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:
AIR
BUS
CAR
CO2
GHG
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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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
World Bank
Cities and Climate Change : An Urgent Agenda
relation Urban development series;knowledge papers no. 10
description 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.
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author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Cities and Climate Change : An Urgent Agenda
title_short Cities and Climate Change : An Urgent Agenda
title_full Cities and Climate Change : An Urgent Agenda
title_fullStr Cities and Climate Change : An Urgent Agenda
title_full_unstemmed Cities and Climate Change : An Urgent Agenda
title_sort cities and climate change : an urgent agenda
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/12/14981086/cities-climate-change-urgent-agenda
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17381
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spelling okr-10986-173812021-04-23T14:03:36Z Cities and Climate Change : An Urgent Agenda World Bank 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 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. 2014-03-25T21:43:30Z 2014-03-25T21:43:30Z 2010-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/12/14981086/cities-climate-change-urgent-agenda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17381 English en_US Urban development series;knowledge papers no. 10 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Economic & Sector Work