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The core of the 2015 Paris Agreement and accomplishment of its long-term objectives lie in the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). Adaptation commitment in the NDCs represents efforts by each country to adapt to climate impacts and address challenges posed by climate change. The Paris Agreement further established the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) and the […]
The European Parliament has been a major actor in defining policies to achieve climate neutrality, notably with the adoption of the European Climate Law and the ‘Fit for 55’ package. In 2020, the European Parliament Research Service (EPRS) established a Climate Action Research and Tracking Service with the task to synthesize and communicate evidence for […]
Policymakers in the environmental sector require timely access to the most relevant and high-quality evidence in order to support decision-making. Rapid response services (RRS) present one mechanism to provide these environmental policymakers with such access. Since 2018, the Johannesburg Centre for Environmental Evidence has implemented such an RRS with the National Department of Environmental Affairs […]
Catalonia, in order to contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation challenges, apart from prioritizing relevant direct policy measures, is also developing an ambitious and holistic green budgeting reform, which covers the whole budget cycle and components, including revenue and expenditure tagging, budget requests climate appraisal, climate fiscal risks identification and management, climate-focused policy evaluations […]
To successfully achieve the net-zero transition on ambitious timelines, stakeholders from across the public and private sectors must collaborate and pursue multiple, parallel policy solutions. In an international sample of experts in the net-zero energy transition (n = 430), we investigate patterns of policy support and actor responsibility. We investigate the preference schemata that shape […]
This presentation will assess the status quo of the institutionalisation of the use of evidence in environmental policy decision-making in South Africa. Based on nine years of supporting the center of government and environmental ministries in the country, we will unpack the history and politics of the process of institutionalising evidence use for environmental policy […]
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) agreed to publish a special report (SR) on cities in assessment report (AR) 7 cycle. The SR seeks to summarise the evidence on climate change impacts and the unique adaptation and mitigation options of cities. However, a systematic overview of the literature on cities, and particularly urban case […]
We conduct a systematic review of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems and their environmental and social impacts on cities across LMICs in Asia & Africa. Our search strategy involves 3 key steps. First, we search a database of BRT systems across the world to identify BRT systems in Asia & Africa and collect information about […]
Shade provides thermal comfort, reduces urban heat islands, prevents heat-related illness and death, and, when provided by tree canopy, extends co-benefits to the environment. Despite its importance, many outdoor public spaces lack adequate or even any shade, and it is inequitably distributed. The scarcity of shade is exacerbated by the design and implementation challenges of […]
Assessing the effectiveness of climate adaptation action is the focus of intense debates across scientific and policy arenas. Measurement is essential for effective adaptation management and operation, and indicators and metrics (I&M) are claimed to have a pivotal role. Surprisingly, there are, however, no systematic efforts so far to understand the progress of science in […]
In recent years, numerous cities across the world have shown interest in AI approaches to help with achieving carbon neutrality. There is a need for city policy makers and researchers to get overarching guidance or receive an overview of potential application areas and approaches. Currently, however, there is no comprehensive analysis of the existing body […]