In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the public debate over how climate change may impact urban areas has intensified. Assistant Professor Shagun Mehrotra, who is currently teaching the class Climate Change and Cities, is also the co-editor of Climate Change and Cities: First Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network. Last year, Shagun was [...]
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Professor Shagun Mehrotra Offers Insight into Impact of Climate Change on Cities
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Sao Paulo: Climate Resilient Energy Infrastructure
By Alana Gerson Sector Risks Sao Paulo’s electricity generation and transmission is part of a national single line interconnected grid connecting Brazil’s North and South parts. Approximately 85% of Brazil’s electricity is generated through hydropower (GENI, 2009), of which Sao Paulo consumes 17% (The World Bank, 2011). In 2009, Sao Paulo emitted 15 million tons [...]
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Melbourne: Addressing Climate Change Impacts on Water Supply
By Erin Fairbanks Melbourne is a coastal city sharing a border with Port Phillips Bay and home to three major waterways, the Yarra and Maribymong Rivers and the Moonee Ponds Creek. Water conservation and storm water management are major city priorities but are overseen by separate programs at both state and local government levels, [...]
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Climate Risks and Responses in Global Cities
As world leaders meet in Durban for COP17 climate talks, 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. Urban climate resilience was analyzed in transportation, energy, and water sectors [...]
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VIDEO: Cities Respond to Climate Change Book Launch
On October 21, we celebrated the New York book launch of Climate Change and Cities: First Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network, co-edited by EPSM’s own Assistant Professor Shagun Mehrotra. Shagun was joined by all of his co-editors, Cynthia Rosenzweig, of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Sciences, CUNY’s William D. Solecki, [...]
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