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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/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T113000
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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/
LOCATION:H 3005
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T113000
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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
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T130000
DTSTAMP:20240529T105424Z
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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/
LOCATION:H 3005
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T113000
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DTSTAMP:20240529T105208Z
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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/
LOCATION:H 3005
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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
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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/
LOCATION:H 3005
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T110000
DTSTAMP:20240531T073505Z
CREATED:20240508T082546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240531T073505Z
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/
LOCATION:H 3005
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T110000
DTSTAMP:20240531T073418Z
CREATED:20240508T082400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240531T073418Z
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/
LOCATION:H 3005
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T110000
DTSTAMP:20240531T073340Z
CREATED:20240508T082221Z
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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/
LOCATION:H 3005
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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/
LOCATION:H 3005
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240610T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240610T163000
DTSTAMP:20240529T084622Z
CREATED:20240508T150214Z
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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/
LOCATION:H 3005
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240610T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240610T163000
DTSTAMP:20240529T084546Z
CREATED:20240508T150111Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240529T084546Z
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/
LOCATION:H 3005
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240610T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240610T163000
DTSTAMP:20240529T084518Z
CREATED:20240508T150005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240529T084518Z
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/
LOCATION:H 3005
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240610T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240610T163000
DTSTAMP:20240529T084444Z
CREATED:20240508T145832Z
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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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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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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/
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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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SUMMARY:Unpacking capacity for climate action: mechanisms shaping the effect of organisational capacity on policy implementation at the local level
DESCRIPTION:In recent years\, local governments have gained significant importance in the implementation of climate policy. Cities and municipalities offer place-based and context-specific solutions to climate-related and –specific problems. However\, cities also often face an implementation challenge. Previous studies have consistently found a general influence of capacity as a key constraint for local governments. Scholars generally point to the influence of various forms of organisational capacity\, namely human capacity\, financial resources\, community support\, operational expertise\, networks\, political will or local autonomy. Yet\, the empirical record shows mixed results: while organisational capacity does lead to successful climate action\, both false negatives and false positives are also observed.\nIn light of the above\, a closer look into the mechanisms linking organisational capacity and successful urban climate action is due. To that end\, yielding more than 20 cases we explore both successful and unsuccessful climate action in medium-sized European cities\, covering paradigmatic configurations of organisational capacity factors – that is\, different typologies of a “capable” city. Preliminary results reveal mechanisms that manifest themselves across typologies. More interestingly\, though\, we also observe a number of typology-specific mechanisms and their respective implementation challenges. A good understanding of these mechanisms and how they relate to specific typologies of cities will be crucial in developing capacity-building and knowledge transfer schemes in the context of both national and transnational support for urban climate action. Its implications are important for cities so that they invest their scarce resources more efficiently and thereby reach climate neutrality targets faster.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/unpacking-capacity-for-climate-action-mechanisms-shaping-the-effect-of-organisational-capacity-on-policy-implementation-at-the-local-level/
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SUMMARY:Scaling urban climate action through archetypes: a city-matching approach
DESCRIPTION:Numerous city governments around the world have positioned themselves as “leaders” in efforts to deal with climate change. Although valuable\, these efforts require scaling in order to achieve the needed impact. Here\, we argue that horizontal scaling\, i.e. the diffusion of ambitious climate action across cities\, will benefit from appropriate city typologies. Typologies can foster the intentional processes of city matching: Identifying and studying pairs or clusters of cities with similar or complementary structural or strategic attributes (like size\, cultural heritage\, national context\, economic structure\, interventions\, political agency). \nHowever\, matching cities requires a methodological approach which takes into account the heterogeneity of cities and their contexts. We propose archetype analysis as a means to help research and match city types that most likely to facilitate horizontal scaling. Generally\, archetype analysis investigates recurrent patterns of a phenomenon of interest by identifying multiple dynamics or patterns\, each explaining the phenomenon under a particular set of conditions. This comparative approach enables us to identify different kinds of cases when general regularities that apply to all cases cannot be expected. It can address research questions like: To advance horizontal scaling\, does city matching work better between cities of the same archetype? Do cities with different but complementary archetypes match better? \nThis paper showcases how such questions can be addressed. Drawing from a literature review and a research workshop synthesis\, it proposes some archetypes that may facilitate matching. For instance\, leader and follower cities might not match so straightforward\, while matching cities with similar social problems might support scaling well. We posit that empirically testing such archetypes will contribute to scaling successful urban climate action.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/scaling-urban-climate-action-through-archetypes-a-city-matching-approach/
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