Sentences with phrase «urban climate policy»

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The comparative framework included the seminal work of German and Japanese urban climatologists, as well as the more recent climate policy initiatives of New York City and the City of Manchester.The project was a collaboration between MARC and the Centre for History of Science Technology and Medicine.

Co-author Dr Rachel McInnes, Senior Climate Impacts Scientist at the Met Office, added: «This finding that the effects of different types of vegetation — green space and gardens, and tree cover — differ at both very high and very low air pollution levels is particularly relevant for public health and urban planning policies.

Anniversary coverage was much more likely to bring up policy problems connected to the systemic causes of human vulnerability to wildfire hazards — development in the wildland - urban interface, legacies of wildfire suppression and climate change, to name a few examples.

That has impeded plans to reduce urban climate footprints and track the effectiveness of local policies designed to reduce emissions.

But he, like the authors of the study, is optimistic that such data will help policymakers to understand the importance of local policies to mitigate urban heat islands and larger patterns of climate change.

Towns and small cities are often less able to mainstream climate change adaptation into policies and practices than larger urban areas.

The full Presidential Climate Action Plan (as opposed to summaries) contains a comprehensive set of ideas to reduce transportation emissions, covering not only improvements in vehicle efficiency and alternative fuels, but also changes in national policy to promote high - speed rail for intercity travel, mass transit and telecommuting, and smart growth in urban development.

Some of these are climate policy - related, but most are linked to other objectives — energy security, urban air quality etc..

The contributions of urban agriculture to various policy goals are manifold and relate a.o to poverty alleviation, food security, environmental and waste management, local economic development, social and community development and community adaptation to climate change.

This edition focuses on urban areas and the environment, exploring how cities and climate change are affecting the way we live and how good public policies can improve prospects for future generations.

First step in this direction would be to constrain GHG emissions and to integrate climate proofing into urban transport planning and policy process thereby synergising development, mitigation and adaptation concerns.

The Delhi Sustainable Development Summit 2015 will feature a thematic track titled «Urban Transport and Climate Change: Policy Challenges for Indian Cities» to introduce the project to stakeholders and highlight key policy challenges faced by urban transport in Indian cities in the context of climate chUrban Transport and Climate Change: Policy Challenges for Indian Cities» to introduce the project to stakeholders and highlight key policy challenges faced by urban transport in Indian cities in the context of climate Climate Change: Policy Challenges for Indian Cities» to introduce the project to stakeholders and highlight key policy challenges faced by urban transport in Indian cities in the context of climate cPolicy Challenges for Indian Cities» to introduce the project to stakeholders and highlight key policy challenges faced by urban transport in Indian cities in the context of climate cpolicy challenges faced by urban transport in Indian cities in the context of climate churban transport in Indian cities in the context of climate climate change.

Building on UN-Habitat's extensive experience in sustainable urban development, the Cities and Climate Change Initiative helps counterparts to develop and implement pro-poor and innovative climate change policies and straClimate Change Initiative helps counterparts to develop and implement pro-poor and innovative climate change policies and straclimate change policies and strategies.

This policy document stresses that two points are becoming clear regarding the challenge of adapting to climate change: the total bill is going to be enormous, and much of the investment required will have to occur in urban areas.

In this area, the key objectives of the UN System are: to promote active climate change collaboration of local governments and their associations in global, regional and national networks; to enhance policy dialogue so that the urban dimension of climate change is firmly established on the agenda; and to foster the implementation of awareness, education, and capacity building strategies.

The reasons include a lack of relevant city policies and action plans; existence of regulations on urban planning and environment which have not been adjusted to manage climate change; slow response to climate disasters due to lack of capacity and resources; and lack of public awareness on climate variability and climate change - induced hazard mitigation.

It is essential that the UNFCCC have access to this scientific evidence, specifically as it pertains to cities, so that the urban dimension of climate policy is effectively addressed through framework conditions.

It seeks to help those teams to address a relatively narrow topic in the context of those policies: how their countries should deal with climate change in urban areas, and to empower local authorities as key actors in that effort.

It reviews policy responses, strategies and practices that are emerging in urban areas to mitigate and adapt to climate change, as well as their potential achievements and constraints.

Since joining SEI in 2016, Georgia's work has primarily focused on two facets of climate mitigation policy: aligning fossil fuel supply with agreed climate goals, and low - carbon transitions at an urban scale.

Some of the objectives of the project are to identify spatial vulnerability of populations during extreme heat events in selected areas; identify the impacts of extreme heat events on the health, work productivity and livelihoods of vulnerable population, to select appropriate, innovative and affordable climate adaptation measures for improving health and livelihood resilience for the urban population with consideration of gender - based implications, to strengthen the capacity of key stakeholders through training opportunities and to facilitate active use of information and evidence for policy - makers to drive the implementation of the Heat Stress Action Plans into municipal disaster strategies.

Through this 2 year project the RUAF Foundation supports the integration of Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture and Forestry (UPAF) in the UN-HABITAT Cities and Climate Change Initiative, and in local and provincial city climate change mitigation and adaptation policies and programmes in Bobo Dioulasso (Burkina Faso), Kesbewa / Western Province (Sri Lanka) and Kathmandu (Climate Change Initiative, and in local and provincial city climate change mitigation and adaptation policies and programmes in Bobo Dioulasso (Burkina Faso), Kesbewa / Western Province (Sri Lanka) and Kathmandu (climate change mitigation and adaptation policies and programmes in Bobo Dioulasso (Burkina Faso), Kesbewa / Western Province (Sri Lanka) and Kathmandu (Nepal).

The RUAF Foundation supports the integration of urban and peri-urban agriculture and forestry in the UN-HABITAT Cities and Climate Change Initiative, and in local and provincial city climate change mitigation and adaptation policies and programmes in Bobo Dioulasso (Burkina Faso), Kesbewa / Western Province (Sri Lanka) and Kathmandu (Climate Change Initiative, and in local and provincial city climate change mitigation and adaptation policies and programmes in Bobo Dioulasso (Burkina Faso), Kesbewa / Western Province (Sri Lanka) and Kathmandu (climate change mitigation and adaptation policies and programmes in Bobo Dioulasso (Burkina Faso), Kesbewa / Western Province (Sri Lanka) and Kathmandu (Nepal).

The incorporation of climate change adaptation into each urban centre's development planning, infrastructure investments and land - use management is well served by an iterative process within each locality of learning about changing risks and uncertainties that informs an assessment of policy options and decisions.

This policy brief was elaborated by the RUAF Foundation on the basis of the results of an on - going UN-Habitat and CDKN funded programme to integrate urban and peri-urban agriculture and forestry into city and provincial climate change actions plans.

Adaptation Strategies — The impact of three urban policies in Paris on climate change adaptation and mitigation

We need to dig in and build stronger links between climate science, urban policy and practice.

14 June, 2011, Washington DC How urban housing, transport and nutrition policies can reduce health risks and climate change

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«Energy, transportation, climate change, infrastructure, agriculture, urban development: this is where our ocean policy must begin.

So says a new report on urban policies for dealing with the risks of climate change, published this month in Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability.

Adrian's research focuses on energy and climate change policy, with emphasis on the role of urban areas in climate change mitigation and on the economics of fossil fuel production and consumption.

This activity report discusses the CCCI Oslo workshop, expert group meeting on «Mainstreaming Climate Change into National Urban Policies» in Asia - Pacific and Euro - Asia dialogue «Climate Diplomacy and Urban Resilience».

Posted in Advocacy, Environment, Flood, Global Warming, Government Policies, Green House Gas Emissions, Lessons, News, Opinion, Resilience Comments Off on Argentine Flooding: Climate Change And Poor Urban Planning

Steve Winkelman (2007), Travel Demand and Urban Form: Lessons and Visions, Asilomar Conference on Transportation and Climate Policy August 22, 2007; at www.its.ucdavis.edu/events/outreachevents/asilomar2007/presentations/Day%201%20Session%203/Winkelman%20Intro%20to%20Asilomar%20Demand%20Session%20(8.22.07).pdf.

While the impact of climate change on health was not explicitly raised in the session summaries, Mark Butler talked about the «often enormous synergies» between good health policy and climate change / urban planning policies when he co-chaired the session on health inequalities and whole of government challenges.