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Cities and Climate Change Science Conference Helps Set Research Agenda
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4
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2018
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UN-HABITAT

Cities and Climate Change Science Conference Helps Set Research Agenda

The CitiesIPCC Cities and Climate Change Science Conference, held in Edmonton, Canada, March 5-7, created enhanced understanding of the impacts of climate change at the urban level, the range of possible responses, and the role of cities in the implementation of the Paris Agreement and other international global agendas. The Conference was co-organized by UN-Habitat, UN Environment, Cities Alliance, C40, ICLEI, Future Earth, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the World Climate Research Programme, the Sustainable Development Solutions Network, and United Cities and Local Governments.

November 2018 Cities and Climate Change Initiative Bulletin

Articles of this bulletin:

UN-Habitat Discusses with Governments and Experts How Best to Address Urban and Human Settlements Issues in National Adaptation Plans

Leveraging Participatory Informal Settlements Upgrading for Climate Finance

Planners for Climate Action Moving Forward in Advocating Better Planning and Joint Action

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UN-Habitat Thematic Guide Addressing The Most Vulnerable First: Pro-poor Climate Action in Informal Settlements

One of the greatest challenges for climate change adaptation is how to build resilience for the billion urban dwellers who are estimated to live in what are termed informal settlements . These settlements have been built outside the ‘formal’ system of laws and regulations that are meant to ensure safe, resilient structures, settlements and systems.

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October 2017: Myanmar is Better Equipped to Address Climate Change, Including in Cities

On 5th June 2017 at the World Environment Day celebrated in the Myanmar capital city Nay Pyi Taw, H.E. the President of the Union of the Republic of Myanmar, U HtinKyaw, addressing a large audience of ministers, ambassadors and development partner representatives, stated that “climate change is a threat to development”.

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May 2017: Adaptation Planning in the City of Honiara, Solomon Islands

For half a decade UN-Habitat, through its Cities and Climate Change Initiative and Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme, has assisted the urban areas, both formal and informal, of the City of Honiara in the Solomon Islands with adaptation planning. Assistance began in 2012 with a participatory analysis of vulnerability and adaptive capacity.

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July 2016: Climate and disaster resilience planning of vulnerable settlements in Laos PDR funded through the Adaptation Fund

Following a two year process, UN-Habitat was accredited to the Adaptation Fund in August 2015. It has since successfully submitted a concept note entitled, “Enhancing
the climate and disaster resilience of the most vulnerable rural and emerging urban human settlements in Lao PDR”.

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Paris Agreement
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Number of pages
60
Publication date
2017
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UN-Habitat

Paris Agreement

Global greenhouse gas emissions from human activity have increased significantly since the preindustrial era, driven by socio-economic progress and population growth. This has led to unprecedented atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) recorded over the last 800,000 years (IPCC 2014a). The increase in atmospheric GHG concentrations leads to global warming and climate change. Climate change is increasingly felt around the world, with negative impacts affecting more and more people worldwide. As a result global attention to climate change has increased significantly over the past decades, and more and more countries, businesses and individuals are discussing, demanding, and taking, climate action.

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Pages from COP23
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82
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2016

Sustainable Urbanization in the Paris Agreement

Sustainable Urbanization in the Paris Agreement’ – a comparative review of Nationally Determined Contributions for Urban Content”, a UN-Habitat publication coming on the heels of Habitat III, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and COP22. The adoption of the New Urban Agenda (NUA) on 20 October 2016, and the entry into force of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change two weeks later, on 4 November 2016, are a strong first step toward the immediate implementation of Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, in urban- and climate change related matters.

In this final version of the publication, UN-Habitat analyzes the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) towards the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, with a special focus on the urban context, in order to understand better the roles of member states in urban climate action. The result is very encouraging: over two-thirds – 113 out of 164 – of the submitted NDCs show clear urban references and content, establishing the relationship between sustainable urbanization and climate action. Through the New Urban Agenda and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, UN-Habitat stands ready to support member states to implement their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).

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Myanmar is Better Equipped to Address Climate Change, Including in Cities
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4
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2017
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UN-HABITAT

Myanmar is Better Equipped to Address Climate Change, Including in Cities

On 5th June 2017 at the World Environment Day celebrated in the Myanmar capital city Nay Pyi Taw, H.E. the President of the Union of the Republic of Myanmar, U Htin Kyaw, addressing a large audience of ministers, ambassadors and development partner representatives, stated that “climate change is a threat to development”. Myanmar is indeed one of the most vulnerable in the world to the effects of climate change. However, the country is now better equipped to address its challenges as it has formulated the Myanmar National Climate Change Policy, and the Myanmar Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan. The President thanked the Myanmar Climate Change Alliance (MCCA) for assistance and indicated that the policies “will be launched soon”. The Strategy aims at turning Myanmar into a climate-resilient country by 2030.