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1. Publisher Correction: Towards a public policy of cities and human settlements in the 21st century

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Creutzig, Felix, Becker, Sophia, Berrill, Peter, Bongs, Constanze, Bussler, Alexandra, Cave, Ben, M. Constantino, Sara, Grant, Marcus, Heeren, Niko, Heinen, Eva, Hintz, Marie Josefine, Ingen-Housz, Timothee, Johnson, Eric, Kolleck, Nina, Liotta, Charlotte, Lorek, Sylvia, Mattioli, Giulio, Niamir, Leila, McPhearson, Timon, Milojevic-Dupont, Nikola, Nachtigall, Florian, Nagel, Kai, Närger, Henriette, Pathak, Minal, Perrin de Brichambaut, Paola, Reckien, Diana, Reisch, Lucia A., Revi, Aromar, Schuppert, Fabian, Sudmant, Andrew, Wagner, Felix, Walkenhorst, Janina, Weber, Elke, Wilmes, Michael, Wilson, Charlie, and Zekar, Aicha

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2024
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2. Towards a public policy of cities and human settlements in the 21st century

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Creutzig, Felix, Becker, Sophia, Berrill, Peter, Bongs, Constanze, Bussler, Alexandra, Cave, Ben, M. Constantino, Sara, Grant, Marcus, Heeren, Niko, Heinen, Eva, Hintz, Marie Josefine, Ingen-Housz, Timothee, Johnson, Eric, Kolleck, Nina, Liotta, Charlotte, Lorek, Sylvia, Mattioli, Giulio, Niamir, Leila, McPhearson, Timon, Milojevic-Dupont, Nikola, Nachtigall, Florian, Nagel, Kai, Närger, Henriette, Pathak, Minal, Perrin de Brichambaut, Paola, Reckien, Diana, Reisch, Lucia A., Revi, Aromar, Schuppert, Fabian, Sudmant, Andrew, Wagner, Felix, Walkenhorst, Janina, Weber, Elke, Wilmes, Michael, Wilson, Charlie, and Zekar, Aicha

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2024
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3. Quality of urban climate adaptation plans over time

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Reckien, Diana, Buzasi, Attila, Olazabal, Marta, Spyridaki, Niki-Artemis, Eckersley, Peter, Simoes, Sofia G., Salvia, Monica, Pietrapertosa, Filomena, Fokaides, Paris, Goonesekera, Sascha M., Tardieu, Léa, Balzan, Mario V., de Boer, Cheryl L., De Gregorio Hurtado, Sonia, Feliu, Efrén, Flamos, Alexandros, Foley, Aoife, Geneletti, Davide, Grafakos, Stelios, Heidrich, Oliver, Ioannou, Byron, Krook-Riekkola, Anna, Matosovic, Marko, Orru, Hans, Orru, Kati, Paspaldzhiev, Ivan, Rižnar, Klavdija, Smigaj, Magdalena, Szalmáné Csete, Maria, Viguié, Vincent, and Wejs, Anja

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2023
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4. A global assessment of policy tools to support climate adaptation

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Ulibarri, Nicola, Ajibade, Idowu, Galappaththi, Eranga K, Joe, Elphin Tom, Lesnikowski, Alexandra, Mach, Katharine J, Musah-Surugu, Justice Issah, Alverio, Gabriela Nagle, Segnon, Alcade C, Siders, AR, Sotnik, Garry, Campbell, Donovan, Chalastani, Vasiliki I, Jagannathan, Kripa, Khavhagali, Vhalinavho, Reckien, Diana, Shang, Yuanyuan, Singh, Chandni, Zommers, Zinta, and Team, The Global Adaptation Mapping Initiative

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Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation, Environmental Sciences, Climate Action, Climate change adaptation, policy instruments, systematic review, Global Adaptation Mapping Initiative, transformational adaptation, equity, Applied Economics, Policy and Administration, Law, Climate change science, Climate change impacts and adaptation, Policy and administration
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Governments, businesses, and civil society organizations have diverse policy tools to incentivize adaptation. Policy tools can shape the type and extent of adaptation, and therefore, function either as barriers or enablers for reducing risk and vulnerability. Using data from a systematic review of academic literature on global adaptation responses to climate change (n = 1549 peer-reviewed articles), we categorize the types of policy tools used to shape climate adaptation. We apply qualitative and quantitative analyses to assess the contexts where particular tools are used, along with equity implications for groups targeted by the tools, and the tools’ relationships with transformational adaptation indicators such as the depth, scope, and speed of adaptation. We find diverse types of tools documented across sectors and geographic regions. We also identify a mismatch between the tools that consider equity and those that yield more transformational adaptations. Direct regulations, plans, and capacity building are associated with higher depth and scope of adaptation (thus transformational adaptation), while economic instruments, information provisioning, and networks are not; the latter tools, however, are more likely to target marginalized groups in their design and implementation. We identify multiple research gaps, including a need to assess instrument mixes rather than single tools and to assess adaptations that result from policy implementation. Key policy insights Information-based approaches, networks, and economic instruments are the most frequently documented adaptation policy tools worldwide. Direct regulations, plans, and capacity building are associated with higher depth and scope of adaptation, and thus more transformational adaptation. Capacity building, economic instruments, networks, and information provisioning approaches are more likely to target specific marginalized groups and thus equity challenges. There are many regions and sectors where certain tools are not widely documented (e.g. regulations and plans in Africa and Asia), representing a key research gap.

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2022

5. A systematic global stocktake of evidence on human adaptation to climate change

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Berrang-Ford, Lea, Siders, AR, Lesnikowski, Alexandra, Fischer, Alexandra Paige, Callaghan, Max W, Haddaway, Neal R, Mach, Katharine J, Araos, Malcolm, Shah, Mohammad Aminur Rahman, Wannewitz, Mia, Doshi, Deepal, Leiter, Timo, Matavel, Custodio, Musah-Surugu, Justice Issah, Wong-Parodi, Gabrielle, Antwi-Agyei, Philip, Ajibade, Idowu, Chauhan, Neha, Kakenmaster, William, Grady, Caitlin, Chalastani, Vasiliki I, Jagannathan, Kripa, Galappaththi, Eranga K, Sitati, Asha, Scarpa, Giulia, Totin, Edmond, Davis, Katy, Hamilton, Nikita Charles, Kirchhoff, Christine J, Kumar, Praveen, Pentz, Brian, Simpson, Nicholas P, Theokritoff, Emily, Deryng, Delphine, Reckien, Diana, Zavaleta-Cortijo, Carol, Ulibarri, Nicola, Segnon, Alcade C, Khavhagali, Vhalinavho, Shang, Yuanyuan, Zvobgo, Luckson, Zommers, Zinta, Xu, Jiren, Williams, Portia Adade, Canosa, Ivan Villaverde, van Maanen, Nicole, van Bavel, Bianca, van Aalst, Maarten, Turek-Hankins, Lynée L, Trivedi, Hasti, Trisos, Christopher H, Thomas, Adelle, Thakur, Shinny, Templeman, Sienna, Stringer, Lindsay C, Sotnik, Garry, Sjostrom, Kathryn Dana, Singh, Chandni, Siña, Mariella Z, Shukla, Roopam, Sardans, Jordi, Salubi, Eunice A, Safaee Chalkasra, Lolita Shaila, Ruiz-Díaz, Raquel, Richards, Carys, Pokharel, Pratik, Petzold, Jan, Penuelas, Josep, Pelaez Avila, Julia, Murillo, Julia B Pazmino, Ouni, Souha, Niemann, Jennifer, Nielsen, Miriam, New, Mark, Nayna Schwerdtle, Patricia, Nagle Alverio, Gabriela, Mullin, Cristina A, Mullenite, Joshua, Mosurska, Anuszka, Morecroft, Mike D, Minx, Jan C, Maskell, Gina, Nunbogu, Abraham Marshall, Magnan, Alexandre K, Lwasa, Shuaib, Lukas-Sithole, Megan, Lissner, Tabea, Lilford, Oliver, Koller, Steven F, Jurjonas, Matthew, Joe, Elphin Tom, Huynh, Lam TM, Hill, Avery, Hernandez, Rebecca R, Hegde, Greeshma, Hawxwell, Tom, Harper, Sherilee, Harden, Alexandra, Haasnoot, Marjolijn, and Gilmore, Elisabeth A

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Climate Action, Atmospheric Sciences, Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience, Environmental Science and Management
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Assessing global progress on human adaptation to climate change is an urgent priority. Although the literature on adaptation to climate change is rapidly expanding, little is known about the actual extent of implementation. We systematically screened >48,000 articles using machine learning methods and a global network of 126 researchers. Our synthesis of the resulting 1,682 articles presents a systematic and comprehensive global stocktake of implemented human adaptation to climate change. Documented adaptations were largely fragmented, local and incremental, with limited evidence of transformational adaptation and negligible evidence of risk reduction outcomes. We identify eight priorities for global adaptation research: assess the effectiveness of adaptation responses, enhance the understanding of limits to adaptation, enable individuals and civil society to adapt, include missing places, scholars and scholarship, understand private sector responses, improve methods for synthesizing different forms of evidence, assess the adaptation at different temperature thresholds, and improve the inclusion of timescale and the dynamics of responses.

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2021

7. Understanding the climate change adaptation policy landscape in South Africa

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Khavhagali, Vhalinavho, Reckien, Diana, Biesbroek, Robbert, Mantlana, Brian, Pfeffer, Karin, Khavhagali, Vhalinavho, Reckien, Diana, Biesbroek, Robbert, Mantlana, Brian, and Pfeffer, Karin

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Climate change is a key socioeconomic and environmental concern in South Africa. The South African government introduced several climate change initiatives to address the impacts of climate change, resulting in the proliferation of climate adaptation policies across spheres of government. This paper studies different climate change adaptation policies and climate policy paradigms (CPP) to understand the adaptation landscape; it explains and compares the changes in CPP in South Africa over time. We mapped 40 policy documents from 2004 to 2022, which shows 12 national policies, 12 provincial (sub-national) policy documents and 14 metropolitan city policy documents. We then used 12 national policy documents to illustrate and understand the CPP. The research shows that different stakeholders have shaped climate change adaptation policy, both private and public firms advised on climate change policy and there are a number of different funding partners supporting the adaptation policy like GEF, C40 and GIZ. The changing policy environment has introduced new frameworks, objectives and processes. Therefore, more efforts will be needed going forward to guide adaptation policy across national, provincial and local governments. We find that several CPPs have emerged, that is different paradigms encompassing a range of policy goals, framings and instruments. The present National CC Adaptation Strategy (NCCAS) mandates adaptation across all levels of government and allows all important stakeholders to address climate change consequences. This NCCAS increases the number and ambition of adaptation policy, encourages integrated approaches, policy coherence and clear direction on how to handle climate risks and impacts in varied South Africa and its global commitment. Changes in policy paradigm enable the use of new policy instruments, including funding and budget mechanisms. Finally, climate adaptation policy has become more ambitious and stringent, requiring all levels of governme

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2024

8. Climate mitigation in the Mediterranean Europe: An assessment of regional and city-level plans

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Salvia, Monica, Olazabal, Marta, Fokaides, Paris A., Tardieu, Léa, Simoes, Sofia G., Geneletti, Davide, De Gregorio Hurtado, Sonia, Viguié, Vincent, Spyridaki, Niki-Artemis, Pietrapertosa, Filomena, Ioannou, Byron I., Matosović, Marko, Flamos, Alexandros, Balzan, Mario V., Feliu, Efren, Rižnar, Klavdija, Šel, Nataša Belšak, Heidrich, Oliver, and Reckien, Diana

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2021
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10. 3D City Digital Twin Simulation to Mitigate Heat Risk of Urban Heat Islands.

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Sukma, Aulia Imania, Koeva, Mila N., Reckien, Diana, Bockarjova, Marija, da Silva Mano, Andre, Canili, Giulia, Vicentini, Giovanni, and Kerle, Norman

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URBAN heat islands, DIGITAL twins, DIGITAL computer simulation, SOIL crusting, URBAN planning
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Consecutive high-temperature days, a phenomenon known as heatwaves, are becoming more frequent and intense due to anthro- pogenic climate change. Padua City, characterized by significant urban soil sealing, is particularly vulnerable to these changes and the exacerbation of Urban Heat Island effects. This study integrates Urban Digital Twin technology and Internet of Things concepts within a three-dimensional modelling environment to develop a Nature-Based Solutions scenario simulation tool. This tool is designed to address climate-manmade problems in Padua City. Using sensor-derived air temperature and relative humidity data, our approach provides detailed micro-climate information to identify heat-prone areas in Padua City. According to this in- formation, the first pilot project test of scenario development was selected to assess how best to achieve a cooling effect through the use of green-blue infrastructure in order to combat the heat hazard in Padua City. Furthermore, this study addresses the urgency of developing Nature-Based Solutions in Padua City's planning to reduce the heat effect during heatwaves. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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13. Innovative Geo-Information Tools for Governance

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Georgiadou, Yola and Reckien, Diana

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In current times, highly complex and urgent policy problems—e.g., climate change, rapid urbanization, equitable access to key services, land rights, and massive human resettlement—challenge citizens, NGOs, private corporations, and governments at all levels. These policy problems, often called ‘wicked’, involve multiple causal factors, anticipated and unanticipated effects, as well as high levels of disagreement among stakeholders about the nature of the problem and the appropriateness of solutions. Given the wickedness of such policy problems, interdisciplinary and longitudinal research is required, integrating and harnessing the diverse skills and knowledge of urban planners, anthropologists, geographers, geo-information scientists, economists, and others. This Special Issue promotes innovative concepts, methods, and tools, as well as the role of geo-information, to help (1) analyze alternative policy solutions, (2) facilitate stakeholder dialogue, and (3) explore possibilities for tackling wicked problems related to climate change, rapid urbanization, equitable access to key services (such as water and health), land rights, and human resettlements in high-, middle-, and low-income countries in the North and South. Such integrative approaches can deepen our understanding of how different levels of government and governance reach consensus, despite diverging beliefs and preferences. Due to the particularly complex spatiotemporal characteristics of wicked policy problems, innovative concepts, alternative methods, and new geo-information tools play a significant role.

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2019

14. Cross-Chapter Box PROGRESS : Approaches and Challenges to Assess Adaptation Progress at the Global Level

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Garschagen, M., Leiter, T., Biesbroek, G.R., Magnan, A.K., Reckien, Diana, New, M., Berrang-Ford, L., Cheong, S.M., Schipper, L., Lempert, R., Garschagen, M., Leiter, T., Biesbroek, G.R., Magnan, A.K., Reckien, Diana, New, M., Berrang-Ford, L., Cheong, S.M., Schipper, L., and Lempert, R.

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Contribution of Working Group II to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

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2023

16. Are 'Smart Cities' also 'Climate Smart'? An Assessment of the EU Mission 'Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities'

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Salvia, Monica, Pietrapertosa, Filomena, Maestosi, Paola Clerici, Simoes, Sofia, and Reckien, Diana

Subjects
Climate change mitigation, Climate neutrality, Smart cities, Local mitigation planning
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Urbanization and the concentration of energy-consuming economic activities make cities responsible for more than 70% of global greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, cities are becoming increasingly vulnerable to climate change impacts. The EU Mission “Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities”, recently launched a call for starting a pathway towards “100 climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030”. The list of 336 candidate cities (86% from the EU-27 and 14% from associated or negotiating countries) was published in February 2022. The cities constitute a very large and diverse sample that was used to conduct this timely research to identify the main factors that can drive and support a smart and sustainable transition of urban areas. A critical analysis of the main achievements in five main driving factors (local climate planning, climate emergency declaration, participation in networks, international projects and competitions) provides insights on the main factors driving cities towards climate smart actions. Results show that 76% of the cities have a local climate, in 82% of cases developed under the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, which involves about 75% of the candidate cities. URBACT is the most popular funding programme, with 23% of cities involved in at least one funded project. The five selected driving factors seem to capture fairly well the level of "activism" of the sample cities in pursuing smart and climate-related projects and initiatives (15 of the 16 cities that have initiatives and activities in their background that fall into all five sets of the Venn diagram are among the 112 cities selected in this first phase of Mission 100 CNSC). 90% of the sample cities are part of at least one Transnational Municipal Network, which is the most important influencing factor, among the five analysed, for cities applying for this Mission. The original results of this timely study can be useful to decision-makers at all levels, but especially to other cities, to enhance knowledge on steps to be taken to accelerate the transition to carbon neutrality. Moreover, the rich dataset made available by this research represents an important knowledge base not only for future monitoring of the selected cities' progress during the implementation phases, but also for the desired replication effects in other urban areas. N/A

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2022

19. Climate change 2022: impacts, adaptation and vulnerability

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Pörtner, Hans O., Roberts, Debra C., Adams, Helen, Adler, Carolina, Aldunce, Paulina, Ali, Elham, Ara Begum, Rawshan, Betts, Richard, Bezner Kerr, Rachel, Biesbroek, Robbert, Birkmann, Joern, Bowen, Kathryn, Castellanos, Edwin, Cissé, Gueladio, Constable, Andrew, Cramer, Wolfgang, Dodman, David, Eriksen, Siri H., Fischlin, Andreas, Garschagen, Matthias, Glavovic, Bruce, Gilmore, Elisabeth, Haasnoot, Marjolijn, Harper, Sherilee, Hasegawa, Toshihiro, Hayward, Bronwyn, Hirabayashi, Yukiko, Howden, Mark, Kalaba, Kanungwe, Kiessling, Wolfgang, Lasco, Rodel, Lawrence, Judy, Lemos, Maria Fernanda, Lempert, Robert, Ley, Debora, Lissner, Tabea, Lluch-Cota, Salvador, Loeschke, Sina, Lucatello, Simone, Luo, Yong, Mackey, Brndan, Maharaj, Shobha, Mendez, Carlos, Mintenbeck, Katja, Moncassim Vale, Mariana, Morecroft, Mike D., Mukherji, Aditi, Mycoo, Michelle, Mustonen, Tero, Nalau, Johanna, Okem, Adrew, Ometto, Jean Pierre, Parmesan, Camille, Pelling, Mark, Pinho, Patricia, Poloczanska, Elvira, Racault, Marie-Fanny, Reckien, Diana, Pereira, Joy, Revi, Aromar, Rose, Steven, Sanchez-Rodriguez, Roberto, Schipper, E.L.F., Schmidt, Daniela, Schoeman, Davis, Shaw, Rajib, Singh, Chandni, Solecki, William, Stringer, Lindsay, Thomas, Adella, Totin, Edmond, Trisos, Christopher, Viner, David, van Aalst, Maarten, Wairiu, Morgan, Warren, Rachel, Yanda, Pius, Zaiton Ibrahim, Zelina, Pörtner, Hans O., Roberts, Debra C., Adams, Helen, Adler, Carolina, Aldunce, Paulina, Ali, Elham, Ara Begum, Rawshan, Betts, Richard, Bezner Kerr, Rachel, Biesbroek, Robbert, Birkmann, Joern, Bowen, Kathryn, Castellanos, Edwin, Cissé, Gueladio, Constable, Andrew, Cramer, Wolfgang, Dodman, David, Eriksen, Siri H., Fischlin, Andreas, Garschagen, Matthias, Glavovic, Bruce, Gilmore, Elisabeth, Haasnoot, Marjolijn, Harper, Sherilee, Hasegawa, Toshihiro, Hayward, Bronwyn, Hirabayashi, Yukiko, Howden, Mark, Kalaba, Kanungwe, Kiessling, Wolfgang, Lasco, Rodel, Lawrence, Judy, Lemos, Maria Fernanda, Lempert, Robert, Ley, Debora, Lissner, Tabea, Lluch-Cota, Salvador, Loeschke, Sina, Lucatello, Simone, Luo, Yong, Mackey, Brndan, Maharaj, Shobha, Mendez, Carlos, Mintenbeck, Katja, Moncassim Vale, Mariana, Morecroft, Mike D., Mukherji, Aditi, Mycoo, Michelle, Mustonen, Tero, Nalau, Johanna, Okem, Adrew, Ometto, Jean Pierre, Parmesan, Camille, Pelling, Mark, Pinho, Patricia, Poloczanska, Elvira, Racault, Marie-Fanny, Reckien, Diana, Pereira, Joy, Revi, Aromar, Rose, Steven, Sanchez-Rodriguez, Roberto, Schipper, E.L.F., Schmidt, Daniela, Schoeman, Davis, Shaw, Rajib, Singh, Chandni, Solecki, William, Stringer, Lindsay, Thomas, Adella, Totin, Edmond, Trisos, Christopher, Viner, David, van Aalst, Maarten, Wairiu, Morgan, Warren, Rachel, Yanda, Pius, and Zaiton Ibrahim, Zelina

Abstract

The Working Group II contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report assesses the impacts of climate change, looking at ecosystems, biodiversity, and human communities at global and regional levels. It also reviews vulnerabilities and the capacities and limits of the natural world and human societies to adapt to climate change.

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2022

20. Technical Summary

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Pörtner, Hans-Otto, Roberts, D.C., Adams, H., Adelekan, I., Adler, C., Adrian, R., Aldunce, Paulina, Ali, Elham, Ara Begum, R., Bednar-Friedl, B., Kerr, Rachel Bezner, Biesbroek, G.R., Birkmann, J., Bowen, K., Caretta, M.A., Carnicer, Jofre, Castellanos, Edwin, Cheong, T.S., Chow, W., Cissé, Guéladio, Clayton, S., Constable, A., Cooley, S.R., Costello, M.J., Craig, M., Cramer, W., Dawson, R., Dodman, D., Efitre, J., Garschagen, M., Gilmore, E.A., Glavovic, B.C., Gutzler, D., Haasnoot, M., Harper, S., Hasegawa, T., Hayward, B., Hicke, J.A., Hirabayashi, Y., Huang, C., Kalaba, K., Kiessling, W., Kitoh, A., Lasco, R., Lawrence, J., Lemos, M.F., Lempert, R., Lennard, C., Ley, D., Lissner, T., Liu, Q., Liwenga, E., Lluch-Cota, Salvador, Löschke, S., Lucatello, S., Luo, Y., Mackey, B., Mintenbeck, Katja, Mirzabaev, A., Möller, V., Moncassim Vale, Mariana, Morecroft, M.D., Mortsch, L., Mukherji, A., Mustonen, Tero, Mycoo, Michelle, Nalau, J., New, M., Okem, A., Ometto, J.P., O'Neill, B., Pandey, R., Parmesan, Camille, Pelling, Mark, Pinho, P.F., Pinnegar, J., Poloczanska, E.S., Prakash, A., Preston, B., Racault, Marie-Fanny, Reckien, Diana, Revi, A., Rose, S.K., Schipper, E.L.F., Schmidt, D.N., Schoeman, D., Shaw, R., Simpson, N.P., Singh, C., Solecki, W., Stringer, L., Totin, E., Trisos, C.H., Trisurat, Y., van Aalst, M., Viner, D., Wairiu, Morgan, Warren, R., Wester, P., Wrathall, David, Zaiton Ibrahim, Zelina, Pörtner, Hans-Otto, Roberts, D.C., Adams, H., Adelekan, I., Adler, C., Adrian, R., Aldunce, Paulina, Ali, Elham, Ara Begum, R., Bednar-Friedl, B., Kerr, Rachel Bezner, Biesbroek, G.R., Birkmann, J., Bowen, K., Caretta, M.A., Carnicer, Jofre, Castellanos, Edwin, Cheong, T.S., Chow, W., Cissé, Guéladio, Clayton, S., Constable, A., Cooley, S.R., Costello, M.J., Craig, M., Cramer, W., Dawson, R., Dodman, D., Efitre, J., Garschagen, M., Gilmore, E.A., Glavovic, B.C., Gutzler, D., Haasnoot, M., Harper, S., Hasegawa, T., Hayward, B., Hicke, J.A., Hirabayashi, Y., Huang, C., Kalaba, K., Kiessling, W., Kitoh, A., Lasco, R., Lawrence, J., Lemos, M.F., Lempert, R., Lennard, C., Ley, D., Lissner, T., Liu, Q., Liwenga, E., Lluch-Cota, Salvador, Löschke, S., Lucatello, S., Luo, Y., Mackey, B., Mintenbeck, Katja, Mirzabaev, A., Möller, V., Moncassim Vale, Mariana, Morecroft, M.D., Mortsch, L., Mukherji, A., Mustonen, Tero, Mycoo, Michelle, Nalau, J., New, M., Okem, A., Ometto, J.P., O'Neill, B., Pandey, R., Parmesan, Camille, Pelling, Mark, Pinho, P.F., Pinnegar, J., Poloczanska, E.S., Prakash, A., Preston, B., Racault, Marie-Fanny, Reckien, Diana, Revi, A., Rose, S.K., Schipper, E.L.F., Schmidt, D.N., Schoeman, D., Shaw, R., Simpson, N.P., Singh, C., Solecki, W., Stringer, L., Totin, E., Trisos, C.H., Trisurat, Y., van Aalst, M., Viner, D., Wairiu, Morgan, Warren, R., Wester, P., Wrathall, David, and Zaiton Ibrahim, Zelina

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2022

21. Cross-Chapter Box COVID: COVID-19. : Observed Impacts of Climate Change on Health, Well-Being, Migration and Conflict

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van Aalst, M., Cissé, Guéladio, Ayanlade, A., Berrang-Ford, L., Kerr, Rachel Bezner, Biesbroek, G.R., Bowen, Kathryn, Caretta, M.A., Cheong, S.M., Chow, W., Costello, M.J., Ebi, Kristie, Gilmore, Elisabeth, Glavovic, Bruce, Leal, W., Langsdorf, S., Gunn, Elena Lopez, Morgan, R., Mukherji, A., Parmesan, Camille, Pelling, Mark, Poloczanska, Elvira, Racault, Marie-Fanny, Reckien, Diana, Semenza, J.C., Singh, P.K., Strutz, S.E., Tirado von der Pahlen, M.C., Schuster-wallace, Corinne J., Woodward, A., Zommers, Zinta, van Aalst, M., Cissé, Guéladio, Ayanlade, A., Berrang-Ford, L., Kerr, Rachel Bezner, Biesbroek, G.R., Bowen, Kathryn, Caretta, M.A., Cheong, S.M., Chow, W., Costello, M.J., Ebi, Kristie, Gilmore, Elisabeth, Glavovic, Bruce, Leal, W., Langsdorf, S., Gunn, Elena Lopez, Morgan, R., Mukherji, A., Parmesan, Camille, Pelling, Mark, Poloczanska, Elvira, Racault, Marie-Fanny, Reckien, Diana, Semenza, J.C., Singh, P.K., Strutz, S.E., Tirado von der Pahlen, M.C., Schuster-wallace, Corinne J., Woodward, A., and Zommers, Zinta

Published
2022

22. Chapter 17: Decision Making Options for Managing Risk

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New, Mark, Reckien, Diana, Viner, David, Adler, Carolina, Cheong, So-Min, Conde, Cecilia, Constable, Andrew John, Coughlan de Perez, Erin, Lammel, Annamaria, Mechler, Reinhard, Orlove, Ben, Solecki, William, Weikmans, Romain, New, Mark, Reckien, Diana, Viner, David, Adler, Carolina, Cheong, So-Min, Conde, Cecilia, Constable, Andrew John, Coughlan de Perez, Erin, Lammel, Annamaria, Mechler, Reinhard, Orlove, Ben, Solecki, William, and Weikmans, Romain

Abstract

0, iiTSE, info:eu-repo/semantics/published

Published
2022

23. HABITABLE Study Area Report

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Keeton, Rachel Elizabeth, Reckien, Diana, Abu, Mumuni, Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Geo-Information Management, UT-I-ITC-PLUS, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, and Digital Society Institute

Subjects
ITC-GOLD
Abstract

Akatsi North District, Ghana was selected as a study site for the HABITABLE project based on a number of selection criteria assembled by the project consortium. This report is intended to give project partners a brief overview of the most salient climate change and migration issues currently characterizing the wider context of Ghana, as well as the most urgent issues within Akatsi North District. Both Ghana and Akatsi North are facing a number of changing environmental dynamics and climate change-related threats. In Akatsi North District, those changes may contribute to increased migration rates. While employment, education and family reunions have been previously reported as the main drivers of migration throughout Ghana, one aim of HABITABLE and Work Package 2 in particular, is to further examine local perceptions of migration drivers and add to the body of knowledge in this area. This report aims to take a step in that direction by bringing together and summarizing a number of relevant issues as background information for project partners. The report concludes that due to its ongoing and observable environmental changes as well as increasing migration rates, Akatsi North is a relevant and appropriate study site for the HABITABLE project.

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2022

24. One Earth

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Araos, Malcolm, Jagannathan, Kripa, Shukla, Roopam, Ajibade, Idowu, Coughlan de Perez, Erin, Davis, Katy, Ford, James D., Galappaththi, Eranga K., Grady, Caitlin, Hudson, A. J., Joe, Elphin Tom, Kirchhoff, Christine J., Lesnikowski, Alexandra, Alverio, Gabriela Nagle, Nielsen, Miriam, Orlove, Ben, Pentz, Brian, Reckien, Diana, Siders, A. R., Ulibarri, Nicola, van Aalst, Maarten K., Abu, Thelma Zulfawu, Agrawal, Tanvi, Berrang-Ford, Lea, Kerr, Rachel Bezner, Coggins, Shaugn, Garschagen, Matthias, Harden, Alexandra, Mach, Katharine J., Nunbogu, Abraham Marshall, Spandan, Pandey, Templeman, Sienna, and Turek-Hankins, Lynee L.

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IMPACT, AGENCY, CITIES, Environmental Studies, CLIMATE-CHANGE ADAPTATION, Environmental Sciences & Ecology, MITIGATION, SOCIAL VULNERABILITY, TRACKING, JUSTICE, PEOPLE, Green & Sustainable Science & Technology, COMMUNITIES, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Environmental Sciences
Abstract

Growing evidence suggests that climate adaptation responses that do not incorporate equity considerations may worsen inequality and increase vulnerability. Using data from a systematic review of peer-reviewed empirical research on adaptation responses to climate change (n = 1,682), we present an assessment of how social equity is considered in adaptation across regions, sectors, and social groups. Roughly 60% of peer-reviewed literature on adaptation responses considers social equity by reporting on which marginalized groups were involved in planning or implementation. Articles on responses in Africa and Asia and those focusing on poverty reduction most frequently considered social equity. Equity was less likely to be considered in adaptation responses in Europe, Australasia, and North America, as well as in literature focused on cities. Income-based inequity was more frequently considered than gender, age, or Indigenous status. Ethnic and racial minorities, migrants, and people with disabilities were rarely considered. Attention to the levels and forms in which equity is integrated into adaptation research and practice is needed to ensure just adaptation. Published version

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2021

25. Equity in human adaptation-related responses: A systematic global review

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Araos, Malcolm, primary, Jagannathan, Kripa, additional, Shukla, Roopam, additional, Ajibade, Idowu, additional, Coughlan de Perez, Erin, additional, Davis, Katy, additional, Ford, James D., additional, Galappaththi, Eranga K., additional, Grady, Caitlin, additional, Hudson, A.J., additional, Joe, Elphin Tom, additional, Kirchhoff, Christine J., additional, Lesnikowski, Alexandra, additional, Alverio, Gabriela Nagle, additional, Nielsen, Miriam, additional, Orlove, Ben, additional, Pentz, Brian, additional, Reckien, Diana, additional, Siders, A.R., additional, Ulibarri, Nicola, additional, van Aalst, Maarten, additional, Abu, Thelma Zulfawu, additional, Agrawal, Tanvi, additional, Berrang-Ford, Lea, additional, Kerr, Rachel Bezner, additional, Coggins, Shaugn, additional, Garschagen, Matthias, additional, Harden, Alexandra, additional, Mach, Katharine J., additional, Nunbogu, Abraham Marshall, additional, Spandan, Pandey, additional, Templeman, Sienna, additional, and Turek-Hankins, Lynée L., additional

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2021
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26. Will climate mitigation ambitions lead to carbon neutrality? : An analysis of the local-level plans of 327 cities in the EU

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Salvia, Monica, Reckien, Diana, Pietrapertosa, Filomena, Eckersley, Peter, Spyridaki, Niki-Artemis, Krook-Riekkola, Anna, Olazabal, Marta, Hurtado, Sonia De Gregorio, Simoes, Sofia G., Geneletti, Davide, Viguie, Vincent, Fokaides, Paris A., Ioannou, Byron I., Flamos, Alexandros, Csete, Maria Szalmane, Buzasi, Attila, Orru, Hans, de Boer, Cheryl, Foley, Aoife, Riznar, Klavdija, Matosovic, Marko, Balzan, Mario V., Smigaj, Magdalena, Bastakova, Viera, Streberova, Eva, Sel, Natasa Belsak, Coste, Lana, Tardieu, Lea, Altenburg, Corinna, Lorencova, Eliska Krkoska, Orru, Kati, Wejs, Anja, Feliu, Efren, Church, Jon Marco, Grafakos, Stelios, Vasilie, Sergiu, Paspaldzhiev, Ivan, Heidrich, Oliver, Salvia, Monica, Reckien, Diana, Pietrapertosa, Filomena, Eckersley, Peter, Spyridaki, Niki-Artemis, Krook-Riekkola, Anna, Olazabal, Marta, Hurtado, Sonia De Gregorio, Simoes, Sofia G., Geneletti, Davide, Viguie, Vincent, Fokaides, Paris A., Ioannou, Byron I., Flamos, Alexandros, Csete, Maria Szalmane, Buzasi, Attila, Orru, Hans, de Boer, Cheryl, Foley, Aoife, Riznar, Klavdija, Matosovic, Marko, Balzan, Mario V., Smigaj, Magdalena, Bastakova, Viera, Streberova, Eva, Sel, Natasa Belsak, Coste, Lana, Tardieu, Lea, Altenburg, Corinna, Lorencova, Eliska Krkoska, Orru, Kati, Wejs, Anja, Feliu, Efren, Church, Jon Marco, Grafakos, Stelios, Vasilie, Sergiu, Paspaldzhiev, Ivan, and Heidrich, Oliver

Abstract

Cities across the globe recognise their role in climate mitigation and are acting to reduce carbon emissions. Knowing whether cities set ambitious climate and energy targets is critical for determining their contribution towards the global 1.5 degrees C target, partly because it helps to identify areas where further action is necessary. This paper presents a comparative analysis of the mitigation targets of 327 European cities, as declared in their local climate plans. The sample encompasses over 25% of the EU population and includes cities of all sizes across all Member States, plus the UK. The study analyses whether the type of plan, city size, membership of climate networks, and its regional location are associated with different levels of mitigation ambition. Results reveal that 78% of the cities have a GHG emissions reduction target. However, with an average target of 47%, European cities are not on track to reach the Paris Agreement: they need to roughly double their ambitions and efforts. Some cities are ambitious, e.g. 25% of our sample (81) aim to reach carbon neutrality, with the earliest target date being 2020.90% of these cities are members of the Climate Alliance and 75% of the Covenant of Mayors. City size is the strongest predictor for carbon neutrality, whilst climate network(s) membership, combining adaptation and mitigation into a single strategy, and local motivation also play a role. The methods, data, results and analysis of this study can serve as a reference and baseline for tracking climate mitigation ambitions across European and global cities.

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2021
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27. Global evidence of constraints and limits to human adaptation

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Thomas, Adelle, Theokritoff, Emily, Lesnikowski, Alexandra, Reckien, Diana, Jagannathan, Kripa, Cremades, Roger, Campbell, Donovan, Joe, Elphin Tom, Sitati, Asha, Singh, Chandni, Segnon, Alcade C., Pentz, Brian, Musah-Surugu, Justice Issah, Mullin, Cristina A., Mach, Katharine J., Gichuki, Leah, Galappaththi, Eranga K., Chalastani, Vasiliki I., Ajibade, Idowu, Ruiz-Diaz, Raquel, Grady, Caitlin, Garschagen, Matthias, Ford, James D., Bowen, Kathryn J., Global Adaptation Mapping Initiative Team, Thomas, Adelle, Theokritoff, Emily, Lesnikowski, Alexandra, Reckien, Diana, Jagannathan, Kripa, Cremades, Roger, Campbell, Donovan, Joe, Elphin Tom, Sitati, Asha, Singh, Chandni, Segnon, Alcade C., Pentz, Brian, Musah-Surugu, Justice Issah, Mullin, Cristina A., Mach, Katharine J., Gichuki, Leah, Galappaththi, Eranga K., Chalastani, Vasiliki I., Ajibade, Idowu, Ruiz-Diaz, Raquel, Grady, Caitlin, Garschagen, Matthias, Ford, James D., Bowen, Kathryn J., and Global Adaptation Mapping Initiative Team

Abstract

Constraints and limits to adaptation are critical to understanding the extent to which human and natural systems can successfully adapt to climate change. We conduct a systematic review of 1,682 academic studies on human adaptation responses to identify patterns in constraints and limits to adaptation for different regions, sectors, hazards, adaptation response types, and actors. Using definitions of constraints and limits provided by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), we find that most literature identifies constraints to adaptation but that there is limited literature focused on limits to adaptation. Central and South America and Small Islands generally report greater constraints and both hard and soft limits to adaptation. Technological, infrastructural, and ecosystem-based adaptation suggest more evidence of constraints and hard limits than other types of responses. Individuals and households face economic and socio-cultural constraints which also inhibit behavioral adaptation responses and may lead to limits. Finance, governance, institutional, and policy constraints are most prevalent globally. These findings provide early signposts for boundaries of human adaptation and are of high relevance for guiding proactive adaptation financing and governance from local to global scales.

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2021

28. Equity in human adaptation-related responses: A systematic global review

Author

Araos, Malcolm, Jagannathan, Kripa, Shukla, Roopam, Ajibade, Idowu, Coughlan de Perez, Erin, Davis, Katy, Ford, James D., Galappaththi, Eranga K., Grady, Caitlin, Hudson, A. J., Joe, Elphin Tom, Kirchhoff, Christine J., Lesnikowski, Alexandra, Alverio, Gabriela Nagle, Nielsen, Miriam, Orlove, Ben, Pentz, Brian, Reckien, Diana, Siders, A. R., Ulibarri, Nicola, van Aalst, Maarten K., Abu, Thelma Zulfawu, Agrawal, Tanvi, Berrang-Ford, Lea, Kerr, Rachel Bezner, Coggins, Shaugn, Garschagen, Matthias, Harden, Alexandra, Mach, Katharine J., Nunbogu, Abraham Marshall, Spandan, Pandey, Templeman, Sienna, Turek-Hankins, Lynee L., Araos, Malcolm, Jagannathan, Kripa, Shukla, Roopam, Ajibade, Idowu, Coughlan de Perez, Erin, Davis, Katy, Ford, James D., Galappaththi, Eranga K., Grady, Caitlin, Hudson, A. J., Joe, Elphin Tom, Kirchhoff, Christine J., Lesnikowski, Alexandra, Alverio, Gabriela Nagle, Nielsen, Miriam, Orlove, Ben, Pentz, Brian, Reckien, Diana, Siders, A. R., Ulibarri, Nicola, van Aalst, Maarten K., Abu, Thelma Zulfawu, Agrawal, Tanvi, Berrang-Ford, Lea, Kerr, Rachel Bezner, Coggins, Shaugn, Garschagen, Matthias, Harden, Alexandra, Mach, Katharine J., Nunbogu, Abraham Marshall, Spandan, Pandey, Templeman, Sienna, and Turek-Hankins, Lynee L.

Abstract

Growing evidence suggests that climate adaptation responses that do not incorporate equity considerations may worsen inequality and increase vulnerability. Using data from a systematic review of peer-reviewed empirical research on adaptation responses to climate change (n = 1,682), we present an assessment of how social equity is considered in adaptation across regions, sectors, and social groups. Roughly 60% of peer-reviewed literature on adaptation responses considers social equity by reporting on which marginalized groups were involved in planning or implementation. Articles on responses in Africa and Asia and those focusing on poverty reduction most frequently considered social equity. Equity was less likely to be considered in adaptation responses in Europe, Australasia, and North America, as well as in literature focused on cities. Income-based inequity was more frequently considered than gender, age, or Indigenous status. Ethnic and racial minorities, migrants, and people with disabilities were rarely considered. Attention to the levels and forms in which equity is integrated into adaptation research and practice is needed to ensure just adaptation.

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2021
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29. A global assessment of policy tools to support climate adaptation

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Ulibarri, Nicola, Ajibade, Idowu, Galappaththi, Eranga K., Joe, Elphin Tom, Lesnikowski, Alexandra, Mach, Katharine J., Musah-Surugu, Justice Issah, Alverio, Gabriela Nagle, Segnon, Alcade C., Siders, A. R., Sotnik, Garry, Campbell, Donovan, Chalastani, Vasiliki I., Jagannathan, Kripa, Khavhagali, Vhalinavho, Reckien, Diana, Shang, Yuanyuan, Singh, Chandni, Zommers, Zinta, Ulibarri, Nicola, Ajibade, Idowu, Galappaththi, Eranga K., Joe, Elphin Tom, Lesnikowski, Alexandra, Mach, Katharine J., Musah-Surugu, Justice Issah, Alverio, Gabriela Nagle, Segnon, Alcade C., Siders, A. R., Sotnik, Garry, Campbell, Donovan, Chalastani, Vasiliki I., Jagannathan, Kripa, Khavhagali, Vhalinavho, Reckien, Diana, Shang, Yuanyuan, Singh, Chandni, and Zommers, Zinta

Abstract

Governments, businesses, and civil society organizations have diverse policy tools to incentivize adaptation. Policy tools can shape the type and extent of adaptation, and therefore, function either as barriers or enablers for reducing risk and vulnerability. Using data from a systematic review of academic literature on global adaptation responses to climate change (n = 1549 peer-reviewed articles), we categorize the types of policy tools used to shape climate adaptation. We apply qualitative and quantitative analyses to assess the contexts where particular tools are used, along with equity implications for groups targeted by the tools, and the tools’ relationships with transformational adaptation indicators such as the depth, scope, and speed of adaptation. We find diverse types of tools documented across sectors and geographic regions. We also identify a mismatch between the tools that consider equity and those that yield more transformational adaptations. Direct regulations, plans, and capacity building are associated with higher depth and scope of adaptation (thus transformational adaptation), while economic instruments, information provisioning, and networks are not; the latter tools, however, are more likely to target marginalized groups in their design and implementation. We identify multiple research gaps, including a need to assess instrument mixes rather than single tools and to assess adaptations that result from policy implementation. Key policy insights Information-based approaches, networks, and economic instruments are the most frequently documented adaptation policy tools worldwide. Direct regulations, plans, and capacity building are associated with higher depth and scope of adaptation, and thus more transformational adaptation. Capacity building, economic instruments, networks, and information provisioning approaches are more likely to target specific marginalized groups and thus equity challenges. There are many regions and sectors where certain t

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2021
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30. State of play of local adaptation planning in the Mediterranean Europe

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Pietrapertosa, Filomena, Salvia, Monica, Simoes, Sofia, Geneletti, Davide, Olazabal, Marta, Hurtado, Sonia De Gregorio, Heidrich, Oliver, Fokaides, Paris, Ioannou, Byron I., Tardieu, Léa, Spyridaki, Niki-Artemis, Flamos, Alexandros, Rižnar, Klavdija, Šel, Nataša Belšak, Feliu, Efren, Matosović, Marko, Balzan, Mario V., Viguie, Vincent, and Reckien, Diana

Subjects
Climate change mitigation, Climate policy, Cities, Mediterranean Europe, Local mitigation planning
Abstract

European cities across the Mediterranean region face common climatic threats. Urbanised areas are highly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, including climate variability and climate extremes. Cities concentrate population and assets, and losses and damages as a result of climate change impacts such as heat waves, droughts, wildfires, landslides, coastal hazards are likely. So far, however, there is no systematic understanding how cities in the Mediterranean Europe are preparing to adapt to these impacts, nor of how they aim to increase their resilience and adaptive capacity. Understanding how cities plan to manage climatic risks will help to identify action gaps, allocate resources and provides better-informed climate policy, at local, regional national and international scale. This research gathered and analysed adaptation planning documents in a representative sample of 73 cities across 9 Mediterranean European countries (France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Portugal, Croatia, Slovenia, Cyprus and Malta) in the context of their national policies. The results and this paper shed important light on the progress of adaptation planning, by focusing on identified impacts and proposed adaptation measures. N/A

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2021

33. Equity, Environmental Justice, and Urban Climate Change

Author

Reckien, Diana, Lwasa, Shuaib, Satterthwaite, David, McEvoy, Darryn, Creutzig, Felix, Montgomery, Mark, Schensul, Daniel, Balk, Deborah, Khan, Iqbal Alam, Fernandez, Blanca, Brown, Donald, Osorio, Juan Camilo, Tovar-Restrepo, Marcela, de Sherbinin, Alex, Feringa, Wim, Sverdlik, Alice, Porio, Emma, Nair, Abhishek, McCormick, Sabrina, Bautista, Eddie, Rozenzweig, C., Solecki, W., Romero-Lankao, P., Mehrotra, S., Dhakal, S., Ibrahim, S.A., Digital Society Institute, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, UT-I-ITC-PLUS, Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Geo-Information Management, and Department of Geo-information Processing

Subjects
Environmental justice, Geography, Equity (economics), Urban climate, Development economics, Life Science, 22/4 OA procedure
Published
2018

35. How are cities planning to respond to climate change? : Assessment of local climate plans from 885 cities in the EU-28

Author

Reckien, Diana, Salvia, Monica, Heidrich, Oliver, Church, Jon Marco, Pietrapertosa, Filomena, De Gregorio-Hurtado, Sonia, D'Alonzo, Valentina, Foley, Aoife, Simoes, Sofia G., Lorencova, Eliska Krkoska, Orru, Hans, Orru, Kati, Wejs, Anja, Flacke, Johannes, Olazabal, Marta, Geneletti, Davide, Feliu, Efren, Vasilie, Sergiu, Nador, Cristiana, Krook-Riekkola, Anna, Matosovic, Marko, Fokaides, Paris A., Ioannou, Byron I., Flamos, Alexandros, Spyridaki, Niki-Artemis, Balzan, Mario V., Fulop, Orsolya, Paspaldzhiev, Ivan, Grafakos, Stelios, Dawson, Richard, Reckien, Diana, Salvia, Monica, Heidrich, Oliver, Church, Jon Marco, Pietrapertosa, Filomena, De Gregorio-Hurtado, Sonia, D'Alonzo, Valentina, Foley, Aoife, Simoes, Sofia G., Lorencova, Eliska Krkoska, Orru, Hans, Orru, Kati, Wejs, Anja, Flacke, Johannes, Olazabal, Marta, Geneletti, Davide, Feliu, Efren, Vasilie, Sergiu, Nador, Cristiana, Krook-Riekkola, Anna, Matosovic, Marko, Fokaides, Paris A., Ioannou, Byron I., Flamos, Alexandros, Spyridaki, Niki-Artemis, Balzan, Mario V., Fulop, Orsolya, Paspaldzhiev, Ivan, Grafakos, Stelios, and Dawson, Richard

Abstract

The Paris Agreement aims to limit global mean temperature rise this century to well below 2 degrees C above pre-industrial levels. This target has wide-ranging implications for Europe and its cities, which are the source of substantial greenhouse gas emissions. This paper reports the state of local planning for climate change by collecting and analysing information about local climate mitigation and adaptation plans across 885 urban areas of the EU-28. A typology and framework for analysis was developed that classifies local climate plans in terms of their alignment with spatial (local, national and international) and other climate related policies. Out of eight types of local climate plans identified in total we document three types of stand-alone local climate plans classified as type Al (autonomously produced plans), A2 (plans produced to comply with national regulations) or A3 (plans developed for international climate networks). There is wide variation among countries in the prevalence of local climate plans, with generally more plans developed by central and northern European cities. Approximately 66% of EU cities have a type Al, A2, or A3 mitigation plan, 26% an adaptation plan, and 17% a joint adaptation and mitigation plan, while about 33% lack any form of stand-alone local climate plan (i.e. what we classify as Al, A2, A3 plans). Mitigation plans are more numerous than adaptation plans, but planning for mitigation does not always precede planning for adaptation. Our analysis reveals that city size, national legislation, and international networks can influence the development of local climate plans. We found that size does matter as about 80% of the cities with above 500,000 inhabitants have a comprehensive and stand-alone mitigation and/or an adaptation plan (Al). Cities in four countries with national climate legislation (A2), i.e. Denmark, France, Slovakia and the United Kingdom, are nearly twice as likely to produce local mitigation plans, and five tim

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2018
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36. How are cities planning to respond to climate change? Assessment of local climate plans from 885 cities in the EU-28

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Reckien, Diana, primary, Salvia, Monica, additional, Heidrich, Oliver, additional, Church, Jon Marco, additional, Pietrapertosa, Filomena, additional, De Gregorio-Hurtado, Sonia, additional, D'Alonzo, Valentina, additional, Foley, Aoife, additional, Simoes, Sofia G., additional, Krkoška Lorencová, Eliška, additional, Orru, Hans, additional, Orru, Kati, additional, Wejs, Anja, additional, Flacke, Johannes, additional, Olazabal, Marta, additional, Geneletti, Davide, additional, Feliu, Efrén, additional, Vasilie, Sergiu, additional, Nador, Cristiana, additional, Krook-Riekkola, Anna, additional, Matosović, Marko, additional, Fokaides, Paris A., additional, Ioannou, Byron I., additional, Flamos, Alexandros, additional, Spyridaki, Niki-Artemis, additional, Balzan, Mario V., additional, Fülöp, Orsolya, additional, Paspaldzhiev, Ivan, additional, Grafakos, Stelios, additional, and Dawson, Richard, additional

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2018
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39. Climate change, equity and sustainable development goals:an urban perspective

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Reckien, Diana, Creutzig, Felix, Fernandez Milan, Blanca, Lwasa, Shuaib, Tovar-Restrepo, Marcela, McEvoy, Darryn, and Satterthwaite, David

Subjects
ddc:330
Abstract

Climate change is acknowledged as the largest threat to our societies in the coming decades, affecting large and diverse groups of residents in urban areas in this century of urbanization. The focus of climate change impact discussions conceivably shifts to who in cities will be affected how by climate change, bringing the urban equity question to the forefront and co-aligning with a set of key Sustainable Development Goals. Here we assess how climate change events may amplify urban inequity. We find that heat waves, but also flooding, landslides, and even mitigation and adaptation measures affect specific population groups more than others. As underlying sensitivity factors we consistently identify ocioeconomic status and gender. We synthesize the findings with regard to equity types, meaning outcome, procedural and context-related equity, and suggest solutions for avoiding increased equity and justice concerns as a result of climate change impacts, adaptation and itigation.

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2016

42. How are Italian and Spanish cities tackling climate change? A local comparative study

Author

Olazabal, Marta, de Gregorio Hurtado, Sonia, Olazabal, Eduardo, Pietrapertosa, Filomena, Salvia, Monica, Geneletti, Davide, D’Alonzo, Valentina, Feliú, Efrén, Di Leo, Senatro, and Reckien, Diana

Subjects
Italy, mitigation plan, Spain, urban climate action, adaptation plan, urban audit
Abstract

27 p. Cities are widely recognised as being pivotal to fight climate change. They magnify the drivers of climate change, experience the impacts and also concentrate the highest room for action. Although urban areas are broadly claimed to be climate leaders, there is no archetype of right actions given the highly contextual differences among them. Yet, the how and why cities respond to global environmental challenges in the context of increasingly competitive economies needs further research. In this paper we aim at advancing in this regard by assessing the state of the art on urban climate actions in two European Mediterranean Countries: Spain and Italy that face similar climate change challenges. Based on an extensive review of documents, we analyse mitigation and adaptation plans of 26 Spanish and 32 Italian Urban Audit cities, as representative samples. Our results show relevant differences between Spanish and Italian cities in terms of the starting time of their climate actions as well their implementation. We concur with existing literature in that mitigation is more advanced than adaptation actions and take evidence in both countries and we also demonstrate that international and national networking initiatives are being instrumental in engaging cities in climate action.

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2014

43. Implications of governance structures on urban climate action: evidence from Italy and Spain

Author

Hurtado, Sonia De Gregorio, Olazabal, Marta, Salvia, Monica, Pietrapertosa, Filomena, Olazabal, Eduardo, Geneletti, Davide, D’Alonzo, Valentina, Feliú, Efrén, Di Leo, Senatro, and Reckien, Diana

Subjects
mitigation, Italy, Spain, urban climate action, adaptation, multi-level governance, networks of cities
Abstract

47 p. Cities are widely recognised as being pivotal to fight climate change. Cities magnify the drivers of climate change, experience the impacts and also concentrate the highest room for action. Given the 70% of the global emissions that cities are responsible for, national governments are unable to meet their international commitments for addressing mitigation and adaptation without the action and cooperation of cities. In turn, the capacity of local governments to address climate change is largely determined by the institutional architecture within which they are integrated. As a result, the relationship between the different arenas of authority and the integration of cities in national and international networks is considered critical in shaping the global capacity to govern climate change. This work aims to understand how multi-level climate governance and alliances of cities (national and international) are influencing the climate change capacity and performance of municipalities. This has been done by focusing on two national contexts of the European Union, Italy and Spain, in which climate policy, multi-level governance frameworks, the effects of the national and international networks of cities, and the climate response of cities are analysed through an extensive review of scientific and grey literature, and institutional documents. The results concur with existing literature on the importance of constructing collaborative multi-level climate frameworks at the national scale, that fully integrate the local level, in order to support cities to develop consistent climate action and raise awareness of the responsibility they have in this policy field.

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2014

45. Guest editorial: Climate change and simulation/gaming

Author

Eisenack, Klaus, Reckien, Diana, UT-I-ITC-PLUS, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, and Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Geo-Information Management

Subjects
ADLIB-ART-4774, GeneralLiterature_MISCELLANEOUS
Abstract

In this guest editorial, we survey some of the main themes and issues in anthropogenic global warming. We emphasize the great potential of simulation/games as an educational strategy. The diversity of issues in climate change is matched by the variety of simulation/games. We then provide a summary of the main points of each of the eight articles, which together contain a wide range of perspectives on climate change, of types of simulation/gaming, of level of abstraction, and of method of implementation.

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2013

47. Schrumpfung und Urban Sprawl - analytische und planerische Problemstellungen

Author

Nuissl, Henning, Rink, Dieter, Lüdeke, Matthias, Reckien, Diana, Petschel-Held, Gerhard, Krüger, Arvid, Röhl, Dietmar, and Köppen, Bernhard

Subjects
ddc:330
Abstract

Das vorliegende UFZ-Diskussionspapier ist die Dokumentation des Workshops Schrumpfung und Urban Sprawl, der am 3. November 2003 am UFZ stattfand. Es führt damit eine Diskussions- und Forschungslinie fort, die in den 1990er Jahren durch Forscher und Praktiker aus unterschiedlichen Einrichtungen der Region Halle-Leipzig begründet wurde. Im Arbeitskreis Suburbanisierung wurden unter Koordination des UFZ disziplinäre Zugänge und praktische Erfahrungen zusammengeführt und daraus Handlungsempfehlungen abgeleitet. Zwischenzeitlich hat der Suburbanisierungsdruck, der noch Ende der 1990er Jahre konstatiert wurde, deutlich abgenommen nicht nur in der Region, sondern in ganz Ostdeutschland. Nichtsdestoweniger ist Suburbanisierung ein zentraler Gegenstand von raumbezogener Politik und räumlicher Planung geblieben und hat im Zusammenhang mit dem Thema Stadtumbau neue Relevanz gewonnen. So ist davon auszugehen, dass auch in der Region Halle-Leipzig die intensive Beschäftigung mit dem Problem der Suburbanisierung anhalten wird allerdings unter veränderten Vorzeichen. Im Mittelpunkt steht nunmehr die Frage, welche Anforderungen sich aus der Situation von demographischer und städtischer Schrumpfung für die wissenschaftliche und praktische Auseinandersetzung mit Suburbanisierung ergeben. So gilt es, unter anderem, zu klären, ob sich die Richtung von Sprawl unter Schrumpfungsbedingungen umkehrt, ob das Zusammenspiel von Schrumpfung und Sprawl zu einer neuen Stadtstruktur führt oder ob sich durch diese spezifische Situation die Segregationsmuster verändern. Auf dem Workshop selbst wurden vor allem die Möglichkeiten der Steuerung von Suburbanisierung bzw. Sprawl unter Schrumpfungsbedingungen behandelt. Dazu wurden Überlegungen und Ergebnisse, die im EU-Projekt URBS PANDENS am Fallbeispiel Leipzig gewonnen wurden, vorgestellt, diskutiert und mit Erfahrungen aus der Praxis bzw. aus einer anderen Region konfrontiert. Neben der empirischen Analyse spielt dabei ein im Rahmen von URBS PANDENS entwickeltes qualitatives Modell des Urban Sprawl eine zentrale Rolle.

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2004

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