoto Protocol and the “Durban Platform” to negotiate a long-term, all inclusive future mitigation regime that includes a process to address the “ambition gap” for stabilizing average global temperature increases at 2 degrees Celsius over pre-industrial levels. They also adopted a range of decisions designed to implement the 2010 Cancun Agreements, including launching a new Green Climate Fund and developing stronger requirements for the reporting and review of countries’ mitigation efforts.
OADEX: Climate change adaptation: A report on measures for low volume roads in the Northern Periphery
Posted on: 30 April 2012
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The ROADEX project ran from 1998 to 2012, and was a transnational collaborative research study that aimed to develop innovative ways to manage the impacts of climate change on roads in the northern periphery of Europe. The report warns that should governments not take early adaptation action to protect their roads then climate change impacts are highly likely to have a significant effect on road networks, hampering economic and social development. The report found that the two principal climatic threats to the road networks in the region are from temperature fluctuation and extreme rainfall events.
Facing the elements: Building business resilience in a changing climate
Posted on: 30 April 2012
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The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, a Canadian initiative, has released two more reports as part of its Climate Prosperity series on how business can and should adapt to climate change. These reports include an Advisory Report to government and a Business Primer for companies that sets out practical information, advice, and recommendations on the business case for climate adaptation.
Cities and flooding: A guide to integrated urban flood risk management for the 21st century
Posted on: 30 April 2012
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Published by the World Bank and the Global Facility for Disaster Risk and Recovery, this new guide warns that urban flooding is “becoming more dangerous and more costly to manage because of the sheer size of the population exposed within urban settlements.” This guide provides forward-looking operational assistance to policy makers and technical specialists in the rapidly expanding cities and towns of the developing world on how best to manage the risk of floods. It takes a strategic approach, in which appropriate risk management measures are assessed, selected and integrated in a process that both informs and involves the full range of stakeholders. Chapters include: Understanding flood hazard; Understanding flood impacts; Integrated Flood Risk Management: Structural Measures; Integrated Flood Risk Management: Non-Structural Measures; Evaluating Alternative Flood Risk Management Options: Tools for Decision Makers; Implementing Integrated Flood Risk Management; Conclusion: Promoting Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management.
Planning for climate change: Guidance and model policies for local authorities
Posted on: 26 April 2012
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This guide is designed primarily for local authorities and new Local Enterprise Partnerships who want both to tackle climate change and to reap the benefits that renewable energy and effective adaptation can bring. It draws explicitly on the draft Planning Policy Statement (PPS) on climate and energy, Consultation on a Planning Policy Statement: Planning for a Low Carbon Future in a Changing Climate, published in March 2010, and it seeks to reflect the wide-ranging consensus which that document commanded. The guide gives detailed guidance on the principles which should underpin plan-making and development management. It is recommended as the basis for comprehensive policy in the new, community-based local plans. It could also form the basis of local supplementary planning policy and should guide development management decisions.The policy has been developed through cross-sector dialogue, using the wide-ranging expertise of the Planning and Climate Change Coalition partners, brought together by Friends of the Earth and the Town & Country Planning Association.
What people really think about the environment: an analysis of public opinion
Posted on: 20 April 2012
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In the face of current economic challenges, there is a perception that the public no longer cares about climate change, or living more sustainably. Media coverage perpetuates the argument that environmental goals are at odds with what ordinary people want. But is this the truth? This policy insight from the Green Alliance shows that the reality of public opinion on environmental issues is more positive and more complex. Although it has declined to some extent, support for action on climate change remains strong, and economic constraints have made saving energy and cutting waste more normal and important. Most people want their lifestyles to be both green and affordable. It makes it clear that the challenge for government is to devise policies that make this possible.
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