Two recent articles in the New York Times highlighted what continues to be a politically contentious subject in America: climate change. The first reported an historic high of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere; the second drew attention to research questioning the likelihood of IPCC’s most extreme temperature scenarios—while the research is yet to be fully [...]
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WRI President on Climate Change in Obama’s Inaugural Address
Following is a statement by Andrew Steer, President and CEO, World Resources Institute: “Today, in his second inaugural address, President Obama set a clear priority for America: address climate change and become a global leader on renewable energy development. Actions toward this end could play a transformative role in promoting America’s future prosperity, and could [...]
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Council Speaker Quinn Seeks Funding to Increase NYC Resiliency
In the wake of Sandy, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn seeks $20 billion to create resiliency across the city in anticipation of future climate-related storms. Read the full story here: Crains
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What is the State of the Art in Preparing for Extreme Weather Events?
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 Program — 10:00 am to 1:45 pm Luncheon — 1:45 pm to 2:30 pm 1 East 42nd Street, New York, New York RSVP to Ms. Jessica Huang here. Sponsors: Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York Academic Council on the United Nations System Introductory [...]
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Sustainable Urban Futures
As world leaders prepare for Rio+20, the Global Environmental Summit, in New York City future leaders met in Professor Shagun Mehrotra‘s Climate Change and Cities class to explore risks and responses in global cities, Dakar, Delhi, London, Melbourne, São Paulo, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Toronto. Click on the cities to listen to podcasts of the work [...]
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London: Climate Change and Transportation
By Kannika Phadoungxath Climate risks London is expected to experience climate-related risks to its transportation system in significant ways. As a result of climate change, London will face increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, such as heavy rainfall, storms, tidal surges, and heat waves (London Climate Change Partnership, 2009). A significant proportion of [...]
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Tokyo: Energy and Climate Change
By Toby Simpson Tokyo’s energy sector is a system, which relies heavily on imported fuel. The energy sector provides power to a population of 12.99 million (Blanco, 2011) and is vulnerable to climate change. With approximately 10% of the population of Japan (TMG, 2010), Tokyo’s adaptation and mitigation responses to climate change can have a [...]
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Climate Change and Cities
By Neil Grabois Dean, Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy As world leaders met in Durban for the Global Climate Summit, Professor Shagun Mehrotra’s class on Climate Change and Cities offered solutions for global cities. I was pleased to have the privilege to attend the presentation on London. One of the special [...]
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London: Climate Change and Energy
By Heather Zanoni The most immediate impact of climate change on London’s energy sector will occur due to higher temperatures caused by the urban heat island effect as well as increased heat waves. Rising temperatures will lead to growing demands on the power supply, especially due to peak cooling loads during high temperatures, which will [...]
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Toronto: Energy Sector Climate Risk Assessment
by Paula Silverman Former Toronto Mayor and chair of C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group David Miller made climate change one of his top priorities during his term (2003-2010). Miller’s administration developed several comprehensive action plans to transform the city’s energy sector by transitioning to new sources of renewable power and investing in energy-efficiency. However, these [...]
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