Sentences with phrase «urban climate resilience»

The concept of urban climate resilience is not new in India.

Given that Indian cities are facing climate impacts that will probably worsen, it stands to reason that a two - year - old programme like the smart city mission — the largest government driven pan-India effort on urban development — should explicitly focus on urban climate resilience.

This guidance document focuses on the need to enhance understanding of the region's key urban stakeholders on climate change, discusses how it affects efforts to realize sustainable urban development, and explores what actions can be taken to synergize continued commitments to poverty reduction alongside urban climate resilience.

Not exact matches

Thaddeus R. Miller, an Arizona State University scientist who helps lead a national research network focused on «Urban Resilience to Extreme Events,» said in an email that boosting the capacity of cities to stay safe and prosperous in a turbulent climate requires a culture shift as much as hardening physical systems:

In the Internet age, urban «resilience» means not only responding to climate change, but also protecting our ubiquitous networks from both hack and glitch.

Also offers Climate Ventures 2.0, a 12 - week program for entrepreneurs focused on innovations in climate adaptation and resilience, particularly impacting food, agriculture and water in urbanClimate Ventures 2.0, a 12 - week program for entrepreneurs focused on innovations in climate adaptation and resilience, particularly impacting food, agriculture and water in urbanclimate adaptation and resilience, particularly impacting food, agriculture and water in urban areas.

He also co-directs Rutgers» transdisciplinary Coastal Climate Risk & Resilience (C2R2) initiative, a training program which brings graduate students in the natural sciences, social sciences, engineering, and urban planning together with coastal stakeholders to tackle the challenges that climate change poses to the world's coasClimate Risk & Resilience (C2R2) initiative, a training program which brings graduate students in the natural sciences, social sciences, engineering, and urban planning together with coastal stakeholders to tackle the challenges that climate change poses to the world's coasclimate change poses to the world's coastlines.

I also co-direct Rutgers» transdisciplinary Coastal Climate Risk & Resilience (C2R2) initiative, a training program which brings graduate students in the natural sciences, social sciences, engineering, and urban planning together with coastal stakeholders to tackle the challenges that climate change poses to the world's coasClimate Risk & Resilience (C2R2) initiative, a training program which brings graduate students in the natural sciences, social sciences, engineering, and urban planning together with coastal stakeholders to tackle the challenges that climate change poses to the world's coasclimate change poses to the world's coastlines.

He has published in numerous social science and environmental science journals on topics of land and water management, biodiversity conservation, climate adaptation, residential development, and urban resilience.

The thesis examines whether and how spatial planning is used in urban areas to promote resilience to flood risk and climate change.

The university already has initiatives on everything from «urban resilience to extremes» to «negative emissions» — developing ways to extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in amounts large enough to matter at climate scale.

This action plan lays out concrete actions to help countries deliver on their Nationally determined contributions and sets targets for 2020 in high - impact areas, including clean energy, green transport, climate - smart agriculture, and urban resilience, as well as in mobilizing the private sector to expand climate investments in developing countries.

This manual gives leaders a practical snapshot of urban planning that can help to improve their communication with planners and address key challenges, including resilience to climate change.

It briefly presents the Mayor's Task Force on Climate Change, Disaster Risk and the Urban Poor, launched in 2009 with the aim to better understand these issues, and provides recommended actions to build resilience of the urban Urban Poor, launched in 2009 with the aim to better understand these issues, and provides recommended actions to build resilience of the urban urban poor.

This need is not lost on the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate — a group of national finance ministers, former heads of state, and leading global economists — who called in 2015 for international financial institutions to develop a package of $ 1 billion over five years to support the world's 500 largest cities in reducing climate pollution and building urban resiClimate — a group of national finance ministers, former heads of state, and leading global economists — who called in 2015 for international financial institutions to develop a package of $ 1 billion over five years to support the world's 500 largest cities in reducing climate pollution and building urban resiclimate pollution and building urban resilience.

I came across this essay today by Joel Kotkin on Houston and Hurricane Harvey, that isn't directly related to sea level rise, but is an excellent argument for urban planners to build resilience to address future climate change and weather disasters.

By Ronaldo Golez 2018-04-24T09:41:07 +00:00 April 24th 2018 Categories: CLIMATE CHANGE & RESILIENCE, URBAN AGRICULTURE Tags: adaptation, Asia, climate change, climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, Flooding, Philippines, resCLIMATE CHANGE & RESILIENCE, URBAN AGRICULTURE Tags: adaptation, Asia, climate change, climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, Flooding, Philippines, RESILIENCE, URBAN AGRICULTURE Tags: adaptation, Asia, climate change, climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, Flooding, Philippines, resclimate change, climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, Flooding, Philippines, resclimate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, Flooding, Philippines, resilienceresilience

By Felix Dodds 2018-04-17T11:05:33 +00:00 April 17th 2018 Categories: CLIMATE CHANGE & RESILIENCE, GREEN & SMART DEVELOPMENT, URBAN NEXUS Tags: energy, integrated urban planning, Nexus Conference, resilience, SDGs, uRESILIENCE, GREEN & SMART DEVELOPMENT, URBAN NEXUS Tags: energy, integrated urban planning, Nexus Conference, resilience, SDGs, urban URBAN NEXUS Tags: energy, integrated urban planning, Nexus Conference, resilience, SDGs, urban urban planning, Nexus Conference, resilience, SDGs, uresilience, SDGs, urban urban nexus

In an effort to understand the urban vulnerabilities to climate change, and to highlight innovative solutions to increase cities resilience, the Rockefeller Foundation, along with the Center for Sustainable Urban Development (CSUD), of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, is sponsoring a week - long discussion (July 8 - 13) on «Building for climate change resilience» within of month - long series of... Readurban vulnerabilities to climate change, and to highlight innovative solutions to increase cities resilience, the Rockefeller Foundation, along with the Center for Sustainable Urban Development (CSUD), of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, is sponsoring a week - long discussion (July 8 - 13) on «Building for climate change resilience» within of month - long series of... ReadUrban Development (CSUD), of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, is sponsoring a week - long discussion (July 8 - 13) on «Building for climate change resilience» within of month - long series of... Read more

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.

Urban planners shouldn't require an extreme weather event to seize opportunities to increase climate resilience.

Posted in Development and Climate Change, Environment, Health and Climate Change, Information and Communication, Mitigation, News, Pollution, Publication, Research, Resilience, Urbanization Comments Off on Toolkit For Urban Government To Climate Resilience Building

Among the 40 or so non-city-leaders were resilience - focused representatives of various federal agencies (including the alphabet soup of FEMA, HUD, DOE, EPA, and NIST), along with experts from more than a dozen leading organizations whose work touches on resilience: the Urban Land Institute, World Resources Institute, Trust for Public Land, Rocky Mountain Institute, The Clinton Foundation, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, STAR Communities, Global Green, and yours truly from the Resilient Design Institute.

By Ani Dasgupta 2018-02-22T10:43:39 +00:00 February 22nd 2018 Categories: CLIMATE CHANGE & RESILIENCE, URBAN & METROPOLITAN GOVERNANCE Tags: climate change, climate change adaptation, Local Governance, New Urban Agenda, SDGs, sustainable urban development, UrbanCLIMATE CHANGE & RESILIENCE, URBAN & METROPOLITAN GOVERNANCE Tags: climate change, climate change adaptation, Local Governance, New Urban Agenda, SDGs, sustainable urban development, UrbanisURBAN & METROPOLITAN GOVERNANCE Tags: climate change, climate change adaptation, Local Governance, New Urban Agenda, SDGs, sustainable urban development, UrbanisURBAN & METROPOLITAN GOVERNANCE Tags: climate change, climate change adaptation, Local Governance, New Urban Agenda, SDGs, sustainable urban development, Urbanclimate change, climate change adaptation, Local Governance, New Urban Agenda, SDGs, sustainable urban development, Urbanclimate change adaptation, Local Governance, New Urban Agenda, SDGs, sustainable urban development, UrbanisUrban Agenda, SDGs, sustainable urban development, UrbanisUrban Agenda, SDGs, sustainable urban development, Urbanisurban development, Urbanisurban development, Urbanisation

By Dan Lewis 2017-10-25T21:57:58 +00:00 May 10th 2017 Categories: CLIMATE CHANGE & RESILIENCE, DISASTER RISK REDUCTION, GREEN & SMART DEVELOPMENT Tags: disaster risk reduction, resilience, UN Habitat, Urban ResilienceRESILIENCE, DISASTER RISK REDUCTION, GREEN & SMART DEVELOPMENT Tags: disaster risk reduction, resilience, UN Habitat, Urban ResilienceRESILIENCE, DISASTER RISK REDUCTION, GREEN & SMART DEVELOPMENT Tags: disaster risk reduction, resilience, UN Habitat, Urban Resilienceresilience, UN Habitat, Urban Resilienceresilience, UN Habitat, Urban ResilienceResilienceResilience Programme

By URBANET 2018-02-06T00:11:17 +00:00 February 5th 2018 Categories: CLIMATE CHANGE & RESILIENCE, STÄDTE ALS AKTEURE STÄRKEN, URBAN & METROPOLITAN GOVERNANCE Tags: climate change, climate change adaptation, Local Governance, New Urban Agenda, SDGs, sustainable urban development, UrbanCLIMATE CHANGE & RESILIENCE, STÄDTE ALS AKTEURE STÄRKEN, URBAN & METROPOLITAN GOVERNANCE Tags: climate change, climate change adaptation, Local Governance, New Urban Agenda, SDGs, sustainable urban development, UrbanisURBAN & METROPOLITAN GOVERNANCE Tags: climate change, climate change adaptation, Local Governance, New Urban Agenda, SDGs, sustainable urban development, UrbanisURBAN & METROPOLITAN GOVERNANCE Tags: climate change, climate change adaptation, Local Governance, New Urban Agenda, SDGs, sustainable urban development, Urbanclimate change, climate change adaptation, Local Governance, New Urban Agenda, SDGs, sustainable urban development, Urbanclimate change adaptation, Local Governance, New Urban Agenda, SDGs, sustainable urban development, UrbanisUrban Agenda, SDGs, sustainable urban development, UrbanisUrban Agenda, SDGs, sustainable urban development, Urbanisurban development, Urbanisurban development, Urbanisation

His research focuses on urban air pollution, climate change, transport, community resilience, behavioural change, public engagement and environmental assessment.

By Ashok - Alexander Sridharan 2017-10-25T22:00:18 +00:00 May 3rd 2017 Categories: CLIMATE CHANGE & RESILIENCE, GLOBAL URBAN DEBATES, GREEN & SMART DEVELOPMENT Tags: 2030 Agenda, Bonn, climate change adaptation, Germany, Paris Agreement, resCLIMATE CHANGE & RESILIENCE, GLOBAL URBAN DEBATES, GREEN & SMART DEVELOPMENT Tags: 2030 Agenda, Bonn, climate change adaptation, Germany, Paris Agreement, RESILIENCE, GLOBAL URBAN DEBATES, GREEN & SMART DEVELOPMENT Tags: 2030 Agenda, Bonn, climate change adaptation, Germany, Paris Agreement, resclimate change adaptation, Germany, Paris Agreement, resilienceresilience

By Kofi Annan 2017-10-25T21:56:29 +00:00 August 15th 2017 Categories: CLIMATE CHANGE & RESILIENCE, GLOBAL URBAN DEBATES Tags: climate change adaptation, climate change mitigation, Kofi Annan, low - carbon transport, mobility, resilience, Smart City, UrbanCLIMATE CHANGE & RESILIENCE, GLOBAL URBAN DEBATES Tags: climate change adaptation, climate change mitigation, Kofi Annan, low - carbon transport, mobility, resilience, Smart City, UrRESILIENCE, GLOBAL URBAN DEBATES Tags: climate change adaptation, climate change mitigation, Kofi Annan, low - carbon transport, mobility, resilience, Smart City, Urbanclimate change adaptation, climate change mitigation, Kofi Annan, low - carbon transport, mobility, resilience, Smart City, Urbanclimate change mitigation, Kofi Annan, low - carbon transport, mobility, resilience, Smart City, Urresilience, Smart City, Urbanisation

By URBANET 2017-11-09T15:06:06 +00:00 November 9th 2017 Categories: CLIMATE CHANGE & RESILIENCE, GREEN & SMART DEVELOPMENT Tags: climate change, climate - friendly cities, India, low - carbon cities, renewable energies, resilience, sustainable urban development, urban energy consCLIMATE CHANGE & RESILIENCE, GREEN & SMART DEVELOPMENT Tags: climate change, climate - friendly cities, India, low - carbon cities, renewable energies, resilience, sustainable urban development, urban energy cRESILIENCE, GREEN & SMART DEVELOPMENT Tags: climate change, climate - friendly cities, India, low - carbon cities, renewable energies, resilience, sustainable urban development, urban energy consclimate change, climate - friendly cities, India, low - carbon cities, renewable energies, resilience, sustainable urban development, urban energy consclimate - friendly cities, India, low - carbon cities, renewable energies, resilience, sustainable urban development, urban energy cresilience, sustainable urban development, urban energy consumption

Posted in Adaptation, Advocacy, Development and Climate Change, Health and Climate Change, News Comments Off on Reducing Risks to Urban Health and Building Climate Resilience

The awareness and information, therefore, on sub-national climate vulnerability as well as urban resilience strategies exist but does not seem to be aligned to city development planning, particularly the smart city proposals examined.

Climate resilience has failed to find mention in a cross-section of smart city proposals in India, though a number these urban centres are already engaged in projects aimed at assessing climate impacts and building resiClimate resilience has failed to find mention in a cross-section of smart city proposals in India, though a number these urban centres are already engaged in projects aimed at assessing climate impacts and building resiclimate impacts and building resilience.

Climate resilience has failed to find a mention in a cross-section of smart city proposals in India, especially because a number these urban centres are already engaged in projects aimed at... Read More

A study comparing fiscal provisions for urban climate and disaster resilience across ten cities in India notes that the per capita capital expenditure in sectors closely linked to disaster resilience is insufficient compared to other areas of funding.

Fund public transportation systems and support urban planning designs that incorporate walkability, open space, green building design, reduced dependence on automobile transit, and climate change resilience.

The project provides expert training tools and resources that target urban, economic and gender issues as they relate to climate change adaptation and resilience.

By 2020: We want to see increased flows of global climate finance and other investments in urban resilience.

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

This conference will examine the psychological factors, money and politics, and infrastructures that impede change as well as the difficult choices that must be made to foster urban resilience in the face of climate change.