Cities and Climate Change : An Urgent Agenda

The report discusses the link between climate change and cities, why cities should be concerned about climate change and adopt early preventative policies, and how the World Bank and other organizations can provide further support to cities on clim...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Policy Note
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACIDIFICATION AIR AIR CONDITIONING AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY AIR TRAVEL AIRCRAFT ANNUAL GREENHOUSE GAS ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS ARTERIES ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION AUTOMOBILE AUTOMOBILE USE AUTOMOBILES BIOMASS BUS BUSES CALCULATION CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CAR CAR OWNERSHIP CAR USE CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION LEVELS CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON FINANCE CARBON MARKETS CARS CITY TRANSPORT CLEAN AIR CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES CLIMATE EXTREMES CLIMATE VARIABILITY CO2 COAL COAL OIL COLORS COMMERCIAL TRUCKS CONGESTION CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY COST-BENEFIT COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS CYCLONES DAILY TRAVEL DAILY TRAVEL DISTANCE DAMAGES DEFORESTATION DESALINATION DRAINAGE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS DRIVING DROUGHT ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECOSYSTEM ELASTICITIES ELECTRIC VEHICLES ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION EMISSION EMISSION LEVELS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS ALLOCATION EMISSIONS FACTORS EMISSIONS FROM CONSUMPTION EMISSIONS INVENTORIES ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY DEMAND ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES ENERGY INTENSITY ENERGY PRODUCTION ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY SUBSIDIES ENERGY USE ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EXTERNALITIES EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FERTILIZERS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FLOOR AREA FLOOR AREA RATIO FORESTRY FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUELS FUEL COSTS FUEL DISTRIBUTION FUEL SUBSIDIES GHG GHGS GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GASES GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTIONS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS PER CAPITA GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORIES GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS GREENHOUSE GAS STANDARDS GREENHOUSE GASES HIGH ENERGY HIGHWAY HOUSEHOLD ENERGY HURRICANE HYDROFLUOROCARBONS IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPORTS INCOME INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE POLICIES INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADING INFRASTRUCTURES INSURANCE INTENSE STORMS INTENSITY OF CYCLONES INTERNATIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM IPCC IRON LAND USE LAND USE CHANGE LAND USE POLICIES LAND-USE CHANGE LANDFILLS LOCAL AIR POLLUTION LOCAL TRANSPORTATION LONG-RUN ELASTICITIES LOW-CARBON MARKET FAILURES METABOLISM METHANE MOBILITY MODAL SPLIT NATIONAL EMISSIONS NATURAL GAS NEIGHBORHOODS NITROGEN NITROGEN CYCLE NITROUS OXIDE NONMOTORIZED TRANSPORT NUCLEAR ENERGY OCEANS PEDESTRIAN PERFLUOROCARBON PESTICIDES POLICY MAKERS POPULATION DENSITY POWER GENERATION POWER PLANTS POWER SUPPLY PRECIPITATION PRICE INCENTIVES PRIVATE TRANSPORT PROPERTY TAXES PUBLIC TRANSIT PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSPORT NETWORKS PUBLIC TRANSPORT USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION RAPID TRANSIT RAPID TRANSPORT REGULATORY POLICIES RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES ROADS SANITATION SCENARIOS SMART GROWTH SOLAR RADIATION STORM SURGES STORMS STREETS SUBURBS SUBWAY SULPHUR TEMPERATURE TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CONGESTION TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSIT TRANSIT CORRIDORS TRANSIT SYSTEM TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT MODES TRANSPORT SYSTEM TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS TRIPS TRUCKS TRUE UNEP URBAN SPRAWL URBAN SYSTEMS URBAN TRANSPORT URBAN TRANSPORT POLICIES URBANISM VEHICLE VEHICLE PURCHASES VEHICLES WEALTH WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER PATTERNS WIND WIND STORMS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/12/14981086/cities-climate-change-urgent-agenda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17381

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Summary:	The report discusses the link between climate change and cities, why cities should be concerned about climate change and adopt early preventative policies, and how the World Bank and other organizations can provide further support to cities on climate change issues. The report is one in a series of activities that explore the nexus of cities and climate change. This report, cities and climate change: an urgent agenda focuses on three broad issues pertaining to cities and climate change. This paper argues that climate change is an urgent agenda for cities for two reasons. First, climate change is a cumulative process. Second, embracing the climate change agenda now makes eminent sense from an individual city's perspective, be it economic, social, or political. It shows that the city is part of the global sustainable development agenda. This report presents an urgent situation. In rapidly growing cities, especially in Asia, current development paths are locking in emissions and lifestyles. Many people, particularly the poor, are already affected by climate change. The next decade will be particularly challenging. Cities will take a more active role in global dialogues and policy development as citizen's demand more comprehensive and immediate responses from all levels of government.

Cities and Climate Change : An Urgent Agenda

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