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SUMMARY:Coal and political backlash in Colombia
DESCRIPTION:Voter backlash can pose an important political economy barrier to the public and political acceptability of phasing out fossil fuels. We investigate the case of Colombia\, a country heavily dependent on coal exports\, which recently announced a complete phasing out of fossil fuels. Using a novel and unique data set\, we analyze how municipality-level changes in extracted coal and associated mining employment interact with voting outcomes\, looking at presidential elections from 2014-2022. Applying a staggered Difference in Difference design with continuous treatment\, we find that pro-mining and reformist parties are able to capitalize on changes in local coal labor markets. At the same time\, we find less political support for parties that promote phasing out mining activities\, pointing towards increasing political polarization.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/coal-and-political-backlash-in-colombia/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240612T100000
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SUMMARY:How political attitudes change with energy prices: Quasi-experimental evidence from Germany
DESCRIPTION:We study the impact of the 2022-2023 energy crisis in Germany. We collect four waves of panel data to measure how political attitudes change with increasing energy prices for households. Our difference-in-differences estimation exploits unique features of the German energy sector\, which allows for a quasi-experimental design. We show that increases in electricity payments lead to a decline in support for democratic institutions\, with effects intensifying over time. The study sheds light on the consequences of economic shocks on political attitudes and has implications for the design of stringent climate policies.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/how-political-attitudes-change-with-energy-prices-quasi-experimental-evidence-from-germany/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240612T100000
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SUMMARY:Public support for carbon pricing policies and different revenue recycling options: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the survey literature
DESCRIPTION:Identifying policy conditions that foster public support is critical for implementing effective direct and indirect carbon pricing policies. We conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine the survey-based literature on change in public support for carbon pricing policies when different revenue recycling options are presented to respondents. Following a comprehensive and transparent machine-learning assisted screening of the literature\, our dataset comprises 35 studies containing 70 surveys across 26 countries covering a total of more than 100\,000 respondents. We find that the introduction of revenue recycling options increases public support for carbon pricing scheme\, but to different degrees depending on recycling scheme and region. Our meta-regression results indicate that green spending (i.e. using revenues for climate-friendly projects) is the only revenue recycling option associated with a statistically significant increase in public support for carbon pricing policies when compared to an allocation of the revenues towards public finance (i.e. using revenues government budget purposes). Our findings moreover suggest that the effect of revenue recycling options on public support depends on the region\, and is statistically stronger in Africa\, Asia and Pacific\, and Latin America and Caribbean compared to North America.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/public-support-for-carbon-pricing-policies-and-different-revenue-recycling-options-a-systematic-review-and-meta-analysis-of-the-survey-literature/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240612T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240612T113000
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SUMMARY:The Political Economy of Carbon Taxation
DESCRIPTION:Carbon taxation is often seen as a key instrument for cost-effective greenhouse gas mitigation. Yet\, we observe an implementation gap in terms of coverage and stringency. Successful adoption of carbon taxes depends on a myriad of political\, legal\, economic\, technical\, and multilateral factors. Considering such circumstances is crucial for successful policy choices to mitigate climate change effectively and in a just and acceptable manner.\nConducive conditions to carbon pricing have been studied along different lines. Quantitative analyses identify correlations of certain indicators with strong climate policy\, but tend to neglect causal mechanisms. On the other hand\, certain factors (e.g. public support)\, are studied extensively\, but often without comprehensive inclusion of other contextual variables. This makes it difficult to judge their relevance in comparison to other factors. Finally\, the case study literature offers a more in-depth analysis of individual climate policy processes. Since these studies naturally have a limited spatial-temporal focus\, external validity is typically low. Besides\, these studies rely on a variety of analytical approaches\, impeding comparison further.\nThe main objective of the study is to draw lessons from such qualitative case studies to understand when and why different political economy factors are relevant for the adoption success of carbon taxes\, and how they interact with each other. To that end\, a systematic review of the case study literature on carbon taxes is conducted\, including successful adoption as well as failed attempts on a global scale. This allows assessing the political economy of carbon taxes in different contexts and comparing them within a single analytical framework. The underlying study contributes to evidence-based climate policy by providing the hitherto scarce synthesis of qualitative data about carbon tax adoption. This approach allows for a more unbiased policy assessment and an inclusion of broader social science knowledge on carbon taxes.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/the-political-economy-of-carbon-taxation/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T153000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T170000
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SUMMARY:Mitigating Heat Stress and Implementing Adaptation Measures in the Berlin-Brandenburg Metropolitan Region
DESCRIPTION:Urban areas are particularly vulnerable to rising temperatures\, leading to increased heat stress and posing a significant threat to the well-being of their inhabitants. Our study focuses on heat stress and implementing adaptation measures in the Berlin-Brandenburg Metropolitan Region based on a specific development site. The collaborative study with VITO and BUUR was developed in cooperation with local stakeholders\, taking their recommendations and priorities into account. We present a detailed analysis of the current climate challenges faced by the region and propose a range of recommendations for urban planning and community engagement. \nThe region is experiencing a rise in extreme heat events due to climate change. Taking the demographic trends into account\, a growing share of the population will be 60+ years in 2040\, further increasing the vulnerability to heat stress. With a high-resolution urban climate model\, we analyze the exposure to heat stress for different climate futures based on a case study in the district of Pankow where the local government plans to build a school\, sports grounds and residential buildings. The analysis considers urbanization patterns\, cooling effects of vegetation and shadow\, to draw conclusions on the exposure to heat stress for 3 different building plans. \n  \nWe show that urban planners should prioritize green infrastructure to mitigate the urban heat island effect and guarantee the availability of cool areas for the population. Through a holistic approach considering different variables such as climate change\, public health\, social cohesion and biodiversity\, the study showcases that including adaptation to climate change in urban planning can have multiple co-benefits. \nThe findings serve as a valuable resource for policymakers\, urban planners\, and stakeholders in the Berlin-Brandenburg Metropolitan Region and beyond. It provides a roadmap for addressing the immediate and long-term challenges posed by heat stress and offers actionable recommendations to enhance climate resilience.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/mitigating-heat-stress-and-implementing-adaptation-measures-in-the-berlin-brandenburg-metropolitan-region/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T153000
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SUMMARY:Progress and gaps in climate change adaptation in coastal cities across the globe
DESCRIPTION:In the context of climate change adaptation\, coastal cities deserve special attention as they are faced with an abundance of climate impacts while also being engines of economic development\, innovation\, and culture with\, in theory\, high adaptation potential. While there is eclectic evidence for urban adaptation\, we are lacking a global overview of the extent to which coastal cities are on track in adapting to climate risks. Building on the Global Adaptation Mapping Initiative (GAMI)\, this paper presents findings from a global review of empirical evidence for adaptation in coastal cities. We systematically analysed adaptation actions reported in the scientific literature for 199 coastal cities to provide the first stocktake of empirical evidence of coastal urban adaptation. The paper addresses four questions: (1) How is evidence for coastal urban adaptation spread across the globe? (2) Which hazards and trends of exposure and vulnerability are reported? (3) Which responses are reported and which actors are involved in their implementation? (4) What is the speed\, scope\, and depth of the reported adaptation? Using the World Bank’s income groups and city sizes as cross-cutting lines of analysis\, our findings show among others that there is comparatively little published knowledge on coastal urban adaptation in low and middle-income economies. Reported adaptation measures are predominantly designed based on past and current\, rather than future\, patterns in hazards\, exposure\, and vulnerability and implementation actors differ depending on the income group. Overall\, the assessed evidence mostly presents coastal urban adaptation that is rather slow\, of narrow scope\, and not transformative. These and further findings from this evidence mapping represent valuable insights for both\, scientists and policy-makers as they provide a nuanced overview of the state of adaptation in coastal cities.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/progress-and-gaps-in-climate-change-adaptation-in-coastal-cities-across-the-globe/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T153000
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SUMMARY:Modelling Future Urban Growth Scenarios in the Context of SSPs and Ecosystem-Based Adaptation to Address Flood risk in Huế Vietnam.
DESCRIPTION:The city of Huế has experienced significant urban growth\, driven by population growth\, economic development\, and rural-to-urban migration. This expansion has intensified the city’s vulnerability to flooding\, a recurring natural hazard exacerbated by climate change and inadequate urban planning. Despite growing awareness of the importance of ecosystem-based adaptation in urban flood management\, there remains a gap in understanding how these strategies can be effectively integrated into urban planning processes\, particularly in the context of rapidly growing cities like Huế. This study therefore aims to investigate the feasibility and efficacy of incorporating ecosystem-based adaptation measures into urban growth modeling to enhance flood resilience. The study integrates ecosystem-based adaptation (EBA) strategies and an empirical model into a CA-based model (UGM) to explore potential future urban growth scenarios by 2050 and their impact on flood risk in Huế. Three different scenarios based on the shared socio-economic pathways (SSPs 1\, 2\, and 3) are developed in the context of the rate of urbanization\, restricting urban growth in flood-prone areas\, land areas with tourism opportunities (tourism is a major economic sector in Huế)\, and high opportunities for ecosystem services in the city. Scenario 1\, aligned with SSP 1\, portrays future urban growth characterized by robust ecosystem-based adaptation measures. Scenario 2 (SSP2) reflects the current trajectory\, incorporating partial ecosystem-based adaptation measures\, while scenario 3 (SSP3) depicts limited ecosystem-based adaptation. Across all scenarios\, urban land use expands through inner densification and extension of existing urban areas. However\, the topography of the province\, flanked by mountains in the west and the sea and lagoon in the east\, constrains future urban growth. Notably\, regardless of the scenarios\, urban expansion is anticipated in the low-lying plains of the province\, exacerbating the city’s exposure to flooding.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/modelling-future-urban-growth-scenarios-in-the-context-of-ssps-and-ecosystem-based-adaptation-to-address-flood-risk-in-hue-vietnam/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T153000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T170000
DTSTAMP:20240531T092845Z
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SUMMARY:Developing a global spatiotemporal database of urban adaptation actions
DESCRIPTION:Climate adaptation is needed as cities around the world face climate impacts increasing in intensity and frequency. Cities have taken many different adaptation approaches\, but efforts have largely fallen short. Tracking adaptation progress is needed to ensure adequate implementation\, especially in the most vulnerable and under-resourced areas. Despite the importance of tracking progress\, a systematic mapping of adaptation at the local level has been hampered by the lack of structured data\, given the variety of languages and formats of municipal documents. Most notably\, there remains a critical gap in conducting multi-lingual syntheses and\, as a result\, countries in the Global South tend to be disproportionately underrepresented. \nHere\, we aim to develop a global spatiotemporal database on urban adaptation plans and actions. More specifically\, we want to investigate (a) which measures have been proposed for which sectors and climate impacts\, (b) to which extent these plans have been implemented and outcomes recorded\, including comparisons of actions mentioned in previous studies\, (c) who are the key actors involved in these plans and which voices are “unheard”. We will focus on a range of globally representative cities for which climate change adaptation plans and hazard-specific plans (eg. flood\, drought\, wildfire) have been developed. Relevant documents will be collected from previous studies and complemented by adding new data sources including self-disclosed adaptation actions from the Carbon Disclosure Project and other adaptation-specific databases. The identified documents will then be analysed using a range of natural language processing (NLP) methods\, including neural network pre-trained models (e.g. XLM-RoBERTa) with state-of-the-art transformers architecture. By developing such a multilingual text classifier\, we expect to be more inclusive of the data assessed. The expected results will add to the current understanding of adaptation progress globally\, filling in data gaps and identifying key information for further research to support implementation.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/developing-a-global-spatiotemporal-database-of-urban-adaptation-actions/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T153000
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SUMMARY:Contrasting Adaptation Measures: Developing Plans for Urban Greening Against Heat in the Interface between Climate Modelling and Stakeholder Participation
DESCRIPTION:The Lisbon Metropolitan Area (AML)\, located in the Mediterranean region\, is particularly vulnerable to climate hazards\, such as extreme temperatures. In particular\, the concentration of population in this urban area has largely increased the exposure to the urban heat island effect (UHI) and heatwaves are posing substantial challenges to human health\, infrastructures and energy systems\, and human and land productivity. At the same time\, adaptation planning at local scales and higher resolutions lacks wide and publicly available climate data to ensure an evidence-based approach. Similarly\, the efficiency of measures of greening the urban fabric to respond to heat extremes lacks a sufficient quantification\, resulting in possible mismatches between policy imperatives\, climate change and the results of adaptation actions.\nWe investigate how the development of urban greening plans by urban planners and region- and city-scale stakeholders can assist in the decrease of heat stress for the metropolitan area and in two selected neighbourhoods in the municipalities of Lisbon and Almada. Using the climate model UrbClim to project urban heat stress at a 100- and 1-meter resolution\, we identify particular areas of concern. Together with stakeholders and urban planners we connected the results of the heat stress modelling with existing policies and plans\, as well as with planning and design principles for urban resilience to heat.\nThrough establishing a set of policy statements for the degree and configuration of greening measures\, we model the efficiency of different adaptation actions according to global climate scenarios. The interoperability between climate modelling\, urban planning and stakeholder participation\, that is\, the linkage between land-use/land-cover\, urban planning and design principles and climate modelling\, allows planners and stakeholders to explore different degrees (and specific designs) of greening measures and match them against the scenarios whose impacts they want to prioritize.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/contrasting-adaptation-measures-developing-plans-for-urban-greening-against-heat-in-the-interface-between-climate-modelling-and-stakeholder-participation/
LOCATION:H 3005
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T153000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T170000
DTSTAMP:20240531T094440Z
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SUMMARY:Designing inclusive African coastal cities’ resilience
DESCRIPTION:The “Designing inclusive African coastal cities’ resilience” (INACCT Resilience) project is an action-oriented research project focused on two coastal cities: Durban (South Africa)\, and Beira (Mozambique)\, both having recently experienced extreme climate-related flooding that caused severe damage\, displacement\, and loss of life. Through a transdisciplinary approach\, the project aims to enhance proactive\, inclusive and evidence-informed urban resilience in African coastal cities\, by exploring what measures can and should be in place to prevent and mitigate disasters\, specifically flooding. Based on the two city studies\, the transdisciplinary project team is collaborating with local government and communities to assess how urban coastal resilience can be conceptualised and developed through a co-designed ‘Gender Responsive Resilience Planning Framework’. This framework will serve as a blueprint for fostering proactive\, adaptive and transformative capacities within coastal urban systems across Africa. Particular attention is on understanding resilience through the lens of local communities from a ‘negotiated just’ resilience perspective. Innovative methodologies such as photovoice; a qualitative approach involving collecting photographs taken by participants alongside their own stories and lived experiences. This provides rich insight into the realities of individuals who have been most affected by climate-related disasters in eThekwini and Beira. This participatory approach not only generates valuable data but also fosters relationships and trust researchers and communities. Emerging findings from the research highlight diverse interpretations of resilience and what that means for policy and practice and underscores the resilience and adaptability of informal settlement in the face of climate hazards. Despite being exposed to risks\, these communities demonstrate resilience through innovative collaboration with various stakeholder and creative approaches to disaster planning and response.. The presentation emphasizes the critical role of intermediaries\, knowledge brokering\, and relationship-building in strengthening community resilience to disaster risk. By understanding and incorporating local perspectives\, the project aims to develop tailored resilience strategies
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/designing-inclusive-african-coastal-cities-resilience/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T163000
DTSTAMP:20240609T113327Z
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SUMMARY:Offsetting and insetting in city net-zero plans
DESCRIPTION:To contribute to Paris Agreement objectives\, non-state actors globally are increasingly developing voluntary emission reduction goals. Cities represent an important group with net-zero or similar plans\, but significant variation exists in how they intend to meet these targets. A lack of research exists on the role of carbon offsetting (carbon dioxide removal or avoided emissions outside the city’s geographic boundaries) and insetting (carbon dioxide removal within the city’s boundaries) in city net-zero plans. However\, better understanding these strategies can help inform future policy on effective climate mitigation by cities. This study uses a mixed-method design to explore how cities use offsetting and insetting. The NetZero Tracker has reviewed 1186 net-zero plans of cities around the world. We use regression analysis to explore what factors (e.g. population size\, GDP\, ambition of climate commitment) are associated with cities’ choice of emission compensation strategies. Focusing then on only cities that include offsetting or insetting in their climate plan\, we conduct a document analysis and code key themes in city plans as they relate to emissions compensation strategies. Preliminary results show that of the 66 cities which plan to use offsetting\, most intend to prioritise emissions reductions but recognize that compensation strategies will be needed to offset remaining emissions. The majority intend to acquire offsets at or around their target year to cancel these emissions\, indicating a risk of only compensating in the last year. Further\, most recognize the need to develop guidelines around the use of offsetting\, but few have yet done so. Our study further explores whether and how the ambition level of city climate commitments is correlated with their use of offsetting or insetting. This research provides new insights into offsetting and insetting by cities\, which we hope will contribute to future policy development of city net-zero strategies.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/offsetting-and-insetting-in-city-net-zero-plans/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T113000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T130000
DTSTAMP:20240529T105633Z
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UID:10000237-1718105400-1718110800@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Policy portfolios can reduce GHG emissions in urban transport in 120 cities by 20% while improving welfare
DESCRIPTION:City-level policies are increasingly recognized as key components of strategies to reduce transport greenhouse gas emissions. However\, at a global scale\, their total efficiencies\, costs and practical feasibility remain unclear. Here we use a spatially explicit monocentric urban economic model\, systematically calibrated on 120 cities worldwide\, to analyse the impact of four representative policies aimed at mitigating transportation greenhouse gas emissions\, also accounting for their economic welfare impacts and health co-benefits. Applying these policies in all cities\, we find that total transportation greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced by 31% in 15 years\, compared with the baseline scenario. However\, the consequences of the same policies vary widely between cities\, with specific effects depending on the policy considered\, income level\, population growth rate\, spatial organization and existing public transport supply. Impacts on transport emissions span from high to almost zero\, and consequences in terms of welfare can either be positive or negative. Applying welfare-increasing policy portfolios captures most of the emission reductions: overall\, they reduce emissions by 22% in 15 years. Our results highlight that there is no one-size-fits-all policy. However\, with context-specific strategies\, large emission reductions can globally be achieved while improving welfare.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/policy-portfolios-can-reduce-ghg-emissions-in-urban-transport-in-120-cities-by-20-while-improving-welfare/
LOCATION:H 3005
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T113000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T130000
DTSTAMP:20240529T105604Z
CREATED:20240508T150921Z
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UID:10000236-1718105400-1718110800@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Designing policies to enable equitable and beneficial electrification in the U.S.
DESCRIPTION:Electrifying household energy use is a key policy lever for addressing the climate crisis. However\, there are many challenges to designing policies to promote beneficial electrification that reduces greenhouse gas emissions while also advancing health\, equity\, and affordability goals. This research focuses on the case of the United States\, where one billion household machines – from cars to furnaces to stoves – currently run on fossil fuels. Additionally\, one in three U.S. households report difficulty paying their energy bills\, and low-income households may be less likely to adopt new technologies. New policies such as the Inflation Reduction Act provide opportunities to address these inequities but may exacerbate them without careful implementation. \nHere we focus on the electrification challenge in U.S. cities. We begin with a detailed case study of Massachusetts\, a leader in state and local climate action that faces multiple electrification challenges\, including aging fossil fuel infrastructure and high demand for home heating. We use this case explore the effects of local policy actions to reduce methane emissions from natural gas systems while simultaneously advancing net zero and electrification goals. Our analysis combines engineering and infrastructure models\, household property data\, document and legal analysis\, and qualitative interviews to characterize inequities in electrification and the effects of fossil fuel stranded assets on low-income communities. \nWe then extend this analysis beyond Massachusetts to examine electrification challenges across the United States. We find evidence of inequities in access to a key electrification technology\, air source heat pumps\, across low-income and minority communities – and show that uncoordinated policies could result in substantial increases in energy bills for households that cannot electrify. We then discuss innovative community electrification solutions that can enable cities to simultaneously promote equity and climate goals.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/designing-policies-to-enable-equitable-and-beneficial-electrification-in-the-u-s/
LOCATION:H 3005
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T113000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T130000
DTSTAMP:20240529T105529Z
CREATED:20240508T150815Z
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UID:10000235-1718105400-1718110800@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Neighborhood-Scale Building Decarbonization: A Strategy for Eliminating Emissions from the Built Environment to Meet Our Climate Goals
DESCRIPTION:Credible\, at-scale solutions for eliminating emissions from buildings are still in their infancy. Building decarbonization was cited only once—in a footnote—in the IPCC 6th assessment. However\, attention to building decarbonization among policymakers and private sector practitioners is growing\, especially in the U.S. This focus is necessary\, as we need to decarbonize buildings to achieve local\, national\, and international climate goals. In the U.S.\, the built environment accounts for approx. 35% of economy-wide emissions. \nNew movements can pose an evidence synthesis challenge. Lack of published research\, a steep learning curve\, and a tendency to ignore relevant historical precedents can constrain the theory of change for the movement. The Building Decarbonization Coalition (BDC) addresses these gaps by drawing together a broad coalition of stakeholders to create and share knowledge. BDC’s membership consists of nearly 400 entities—ranging from multinational corporations like Daikin and Rheem to municipal governments\, utilities\, and individual practitioners—who are united in their commitment to reducing and eliminating emissions from the built environment. \nAt the What Works Climate Solutions Summit\, we seek to present our findings from a trailblazing new investigation into neighborhood-scale building decarbonization\, which is a set of tactics for transitioning thousands of buildings off the methane gas distribution network at once\, instead of relying on millions of individual consumers to independently decide to electrify their equipment. We’ve interviewed hundreds of knowledgeable stakeholders across the U.S. to gather and synthesize information that cannot be found in a Google search or academic journal. We have also combed through extensive regulatory proceedings\, legislative agendas\, and gas company records to surface key insights that have been buried in bureaucracy. We are excited to share these findings with the international climate community so that we can build on this knowledge to evolve our strategy from neighborhood scale to planetary scale.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/neighborhood-scale-building-decarbonization-a-strategy-for-eliminating-emissions-from-the-built-environment-to-meet-our-climate-goals/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T113000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T130000
DTSTAMP:20240529T105505Z
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UID:10000234-1718105400-1718110800@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Fuel Economy Standards and Public Transport
DESCRIPTION:Corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards are a major environmental policy measure in both the EU and US. They require car producers to reach a fleet-wide level of average fuel efficiency. To design effective and efficient climate policies for the transport sector\, it is important to understand the relevant channels of fuel economy standards on welfare and emissions. The main focus in the conventional literature is on the welfare cost of compliance occurring in the automobile market from adjusting engine technology\, car features and pricing schedules. But fuel economy standards also reduce the marginal cost of driving and thus provide an incentive for households to switch their transport mode more often away from public transport to individual driving. By considering these shifting mode choices and their interactions with the urban form\, we identify and examine a new channel of fuel economy standards on welfare and emissions. To this end\, we incorporate public transport\, mode choice and vehicle choice into a monocentric city model that we calibrate with empirically justified parameters and solve numerically.\nOn the one hand\, fuel economy standards\, on average\, increase vehicle purchase costs. On the other hand\, they reduce the marginal cost of driving and\, thus\, provide an incentive for households to switch their transport mode choice more often away from public transport to individual driving. This causes additional carbon emissions and undermines the climate policy goals. Since the variable and fixed costs of the transit system must be covered by fewer passengers\, ticket prices rise endogenously\, making public transport use less attractive. The resulting feedback loop additionally exacerbates the mode switching behavior towards individual driving and the corresponding increase in emissions. We find welfare costs of 1056US$ p.p.p.a. for a 50% emission reduction considering mode choice\, vehicle choice\, ticket prices and adjustment of the urban form.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/fuel-economy-standards-and-public-transport/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T113000
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UID:10000233-1718105400-1718110800@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Charging ahead: Firm-level optimisation strategies for sustainable and cost-effective electric vehicle workplace charging
DESCRIPTION:Decarbonising the transportation sector is forecasted to result in a substantial increase in total electricity demand\, mainly incurred from charging electric vehicles (EVs). In an effort to reduce scope 3 emissions\, firms are building up extensive workplace charging infrastructure to encourage employees’ update of EVs. However\, many businesses tend to underestimate the impact of EV charging loads on the site’s overall electricity consumption profile at scale. In this paper we present the results of a case study which was carried out between the Oxford Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Impact Lab and a global car manufacturing firm with a large production site in southern Oxford\, UK. Drawing from Operations Research methods\, we compute quantitative estimates of sustainable (CO2 minimal) and cost-effective charging strategies by comparatively assessing the value of smart and bidirectional (V2X) charging\, benchmarked against the case of uncontrolled (dumb) charging. We found that smart- and bidirectional charging can reduce peak demand by -45% and -21%\, respectively. Moreover\, implementing a CO2-minimal charging strategy leads to -32% lower emissions while generating overall cost savings of -0.12 £/kWh. Our results demonstrate that the use of digital technologies at different application levels\, ranging from foundational optimisation algorithms to user-facing consumer apps as means to collect minimum battery state-of-charge (SoC) preferences\, offers substantial value in monetary and environmental terms. Drawing from this case study based on real-world empirical data\, we anticipate more businesses to follow suit by actively considering the implementation of digital software solutions for managing EV charging loads as equal counterpart to the rollout of charging hardware infrastructure. Moreover\, our study serves as blueprint for policymakers to incentivise firms and individuals to adopt digital technologies when managing EV workplace charging cycles which\, at scale\, facilitates the integration of renewable energy into the grid while simultaneously decreasing the need for substantial grid expansion.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/charging-ahead-firm-level-optimisation-strategies-for-sustainable-and-cost-effective-electric-vehicle-workplace-charging/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T113000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T130000
DTSTAMP:20240529T105208Z
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UID:10000232-1718105400-1718110800@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:A Graph Neural Network Approach to Citywide Cycling Infrastructure Prioritization
DESCRIPTION:Increasing the share of cycling in urban areas has many benefits. Cycling improves the quality of life by reducing noise and air pollution\, improves individual health and\, most importantly\, reduces greenhouse gas emissions. The most important lever for promoting cycling is the improvement of cycling infrastructure. However\, public opinion is often deeply divided\, especially when it comes to allocating scarce resources\, such as funding and space\, between motorized traffic and cycling. Bridging this divide requires a nuanced approach to synthesizing evidence-based evidence for policymakers. To this end\, we seek to provide decision-makers with accurate citywide estimates of bicycle volumes that indicate areas where prioritized bicycle infrastructure improvements would be most beneficial.\nThe city of Berlin currently monitors bicycle movement at a mere 20 locations. We extrapolate cycling volumes from these locations to the entire cityscape at the street level\, using newly available data and state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms. In addition to infrastructure and weather indicators\, we use data from Strava\, a crowdsourced platform that allows users to track cycling activity. Across multiple publications\, Strava data is a promising indicator of overall cycling and is particularly useful because it provides street-level information. We combine this data with graph neural networks. This machine learning technique is particularly suited for extrapolating motorized traffic volumes\, as it is adept at capturing spatial and temporal dependencies and thereby captures the dependency dynamics of traffic data ideally.\nOur research is the first foray into harnessing the computational power of graph neural networks to extrapolate citywide bicycle volumes. Our work is currently still at an early stage\, but the positive initial results suggest that leveraging graph neural networks for estimating citywide bicycle volumes outperforms various baselines and has the potential to significantly inform evidence-based decisions on where to prioritize cycling infrastructure improvements in urban areas.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/a-graph-neural-network-approach-to-citywide-cycling-infrastructure-prioritization/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T110000
DTSTAMP:20240607T085827Z
CREATED:20240514T094019Z
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UID:10000256-1718098200-1718103600@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:ASCEND: Accelerating climate action and support in Africa using data and knowledge synthesis
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URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/ascend-accelerating-climate-action-and-support-in-africa-using-data-and-knowledge-synthesis/
LOCATION:H 3005
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T110000
DTSTAMP:20240531T073601Z
CREATED:20240508T115253Z
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UID:10000162-1718098200-1718103600@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:The Social\, Economic\, and Political Trade-offs of Climate Change Adaptation in Uganda: Towards building resilient communities
DESCRIPTION:Worldwide and Uganda in particular\, climate change continues pose significant challenges to communities. The changing climate\, characterized by erratic rainfall patterns\, prolonged droughts\, land degradation\, and extreme weather events have adversely affected agriculture\, water resources management\, public health\, and infrastructure development. To address these challenges\, various initiatives have been implemented by state actors\, non-state actors\, and local farmers in Uganda. Drawing on a mixed methods study involving over 1500 respondents\, my presentation will examine the social\, economic\, and political trade-offs of climate change adaptation in Uganda. The findings show that while some individuals possess knowledge of adaptive practices through traditional wisdom or local innovations\, others lack access to information or resources necessary for effective adaptation measures. This creates disparities in adaptive capacities among different groups. Gender dynamics and socioeconomic disparities also play a role in exacerbating social inequalities during the adaptation process. Economically disadvantaged smallholder farmers who rely heavily on rain-fed agriculture struggle to invest in technologies that could enhance their adaptive capacities due to financial constraints. Balancing short-term livelihood needs with long-term investments becomes a complex trade-off that policymakers must address. The political dimension of climate change adaptation explores the governance structures required for effective planning and implementation. Coordinated efforts among multiple stakeholders including government agencies at national and local levels as well as civil society organizations are crucial for successful adaptation. However\, “”policy implementation gaps”” often hinder progress due to limited institutional capacity or conflicting priorities across sectors.\nThe presentation emphasizes the importance of integrated approaches that consider the interlinkages between social equity (including gender dynamics)\, economic realities (such as financial constraints)\, and political frameworks in climate change adaptation strategies. Understanding these complexities can help policymakers and practitioners develop more robust approaches that maximize benefits while minimizing negative consequences.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/the-social-economic-and-political-trade-offs-of-climate-change-adaptation-in-uganda-towards-building-resilient-communities/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T110000
DTSTAMP:20240531T073505Z
CREATED:20240508T082546Z
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UID:10000047-1718098200-1718103600@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:INACCT Resilience and REPRESA Synergies in Climate Resilience in African Coastal Cities and Tropical Cyclone Preparedness in Southern Africa
DESCRIPTION:The intersection of the INACCT Resilience and REPRESA projects presents a unique opportunity to address climate change impacts through collaborative approaches\, enhancing climate policy\, and sharing key findings to achieve project goals. INACCT Resilience\, focusing on inclusive African coastal cities’ resilience\, and REPRESA\, aimed at improving early warnings and resilience to tropical cyclones\, both contribute to the overarching goal of building sustainable and resilient communities in the face of climate adversities. The collaborative approach between INACCT and REPRESA leverages transdisciplinary research and stakeholder engagement to co-design gender-responsive resilience planning frameworks and early warning systems. This synergy enhances the capacity of local communities and governments to proactively manage and respond to climate risks\, thereby influencing climate policy at municipal and national levels. Key findings from both projects underscore the resilience and adaptability of informal settlements and vulnerable communities. INACCT’s participatory methodologies\, such as photovoice\, provide insights into local experiences of climate-related disasters\, while REPRESA’s state-of-the-art climate and flood modeling informs early warning systems and adaptation strategies. The goals of both projects align with the urgent need for evidence-based climate solutions highlighted by the What Works Climate Solutions Summit. By integrating INACCT’s inclusive resilience frameworks with REPRESA’s advancements in early warning and preparedness\, the projects contribute to the global effort of limiting warming to well below 2°C and adapting to existing climate impacts. This presentation will discuss the synergies between INACCT and REPRESA\, demonstrating how their combined efforts can lead to more effective and just climate solutions\, ultimately contributing to the body of knowledge that informs the IPCC’s 7th Assessment Report and other scientific policy advice on climate change.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/inacct-resilience-and-represa-synergies-in-climate-resilience-in-african-coastal-cities-and-tropical-cyclone-preparedness-in-southern-africa/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T110000
DTSTAMP:20240531T073418Z
CREATED:20240508T082400Z
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UID:10000046-1718098200-1718103600@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Migration as Successful Adaptation? Examining research\, policy\, and media evidence
DESCRIPTION:Human migration is an age-old strategy to manage risk. It’s nature\, quantum\, and outcomes are changing under climate change and there is conflicting evidence on whether migration can be successful adpatation or not. Drawing on a review of policies and media\, and supplemented by an ongoing evidence map of migration-as-adaptation\, this paper discusses key research areas and knowledge gaps. The work goes beyond literature reviews on the migration-adaptation interface to focus on other (non-academic) spaces where these narratives are growing and gain legitimacy from (e.g. policy documents\, popular media). The work synthesises key discourses in literature\, policy\, and media\, to articulate the need for narrative change around climate migration that (1) recognises the vulnerability and agency of climate migrants\, (2) avoids falling into the trap of environmental determinism when identifying migration drivers\, and (3) identifies entry points for expanding what we understand by ‘successful’ adpatation in an increasingly mobile world.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/migration-as-successful-adaptation-examining-research-policy-and-media-evidence/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T110000
DTSTAMP:20240531T073340Z
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UID:10000045-1718098200-1718103600@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:CLARE Threads: weaving together co-produced research evidence
DESCRIPTION:A key part of CLARE’s theory of change is to support research partnerships\, produce knowledge and innovation\, strengthen capacity and pursue research impact in support of transformational change. This requires individual research projects’ to focus on impact pathways\, as well as identifying and pursuing some “threads” that bring together findings that have potential for transformational change across multiple research projects. This presentation will share some of the emerging findings on the main impact pathways that are emerging across the CLARE projects\, which highlight important entry points in the evidence-policy interface. CLARE has identified cross-cutting Threads that tie together the 18 different research projects. Two cross programme Threads have emerged so far. The first explores the link between short term disaster responses and long term climate adaptation actions; looking to connect these two timescales and better understand the potential consequences to help avoid maladaptation. The second explores how lived experiences of extreme events can shape future adaptation responses. Each of these topics is being explored within different projects and the Thread synthesis of overarching learning will help to shape future practice and policy.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/clare-threads-weaving-together-co-produced-research-evidence/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T110000
DTSTAMP:20240531T073257Z
CREATED:20240508T082029Z
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UID:10000044-1718098200-1718103600@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Climate Adaptation and Resilience (CLARE): evidence-based climate adaptation action through transdisciplinary\, co-created\, capacity-focussed research and syntheses
DESCRIPTION:Climate Adaptation and Resilience (CLARE) is a UK-Canada framework research programme that aims to build resilience to climate change in Africa and Asia-Pacific (https://clareprogramme.org). CLARE is producing action-oriented research and syntheses\, ranging from anticipating and acting ahead of cyclones and droughts\, to the investments needed now to understand and tackle future climate risks\, to locally-led pathways for long-term\, inclusive resilience in rural-urban settings\, in 30 countries in Africa and Asia. This research is carried out by 18 teams bringing together 125 organizations in 38 countries\, two-thirds of which in Africa and Asia\, supported by CLARE’s two ‘hubs’ dedicated to capacity strengthening and research-for-impact provide collaborative spaces that foster learning and synthesis. \nCLARE is demonstrating that “what works” for producing\, synthesising and catalysing evidence for achieving climate action is research that is carried out – co-created – by transdisciplinary and diverse teams\, with practitioners working alongside researchers; that is led from people and institutions in the countries where the research is relevant; and that has strong focus on both capacity of researchers and ‘users’ and supporting tangible action. Emerging findings reinforce the importance of lab-type approaches across a diverse range of actors and diverse spatial scales to co-create inclusive policies; the need – and practical ways – to remove barriers to access to research finance for southern organisations to achieve evidence-based\, adaptation action on the ground; anSd the key roles of both knowledge brokering and capacity strengthening in fostering climate adaptation. \nThis presentation aims to introduce the session\, providing an overview of the range of evidence and syntheses that are being produced by CLARE projects beyond those more detailed covered in the session; and share emerging learning on enabling and measuring adaptation across scales and timelines\, that is locally-led and potentially transformative. \n 
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/climate-adaptation-and-resilience-clare-evidence-based-climate-adaptation-action-through-transdisciplinary-co-created-capacity-focussed-research-and-syntheses/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240610T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240610T163000
DTSTAMP:20240529T084622Z
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UID:10000231-1718031600-1718037000@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:How can cities use machine learning for urban climate change mitigation? A systematic map
DESCRIPTION: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 of research on the use of machine learning (ML) in urban climate change mitigation.\nWith this research\, we provide an overview of the literature at the intersection between ML research in climate change mitigation and its role in urban governance and policymaking. We conducted this review by applying a systematic map framework that transparently displays mature research areas\, as well as more nascent and uncertain ones. Specifically\, we created the systematic map through manually coding 3\,944 records for relevance\, followed by a comprehensive analysis of 1\,215 relevant papers published between 1994-2021. In the review\, we systematically map the areas of application but also provide an assessment of their climate mitigation potential.\nKey findings include that research is taking place across 57 countries and 250 cities. We introduce over 40 impact areas. We find strong alignment between the most research impact areas and IPCC urban mitigation options with high reduction potentials. And we outline three main roles for ML such as using it for optimization towards more efficient processes\, demand forecasting as well as simulation of impact of planned measures.\nWe then interpret findings in relation to governance and climate policy as well as discussing ways through which the potential of ML can be realized at scale and in alignment with high mitigation impact and public sector demand. We conclude with key recommendations for urban policy makers. For example\, we call for integration of urban governance considerations into this emerging research nexus.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/how-can-cities-use-machine-learning-for-urban-climate-change-mitigation-a-systematic-map/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240610T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240610T163000
DTSTAMP:20240529T084546Z
CREATED:20240508T150111Z
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UID:10000230-1718031600-1718037000@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Indicators and metrics to evaluate urban adaptation: a systematic review
DESCRIPTION: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 the provisioning of I&M. To shed light on these timely discussions\, we here analyse 137 scientific publications and 901 I&M (including indices) proposed in the literature to measure adaptation to climate change with a particular focus on urban areas. The challenges we have faced speak about a field that is complex to track and understand as a result of a lack of common terminology\, standardisation and reference guidelines. This complexity has originated diverse\, context-specific and sometimes competing approaches to developing I&M. Based on our evidence\, we raise the critique that current I&M proposals are highly technical\, not sufficiently grounded on real needs and have little potential to support effective urban climate change adaptation. Our concern is now how to advance the adaptation evaluation research\, policy and practice field in this messy space.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/indicators-and-metrics-to-evaluate-urban-adaptation-a-systematic-review/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240610T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240610T163000
DTSTAMP:20240529T084518Z
CREATED:20240508T150005Z
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UID:10000229-1718031600-1718037000@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Evidence Synthesis for Shade Design and Decision Making in Urban Built Environments
DESCRIPTION: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 its provision. In the context of climate change\, urban shade scarcity is a design emergency that requires comprehensive and usable evidence to create solutions.\nThis presentation will highlight an interdisciplinary collaboration (public health\, landscape architecture\, urban planning\, urban forestry) that will support evidence-based design practice\, climate adaptation\, and human health and well-being. Our research includes a series of extensive scoping reviews of the literature on shade provision\, design\, policy\, benefits and co-benefits\, barriers and facilitators\, and equity. With methods informed by Arksey and O’Malley and the PRISMA-ScR guidelines for scoping reviews\, six databases have been searched\, 19\,237 articles have been screened at the title and abstract level with the help of DistillerSR AI\, and 2\,371 articles are currently being screened at the full-text level. Data extraction and thematic synthesis will take place in February-March.\nThe results of these scoping reviews and evidence syntheses on shade will lay the necessary groundwork for providing robust and synthesized evidence readily packaged for application by public health and built environment professionals to improve our cities’ shadescapes. Knowledge mobilization will include a Shade Design Framework for practitioners based on the scientific evidence syntheses and a national shade design competition where interdisciplinary teams will use the Shade Design Framework and the synthesized evidence to inform their design submissions demonstrating the utility of and generating interest in\, the Framework and the body of evidence informing its development.\nThis research is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/evidence-synthesis-for-shade-design-and-decision-making-in-urban-built-environments/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240610T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240610T163000
DTSTAMP:20240529T084444Z
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UID:10000228-1718031600-1718037000@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Bus rapid transit (BRT) in developing Asia & Africa: a systematic review of the enviornmental impact and co-benefits of BRTs
DESCRIPTION: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 the operational characteristics of these systems. Next\, we design and implement a string-based search query to find literature related to the systems identified in Step 1. And lastly\, we design and implement search queries for BRT systems in general for these countries. Using these studies\, we are interested in gathering estimates related to the environmental impact (mainly GHG emissions) and three major categories of co-benefits: (i) transport-related impacts\, (ii) economic & social impacts\, and (iii) health impacts.\nBased on initial literature screening we can identify more than 120 original studies on approx. 30 BRT systems. We report three types of outcomes resulting from the search process; (i) evidence maps and gaps of BRT systems literature\, (ii) evidence on transport\, social\, economic\, and environmental impact of BRTs\, and lastly (iii) critical analysis of the underlying studies\, including information availability analysis\, risk of bias\, strength of evidence analysis. Early results suggest that while BRT systems have a more limited impact on some transport-related outcomes such as transport mode shift\, their impact on accessibility and health outcomes (particularly air pollution and accidents) alone is quite large. We compare these impacts of BRT systems to other transport system interventions using standard terms of cost-benefit analysis\, underlying the benefits and shortcomings of these systems. Given the nature of this systematic review\, we also devise a plan to convert this review into a living review form.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/bus-rapid-transit-brt-in-developing-asia-africa-a-systematic-review-of-the-enviornmental-impact-and-co-benefits-of-brts/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240610T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240610T163000
DTSTAMP:20240529T084304Z
CREATED:20240508T145650Z
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UID:10000227-1718031600-1718037000@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:A Global Systematic Map and Database of Climate Change Research on Cities
DESCRIPTION: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 studies\, is missing. This article fills this gap. We show that the IPCC better covers topics for which it can build on existing reviews. However\, city case studies\, which are growing faster than other research on human settlements and climate\, remain insufficiently reviewed and synthesized\, posing a considerable gap in the overall assessment of the cities and climate change literature. This gap is most pronounced in case studies on climate change mitigation. Hence\, the IPCC needs to place considerable emphasis on assessing more than the existing 20\,000 case studies as an underpinning of the SR on cities. Using machine learning to map out the topics in this research space\, we provide a comprehensive and accessible global research map and database useful for evidence-synthesis research on cities and climate change.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/a-global-systematic-map-and-database-of-climate-change-research-on-cities/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240610T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240610T143000
DTSTAMP:20240529T083328Z
CREATED:20240508T100511Z
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UID:10000104-1718024400-1718029800@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Evaluating low-carbon urban planning strategies across urban typologies using causal machine learning
DESCRIPTION:With climate change and rapid urban migration\, cities face the question of where to locate new residents to minimize travel and related CO2 emissions. While the IPCC suggests general planning concepts such as compact or transit-oriented development\, a place-specific understanding of how this translates to the local context is lacking.\nHere\, we introduce a novel approach to assess the induced transport CO2 emissions for different urban planning strategies and determine the city-specific\, optimal locations for low-carbon residential development. We use double machine learning to estimate the non-linear effect of the built environment on travel-related CO2 emissions for each neighborhood while controlling for residential self-selection. Using a selection of global cities with diverse urban typologies\, we demonstrate how optional low-carbon urban planning differs across city typologies. Based on population projections for 2050\, we assess the global mitigation potential compared to a business-as-usual scenario characterized by increasing urban sprawl. Our results underscore the importance of evidence-based\, spatially differentiated compact development to decarbonize the transport sector.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/evaluating-low-carbon-urban-planning-strategies-across-urban-typologies-using-causal-machine-learning/
LOCATION:H 3005
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240610T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240610T143000
DTSTAMP:20240529T083152Z
CREATED:20240508T100140Z
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UID:10000102-1718024400-1718029800@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Urban typologies in climate risk and adaptation studies: Approaches\, applications\, remaining gaps and ways forward
DESCRIPTION:The amount of scientific knowledge and published case studies on climate risks and adaptation action in cities has been rising sharply over the recent years. Typologies\, archetypes or clustering approaches have been used in a range of studies and science-for-policy reports in an attempt to structure the wealth of case study information into larger profiles that facilitate general analysis and policy-advice. However\, no single-best approach has yet emerged that allows to capture the diversity and multi-dimensionality of urban risk profiles and adaptation challenges in a comprehensive\, dynamic and comparative manner. Rather\, different approaches suggested to date all come with their individual capabilities and limits. Their synergies and trade-offs as well as their potential for integration yet has to be examined in more detail.\nThis paper therefore provides a comprehensive review of the ways in which urban typologies have been used in the field of climate risk and adaptation\, covering (a) the academic literature\, (b) the IPCC’s latest assessment cycle and (c) practice and policy documents at the global scale. Based on a structured literature and document analysis it assesses which approaches have been applied in which domains and which strengths and weaknesses have been highlighted. The paper then provides a structured analysis of current overlaps and gaps in order to identify potential entry points for the integration of different existing approaches. In addition\, it suggests potential future amendments of urban typologies based on newly emerging data sources and analysis techniques. Lastly\, the paper sets out an evaluation framework which shall be used in the future to have the proposed integrations and amendments undergo an expert evaluation by prospective recipients and users of urban typology information.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/urban-typologies-in-climate-risk-and-adaptation-studies-approaches-applications-remaining-gaps-and-ways-forward/
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