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UCCRN in the News
News related to ARC3 (Climate Change and Cities; First Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network):
- South Asian launch of ARC3 in Hyderabad, India October 15, 2011
David C. Major, senior research scientist at Columbia, participated in the International Conclave & Exhibition on Climate Change in Hyderabad, India, on October 14th for the South Asian launch of “Climate Change and Cities: First Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network” (also known as, ARC3).
- First UCCRN Assessment Report on Climate Change and Cities (ARC3) June 9, 2011
Urban areas are home to over half the world’s people and are at the forefront of the climate change issue. The need for a global research effort to establish the current understanding of climate change adaptation and mitigation at the city level is urgent. To meet this goal, a coalition of international researchers – The Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN) – was formed at the time of the C40 Large Cities Climate Summit in New York in 2007. This book is the first UCCRN Assessment Report on Climate Change and Cities. The authors are all international experts from a diverse range of cities with varying socio-economic conditions, from both the developing and developed world. It is invaluable for mayors, city officials and policymakers; urban sustainability officers and urban planners; and researchers, professors and advanced students.
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Executive SummaryPress Releases
English - June 1, 2011
French - June 1, 2011
Portuguese - June 1, 2011
Indonesian – November 18, 2011Order the full report today!
Discount Flyer - New Report on Climate Change and Cities a "Wake-Up Call" for Global Policymakers June 9, 2011
More than half the world’s population live in cities, many of which are increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. But cities are also emerging as the innovative “first responders” in dealing with climate change, says a major new report led by researchers at Columbia University and the City University of New York (CUNY) and published by Cambridge University Press.
The report, “Climate Change and Cities: First Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network (ARC3),” is a comprehensive study detailing the risks global cities face due to a warming world. The report, which includes contributions from 110 authors in 50 cities, also explains how urban populations are working to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and prepare for the impact of climate change, such as increased heat waves, drought and flooding. Climate trends and projections for twelve cities in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the U.S., including Athens, Dakar, Delhi, Harare, Kingston, London, Melbourne, New York, São Paulo, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Toronto, are analyzed in depth.“This study should serve as a wake-up call about the need to make cities a key focus of global climate change research and response efforts,” statedCynthia Rosenzweig, a climate impacts scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and the Center for Climate Systems Research, part of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, as well as one of the co-editors of the report. Work on the report was convened by the Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN), a global coalition of researchers specializing in climate change from an urban perspective. UCCRN was founded at the Earth Institute in 2007.”
Read more, here.
With Jostein Gaarder, James Hansen, Frederic Hauge, Bjørn Lomborg, Bill McKibben, Andrew Revkin, and Cynthia Rosenzweig; moderated by Robert Silvers
As part of our continuing collaboration with The New York Review of Books and the Fritt Ord Freedom of Expression Foundation of Norway, we are pleased to present a major transatlantic conversation about the latest on global warming, the Copenhagen climate talks, and policy options for the future.
What Can We Do? brings together on one panel some of the premier scientists and writers from the U.S. and Scandinavia: Frederic Hauge, founder and director of the international environmental organization the Bellona Foundation; Bjørn Lomborg, an Adjunct Professor at Copenhagen Business School and author of the controversial The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World and Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalists Guide to Global Warming; Jostein Gaarder, author of the internationally-acclaimed novel Sophies World and creator of the Sophie Prize; Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature, Earth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet, and numerous other books; James Hansen, one of the worlds leading climatologists and author of Storms of My Grandchildren; and author and environment journalist Andrew Revkin, whose biography of Chico Mendes, formed the basis of the feature film The Burning Season. Cynthia Rosenzweig is co-chair of the New York City Panel on Climate Change, a body of experts convened by the mayor advising the city on adaptation for its critical infrastructure. The New York Review of Books editor, Robert Silvers will guide the discussion about how we can turn back the tides of global warming.
As part of the Bioeconomy and Global Climate Change distinguished lecture series at, Cynthia Rosenzweig (Lead Scientist, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA) discusses the newest phase of climate change research, how cities are most vulnerable to changes and how smaller cities can apply solutions used in mega-cities.
Thanks to the Michigan State University Environmental Science & Policy Program for sharing…
