As the world's leading environmental figures gather in Durban, South Africa for the 2011 United Nations Conference on Climate Change ( COP17), CNN asked two urban climate change experts to explain the complex role of cities.
CNN: Could big cities lead the fight against climate change?
Dr Stephen Hammer is co-director of the Urban Climate Change Research Network, a consortium of academics and institutions dedicated to the analysis of climate change mitigation, and an adviser to New York City's Energy Policy Taskforce.
CNN: Could big cities lead the fight against climate change?
If it all goes up, CityCenter will represent a gaudy new take on urban renewal, a climate-controlled fantasy land where the well-heeled can sleep, shop and play without dirtying themselves with outsiders.
If it all goes up, CityCenter will represent a gaudy new take on urban renewal, a climate-controlled fantasy land where the well-heeled can sleep, dine, shop and play without dirtying themselves with outsiders.
The objective of World Water Day 2011 is to focus international attention on the impact of rapid urban population growth, industrialization and uncertainties caused by climate change, conflicts and natural disasters on urban water systems.
To a comprehensive terrain map of Alaska he adds data on avian flyways, urban settlements, hospital locations and climate.
During the consultations governance challenges in arid and semi-arid areas were discussed and how institutions can be better equipped to deal with risks and uncertainties, emerging out of climate change, population growth, urban-rural tensions and groundwater pollution.
The List of World Heritage in Danger helps draw support for sites that are under threat from climate change, conflict, poaching, urban sprawl etc.
Netatmo allows users to contribute to its Urban Weather Program, creating a wider network for weather data monitoring and pooling to help meteorologists, environmental activists, scientists and people living in urban environments gain a better understanding of the city climate landscape.
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We do know for a fact that factors as diverse as climate change and aging populations mean that even as the global urban population continues to grow, some cities are shrinking.
All of this self-sorting in tiny towns, urban enclaves and suburbs has had a collective impact on the rarefied and increasingly toxic political climate in Washington these days.
Key themes of SD in the region include among other things poverty alleviation, citizenship, peace, ethics, responsibility in local and global contexts, democracy and governance, justice, security, human rights, health, gender equity, cultural diversity, rural and urban development, economy, production and consumption patterns, corporate social responsibility, environmental protection, climate change, prevention and adaptation, natural resource management, biological and landscape diversity.
Without money or resources, climate refugees will likely stay within their own borders, accelerating movement from rural areas to urban centers and crowding into cities already bursting at the seams.
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