Climate Planning Matters! | | | This newsletter includes an overview of discussions and outcomes of COP29 and ISOCARP's activities on the ground and delegation members' contributions.
It also includes an invitation for a Cyber Agora webinar in conjunction with the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) asking 'Does COP matter for Planners?' to take place on January 23, 2025.
Finally, we look forward to supporting the report as an observer organisation.
Disclaimer: This newsletter includes contributions from member guests, which do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of ISOCARP. | | Cyber Agora: 'Does COP matter for planners?' – 23 Jan 2025, 2pm CET
On the 60th birthday of ISOCARP, join us and the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) for a thought-provoking and cutting-edge discussion on the value of international cooperation and the role of planners in addressing climate change.
We are delighted to have a stellar group of speakers and international advocates for climate action, social justice, and stronger collaboration across disciplines and programmes. We will address four important topics, each time pairing a specialist and a planner: - The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the initiatives that put cities at the forefront of action - Yunus Arikan, Head of Global Policy and Advocacy at ICLEI and indefatigable leader of the voice of cities and regions in the COP negotiations + Olafiyn Taiwo, researcher and lecturer at the University of Brighton and Chair of the Commonwealth Association of Planners' Young Planners Network and Co-chair of UN-Habitat's Planners for Climate Action.
- Mitigation: Ensuring mobility without carbon - Teodora Serafimova of SLOCAT, the international, multi-stakeholder partnership powering systemic transformations and a just transition in transport and mobility systems + Martina Juvara, practicing strategic planner and member of the ISOCARP Scientific Committee.
- Adaptation: Making space for water - Thomas Rebermark of the Stockholm International Water Institute, major contributors to the advancement of international policies for water management for a better future + Liz Sharp, professor of Water and Planning at the University of Sheffield with a keen interest on water governance issues.
- Loss and Damage: Mapping vulnerability to prioritise action - Cerin Kizhakkethottam, environmental lawyer and programme manager at UN-Habitat, who has recently led the preparation of specific guidance on vulnerability mapping + Tjark Gall, coordinator of ISOCARP's Initiative for Climate Resilience Planning.
ISOCARP's Initiative for Climate Resilience Planning looks forward to seeing you at the Cyber Agora webinar and hearing from you at climate@isocarp.org.
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| | About the Climate Conference COP
COP – Conference of the Parties – refers to the meetings held under UNFCCC, an international treaty adopted in 1992 in Rio de Janeiro to address climate change and its impacts. COPs bring together representatives from countries around the world to discuss and negotiate global efforts to combat climate change.
COP meetings have been held annually since 1995. Some of the most notable COPs include COP3 in Kyoto, where the Kyoto Protocol was adopted, effectively recognising climate change as a global threat and therefore its legitimate interest to the UN, and COP21 in Paris, where the Paris Agreement (PA) was negotiated and adopted in 2015. The PA is the landmark legally binding agreement of the COP process to limit global warming to 'well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels', with efforts to limit it to 1.5°C. The agreement relies on implementing domestic action outside the legal jurisdiction of the UN, taking the form of voluntary contributions from each participating country, known as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). The EU, however, is raising the stakes by making NDCs legally binding for member states.
COP meetings consist of formal negotiations and a range of side events. Negotiations focus on key issues related to climate change and the implementation of the PA. Side events provide a platform for various stakeholders, including governments, NGOs, businesses, and academia, to apply political pressure, showcase initiatives, share knowledge, and discuss solutions.
Decisions at COP meetings are typically made through consensus, with each participating country having an equal say in the negotiations. This makes it highly complex to reach clear decisions and is the reason for much criticism regarding the lack of progress. | | ISOCARP at COP29
By Martina Juvara
In 2021, ISOCARP applied to become an official NGO and Observer Organisation at UNFCCC. At the time, nations were submitting their second-round pledges to reduce emissions (NDCs), and the planning profession was fully focused on the Decade of Change through the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) rather than the COP process.
This shifted quickly. Despite pandemic restrictions, ISOCARP attended COP26 in Glasgow, forming a partnership with RTPI. Urban issues back then were marginal to the process, and climate denial lingered. The major debate centred on fossil fuels, culminating in the controversial text about 'phasing down' rather than 'phasing out' their use.
In 2022, several ISOCARP members attended and helped shape our current plan of work at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh. By COP28 in Dubai (2023), ISOCARP had an organised delegation and a clearer understanding of our role. Our partnership with RTPI deepened, leading to joint presentations alongside Maimunah Sharif, then Director General of UN-Habitat at an RTPI fringe event, and the launch of a webinar series. We also shifted our affiliation from the Environmental constituency to the Local Government and Municipal Authority (LGMA) constituency. LGMA and UN-Habitat's Local Climate Action Summit at COP28 in Dubai spotlighted the local responsibilities and impacts of climate change: a significant move for the UN, which can normally work only at national level, considering cities a matter of domestic policy and therefore outside its jurisdiction.
At COP29 in Baku this year, ISOCARP participated for the fourth time. Four members attended in person, with others engaging virtually. ISOCARP President Elisabeth Belpaire spent a full week there, strengthening alliances and exploring relevance for our profession. Our new LGMA affiliation provided a base at the Local Action and Urbanization Pavilion, facilitating debates, knowledge-sharing, and session moderation.
ISOCARP is now positioned to contribute proactively as an official Observer, advocating for planning professionals in this critical global agenda. Our frequent LinkedIn posts and this newsletter aim to keep members informed on key developments and outcomes. Join the upcoming Cyber Agora webinar on January 23, 2025, to learn more about the last COP.
| | The LGMA Constituency
The civil society is invited to provide advocacy in the COP process through affiliation to a 'constituency': a grouping of like-minded observer organisations (NGOs) who through their constituency can promote their position and develop a collective agenda.
Since the Earth Summit in 1992, nine stakeholder groups, including local authorities, were designated as essential partners in implementing the global sustainability agenda. The LGMA Constituency has represented local and regional governments under UNFCCC and has served as the voice of cities and regions since the first COP in 1995.
Coordinated by ICLEI and supported by UN-Habitat, the constituency has consistently advocated for a seat at the negotiating table for Mayors and Governors: to enable cities and regions to take action to reduce emissions but also promote resilience and preparedness for increasingly likely extreme climate events. This is calling the multi-level agenda within the UNFCCC environment: the vertical cooperation between the national and the local governments, and enabling of action as close as possible to communities.
During COP, LGMA provided daily updates and video summaries and throughout the year they keep their members update of ongoing negotiations. ISOCARP is a signatory of the LGMA Position Paper, summarizing the ambitions of local stakeholders in the context of COP.
| | Urbanisation at COP29
A full day of discussions and roundtables was dedicated to urbanisation: spatial development, urban transport, and finance. The day opened with the MAP declaration, launched by the Azerbaijan presidency and the open acknowledgement of ministers of the essential role of cities and local government. Cities are perpetrators and high emitters, but also victims of climate emergency and usually at the front line of response, with no direct access to climate finance.
At the technical level, comprehensive spatial planning is recognised as a key tool to embed climate action in city management: planning must recognise the scale of change needed to take cities to a zero carbon, pollution free, no waste future. Spatial planning should expand to include nature, recognise the conflict of administrative boundaries and water / nature boundaries and the necessity of cooling and shelters.
To effectively decarbonise transport, strategic planning must account for population growth and the resulting increase in transport demand. Policies should aim to reduce the need for travel by minimizing unnecessary trips and promoting proximity. Prioritising space-efficient systems can reduce congestion, improve affordability, and rebalance urban green spaces. Encouraging active travel (walking and cycling) and public transport helps shorten trips and maximize energy efficiency per passenger-kilometre. Only after these systemic changes should efforts focus on electrification and alternative fuels. This approach ensures technological solutions complement broader systemic shifts.
For many cities, climate finance is a challenge. A hope is that the next round of carbon emission pledges (NDCs) due in the next few months will also include commitments in the built and natural environment of cities and in urban transport. This would encourage national governments to invest in cities to fulfil their pledges. To this end, many professional organisations published template NDCs to facilitate the process. An example is Guide to Integrating Transport into Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) | ITF.
| | Rio Trio
This autumn three COP took place in back-to-back succession: COP16 in Cali (Colombia), COP29 in Baku (Azerbaijan) and COP16 again in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia). These are familiarly known as the Rio Trio. The Rio Trio refers to three pivotal international environmental agreements that were established during the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. These agreements are collectively known as the Rio Conventions, and they address interconnected global environmental challenges. The three conventions are: - Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD): This convention focuses on the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components, and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilisation of genetic resources. CBD convenes every two years and makes decision by majority vote.
- UNFCCC: The UNFCCC aims to stabilise greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. It convenes yearly and proceeds by consensus.
- United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD): This convention aims to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought. It also convenes every two years.
These conventions are intrinsically linked, operating within the same ecosystems and addressing interdependent issues. The original intention was to separate the issues and therefore simplify decision making. However, the overlapping of actions and need for comprehensive and integrated finance means that potentially, in time, these conventions will overlap more and work in more intense partnership.
| | Finance COP
COP29 is known as the Finance COP. Inevitably this was meant to be a very difficult one, especially against the backdrop of conflict in Europe and the Mediterranean, the rise of the populist right in many of the developed countries and the expectation that the new American Presidency will backtrack on agreements taken this year.
The background to the finance controversies is multi-faceted and complex:
At the Earth Summit of 1992, it was recognised that developed countries had the responsibility to support less developed countries. The list includes 24 parties, mainly the countries which were part of the European Union then, Canada, United States, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand.
Countries like China and Saudi Arabia were intended as receivers of funding and bear no obligation. They are now called upon to contribute voluntarily, and they do – but without any obligation nor reporting.
The original budget needed as a climate fund was identified as US$100 billion per year from 2020 – a sum that appeared extraordinary at the time but was reached once in 2022. The EU is the largest contributor to the fund and provided just over US$28 billion in 2023.
The actual expected need, now that climate is more erratic and change more complex and urgent, is likely to be in the trillions of dollars per year. At COP29, the consensus appeared that the target should be US$1.3 trillion per year.
The 24 developed countries made it clear that they cannot possibly provide or mobilise this scale of finance. They also argued that protecting military expenditure (set at 2 percent of GDP for NATO states) has never been more important.
The argument was that private finance needs to be mobilised at scale and developing and middle-income countries have a duty to pass the reforms needed to facilitate a market response wherever possible so that public grants can be reserved for the countries that are most in need.
Eventually the agreement included a commitment by the 24 nations to provide or mobilise through their development banks at least US$300 billion/year by 2035, a tripling of current commitments, while collectively all nations will seek to mobilise a further US$1 trillion: a feat that seems impossible at present.
Was this a failure? Yes and no: yes, because we all know that the longer it takes to act, the higher the bills that mother nature will send us – so saving now is just shifting the problem into the future. And no because at least the parties continue to talk, and the process can be further improved in future. | | Cities and Regions in National Climate Policy: Mainstreaming Local Action into NDCs
By Tjark Gall
NDCs outline each country's national climate policy. These climate action plans are one of the Paris Agreements (PAs) key instruments to detail national efforts 'to keep global average temperature to well below 2 °C [...] and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels.' In 2024, the average global temperature crossed the 1.5 °C barrier for the first time. PA Article 4.2 requires each member country to prepare, communicate, and maintain successive NDCs.' Countries may at any time enhance its level of ambition (Article 4.11) and have to submit new or updated NDCs every five years. The third round, referred to as NDC3.0, is due in 2025.
Cities and regions are critical to implement the PA. As key emitters but also hubs of innovation, cities are arenas of hope to reduce emissions and adapt to more extreme weather events. 'Home to 70% of the world's population and account for 90% of global greenhouse gas emissions [and] authority over energy, transportation, and urban planning, [subnational] governments are critical to systemic change.' Further, cities are most exposed to climate change risks, such as increasing intensity and frequency of floods and heatwaves. On the other hand, cities are a place of innovation to reduce emissions and be better prepared for future climate stress — planning playing a significant role.
Most current NDCs do not yet acknowledge the role of subnational actors. While the Global Stocktake (GST), another component of the PA, emphasised the critical role of subnational entities—such as states, regions, and cities—in achieving climate goals, the second round of NDCs focused only on national action. Acknowledging subnational actors in the NDCs can 1) empower cities to contribute, 2) lead to more subnational climate finance and decentralisation, and 3) enable more integrated multilevel governance to address climate change, ultimately getting us a step closer to fulfilling the PA's goals.
Countries such as Brazil show how it can be done. The host of next year's COP30 committed to accelerating 'territorial and land-use planning to incorporate, digitize, update and facilitate access to the inventory of public and private lands' and established the Commitment to Climate Federalism, building on the CHAMP Initiative, to define 'the climate agenda as a priority for the executive branches in government decisions at each level of government and sets out the commitment for federal entities to develop climate plans, instruments and targets, to be adopted in a continuous, progressive, coordinated and participatory manner with all relevant actors.' Through CHAMP, so far 74 countries pledged 'to enable subnational governments to contribute to further enhancing NDCs [..., include subnational government projects and] strive to help them secure the resources necessary from public and private financial institutions'. We hope to see multilevel governance as central parts in all their NDCs.
What about your country's NDCs? Is it already part of CHAMP? Find out and advocate through the cities you are working with to mainstream local action into national climate policies and join CHAMP. Advancing the decentralisation of climate policy can help further align national and local actions, ensuring that climate initiatives are effective, inclusive, and responsive to community needs. This ultimately leads to more resilient, locally-driven solutions to combat climate change while recognising the role of urban and regional planning. | | Group of Friends on Culture-Based Climate Action: A Platform for Advancing Sustainable Urban Development
By Olga Chepelianskaia
The second Ministerial Dialogue on Culture-Based Climate Action took place at COP29 in Baku, building on the groundwork laid at COP28, which launched the Group of Friends on Culture-Based Climate Action (GFCBCA). This dialogue marked a significant milestone with the formal adoption of the group's Terms of Reference (ToR), setting the stage for its future activities. The room was heavily packed, with ministers and high-level representatives from multiple countries in attendance, underscoring the growing global recognition of culture as a vital component of climate adaptation and mitigation.
The dialogue highlighted the importance of embedding cultural dimensions into climate action, presenting the GFCBCA as a platform to align global climate policies with culturally relevant, locally driven solutions. The presence of key stakeholders reflected the urgency of operationalising this initiative and bringing culture to the forefront of climate resilience discussions.
| | Key Objectives of the GFCBCA
The adopted ToR lay out a strategic framework to advance culture-based climate action, emphasizing the following priorities: - Harnessing Culture for Climate Adaptation and Mitigation: Local and place-based strategies are highlighted as central to achieving climate goals. These strategies aim to incorporate cultural heritage, traditional knowledge, and creative industries into adaptation and mitigation plans, leveraging their potential to enhance resilience and sustainability while preserving identity.
- Knowledge Sharing and Capacity Building: The GFCBCA aims to serve as a hub for exchanging expertise, best practices, and data among its members. It wants to promote the development of evidence-based tools and methodologies to integrate cultural considerations into climate policies across local, national, and international levels.
- Mainstreaming Culture in Climate Policies: By advocating for the inclusion of culture in National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and NDCs, the group aims to ensure cultural dimensions are embedded in climate action frameworks, thereby strengthening both policy relevance and impact.
- Fostering Multidisciplinary Collaboration: The group intends to bridge gaps between sectors such as urban planning, cultural heritage, climate science, and governance, fostering integrated approaches to climate resilience and sustainability.
| | Moving Beyond Heritage: Gaps and Opportunities
While the ToR lay a strong foundation for integrating culture into climate action, the specific pathways for operationalizing these strategies remain to be defined. Discussions at the ministerial dialogue predominantly focused on heritage protection, highlighting the urgency of safeguarding historic sites and intangible cultural assets from climate risks.
However, beyond preservation, there is a pressing need to explore concrete contributions culture can make to adaptation and mitigation efforts. Ideas such as utilising creative industries to deliver powerful climate messages or integrating traditional ecological knowledge into urban planning were mentioned but require further development.
Importantly, the dialogue opened the door for stakeholders to articulate actionable frameworks that go beyond heritage to incorporate culture as a transformative driver of climate resilience.
| | Why Local and Place-Based Approaches Matter in Planning
Local and place-based strategies lie at the heart of the GFCBCA's scope of work, aligning perfectly with the ethos of culturally sensitive urban planning. For planners, these approaches are essential for several reasons: - Preserving and Leveraging Cultural Identity: Cities are cultural landscapes, and planning that integrates local traditions, materials, and practices ensures that development remains authentic and sensitive to its context, fostering both community pride and resilience.
- Enhancing Climate Resilience through Traditional Knowledge: Many traditional practices, such as vernacular architecture or sustainable water management systems, embody principles of resilience that modern planning can adopt and scale.
- Empowering Communities through Participation: Localised strategies prioritise community ownership, ensuring that climate solutions are not only accepted but actively championed by those they serve, leading to greater long-term sustainability.
- Fostering Unique Visual Identity as an Economic Driver: In an increasingly globalised world, cities with unique visual identities stand out as destinations of choice for talented individuals who prioritise quality of life and inspiration over traditional job-driven migration. This uniqueness attracts investments, enhances tourism, and positions cities as hubs of innovation, driving economic opportunities and sustainable growth.
Joining the GFCBCA as a Knowledge Partner is an opportunity for ISOCARP: The ToR highlights the opportunity for various institutions to join the GFCBCA as knowledge partners. For ISOCARP, engaging with the GFCBCA in this capacity would provide a unique opportunity to contribute to shaping the narrative and methodologies of culture-based climate action.
| | Why This Matters for ISOCARP - Advancing ISOCARP's Mission: ISOCARP's commitment to sustainable urban planning aligns with the GFCBCA's goals of embedding cultural dimensions into climate-resilient development. This partnership would allow ISOCARP to lead in advocating for innovative planning approaches that balance cultural preservation with environmental sustainability.
- Expanding Knowledge and Capacity for Planners: Participation offers access to cutting-edge tools, case studies, and collaborations that can inspire planners to adopt culturally sensitive, adaptive frameworks in their work.
- Global Advocacy for Planners' Role: As a knowledge partner, ISOCARP can emphasise the pivotal role of planners in bridging the gap between cultural considerations and climate policy, ensuring that urban development is both resilient and contextually relevant.
| | What ISOCARP Can Contribute - Research and Methodology Development: ISOCARP can contribute by developing actionable frameworks that connect cultural heritage with climate resilience, offering planners practical tools for implementation.
- Showcasing Best Practices: Leveraging its global network, ISOCARP can share case studies and methodologies that demonstrate the successful integration of culture into climate-resilient planning.
- Promoting Collaboration and Capacity Building: By organising workshops, webinars, and publications, ISOCARP can foster multidisciplinary collaboration and strengthen the capacity of planners worldwide to engage with culture-based climate action.
The GFCBCA provides a valuable platform for embedding cultural dimensions into climate adaptation and mitigation. For planners, it represents an opportunity to harness the power of culture to create cities that are not only sustainable and resilient but also vibrant and unique. ISOCARP's engagement in this initiative would underscore its leadership in shaping a future where urban development is a seamless blend of environmental sustainability and cultural identity. | | Urban Youth's Role in the Era of Climate Change
By DongSeok Kim
Cities are at the forefront of addressing climate change, and the climate crisis threatens the growth potential of urban areas. As a member of the generation tasked with planning cities in the age of climate change, I believe young urban planners play a crucial role in addressing the challenges and risks posed by the climate crisis. As the future generation, we must propose solutions for sustainable development and find creative and innovative approaches to minimise the impact of climate change on cities and communities. Early career urban experts hold significant responsibility in designing cities where future generations will live, and they must take a central role in creating sustainable cities that can effectively respond to the climate crisis.
| | Activities at YOUNGO COY19
The 19th UN Climate Change Conference of Youth (COY19) was an event organised by YOUNGO, the official youth constituency of the UNFCCC, held just before COP29. As a representative of Republic of Korea and a young urban planner, I participated and proposed a sustainable urban model based on the Global Youth Statement (GYS). The involvement of youth is essential in addressing climate change, advocating for the inclusion of young people as decision-makers in the urban planning process. Furthermore, creative solutions of youth climate experts must be strongly considered and integrated into mainstream urban planning and policies. ISOCARP is thereby invited to step up its involvement with the global youth engaged in climate action and exploring future opportunities for joint research and collaboration beyond the usual YPP programs.
| | Activities at COP29
I had the unique opportunity to participate as a young urban planner at COP29. This conference served as a global platform for collaboration to address the climate crisis and achieve sustainable urban development. Notably, on Urbanization Day, the MAP was launched, marking an important step forward in addressing climate change in the urban sector. As a young urban planner, I focused on urban planning based on future technologies.
One of the most notable achievements is the impact and possibilities created by Small Modular Reactors (SMR) in urban development. SMR offer significant advantages over traditional nuclear power plants in terms of safety and flexibility in location, allowing them to be constructed anywhere energy is needed. This makes them a realistic solution to address the massive energy demand driven by the rapidly growing AI industry and the energy needs of industrial complexes that are key to national growth. At COP28 and COP29, 31 countries signed a pledge to triple nuclear energy production by 2050. During the nuclear energy discussions at COP29, the focus was on overcoming the regulatory barriers to rapidly deploying SMRs, which are considered the next generation of nuclear power plants.
When developed countries provide financial support to developing countries, these nations can invest part of the funds in urban infrastructure and development for national progress. To achieve national development while responding to climate change, nuclear energy is seen by some as a promising solution. Therefore, there is a need to study urban or industrial complex models that incorporate SMR tailored for developing countries.
Additionally, at COP29, I had the opportunity to engage in in-depth discussions with experts from various countries, exploring practical ways to integrate future technologies for climate change adaptation into urban planning and policies.
Sustainable urban development is becoming one of the key solutions to the climate crisis, and young urban experts play an increasingly important role as the designers of future cities and policy advocates. Urban experts must raise their voices in global climate policies through cross-border solidarity. COP29 provided an essential opportunity to share a common vision and exchange knowledge and experiences from various countries. Building on this experience, I am committed to ensuring that the urban youth lead the change for sustainable cities through global solidarity, acting as a bridge to create a better future in responding to the climate crisis. | | Sustainable Urbanisation and Health
By Seokho Hong
At COP29, held in Azerbaijan, representatives of many countries and NGOs gathered to talk about climate change. The main purpose of this meeting was to raise climate funds, including climate action, but many meetings addressed implications for urban planning.
Cities are places where people live and where various factors such as industries, cultures, and health come together. At this COP, many high-level meetings and pavilion events emphasized the need for holistic approaches to climate change, urbanization, and other fields. For example, the event 'Building Resilience to Heat Extremes in Urban setting' mentioned that urbanisation and climate change contribute to increasing levels of extreme heat and infectious diseases. Resulting health problems such as various heatstrokes, cardiovascular disease, malaria, and dengue fever are becoming more serious.
The main challenges ahead for urban areas is strengthening climate resilience and healthy urban design to address public health issues and improve health. Green spaces, including trees, parks, urban gardens, and urban forests, and integrated health infrastructures and infectious disease monitoring systems are urgently needed. Some key elements discussed are the following: - First, the establishment of green infrastructure is important within the city, but space in the city centre is limited and artificial intervention in ecosystem composition can have a lot of impact, so it is considered a desirable direction to plan green areas and urban forests to be naturally integrated into citizens' living spaces and mobile lines during the development process rather than creating new sites.
- Second, it is necessary to expand the prediction of infectious diseases using public data and AI, collect data through smart health centres, and manage vulnerable areas. It is necessary to not stop at data collection, but to plan urban interventions such as cooling design, water quality, and disease response.
- Third, health facilities such as hospitals also need to increase energy efficiency by using renewable energy from their own facilities and improve their functioning during more extreme weather conditions, for example, by using AI to manage appropriate temperature and humidity.
Urban areas are where most people live together for most of their lives, and the direction of this space will define sustainable development. Of course, there is a big problem with climate funding at the moment, but even with just the available funds, more countries, organisations, and citizens have the opportunity to act and work together to think, study, and change our city across fields and methods.
| | Other Climate News: Authors selected for IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities
The arguably most interesting IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities is currently underway and will shape the next decade of urban climate science and practice. We congratulate the selected Coordinating Lead Authors for Chapter 1 (Cities in the context of climate change: framing of the report), Sophie Szopa (Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement), Aromar Revi (Indian Institute for Human Settlements), and Shuaib Lwasa (Erasmus University Rotterdam), for Chapter 2 (Cities in a changing climate: trends, challenges and opportunities), Gian Carlo Delgado Ramos (National Autonomous University of Mexico), Shobhakar Dhakal (Asian Institute of Technology), and Peter Thorne (Maynooth University), for Chapter 3 (Actions and solutions to reduce urban risks and emissions), Victoria Novikova (Gulf Organisation for Research and Development) and Matthias Garschagen (Ludwig-Maximillians-University Munich), and for Chapter 4 (How to facilitate and accelerate change), Xuemei Bai (Australian National University) and Jose Antonio Puppim de Oliveira (Fundação Getulio Vargas), as well as all other lead authors and review editors. The full list is available here. If you are one of the authors or work with any, please reach out to them and provide all possible support for the report to provide actionable climate resilience planning guidance to city leaders and planning practitioners. Opportunities to provide inputs and review through ISOCARP will be shared whenever available.
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