Topic: Low carbon and resilient cities

Urban Agriculture, Institutions and Development

Mkwambisi, D.D., Fraser, E and Dougill, A.D. (2012) Urban Agriculture, Institutions and Development. In Pierre Jacquet, Rajendra Pachauri and Laurence Tubiana (EDs) A Planet of Life: Towards Agricultural Change? Pp 73-76.

Funding Low Carbon Cities: Local perspectives on opportunities and risks

There are compelling reasons for policy makers to be interested in the low-carbon agenda. More than half of the world’s population lives in, and more than half of the world’s economic output comes from, cities. Up to 70% of global carbon emissions can also be attributed to consumption that takes place in cities. Recent research […]

Funding low carbon cities: mapping the risks and opportunities

Introduction to Working Paper 113 There are compelling reasons for local authorities – and especially cities – to be interested in the low carbon agenda. From an environmental perspective, it is estimated that approximately 70 per cent of the UK’s economy-wide emissions are under the influence of UK local authorities. Furthermore, recent research on the economics […]