Urban adaptation: Climate resilient cities 2013
How can cities become more resilient to the challenges brought on by climate change?
Rapid urban growth and climate change may be converging in problematic ways. Potential consequences of climate change, such as rising sea levels and more volatile and unpredictable weather patterns, expose cities to an increasing number of risks. This contest seeks proposals on how cities can adapt to face these challenges. This contest is being conducted in collaboration with ICLEI--Local Governments for Sustainability. See more...
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Proposals
Enhance community resilience/flood preparedness through effective communication(storytelling)&citizen engagement at the neighbourhood level
Distributed energy enhances society's ability to bounce back from electric grid outages.
Prepare residents for climate change related disasters - evacuation plans, shelter in place plans, and communication networks.
Help communities share their greenhouse gas emissions inventory data over the internet in a standardized machine readable format.
A virtual globe based simulation game for awareness on potential adaptive and mitigation capacity of wetlands in urban spaces
Development of a Seasonal Migration Routes Identification System: Preventing Vietnamese Host Cities Urban Infrastructures Failure
Emergency electricity - light, cell phone, radio, extra set of batteries - can be powered by a few square inches of solar panel.
With international climate change legislation failing to get traction, a ticking clock, and the long timeframe required to scale up new technological solutions and renewable energy, the world is searching for feasible, scalable and high impact strategies to address global warming in the short-term while we still have the time to take action. Since cities represent 70% of the planet’s carbon emissions and citizens’ daily lifestyle choices represent 70% of these emissions, helping cities and their citizens reduce their carbon footprint provides the world with an unparalleled opportunity to address climate change. Further, engaging citizens can serve as a demand-side driver to increase the pace of renewable energy, energy efficiency and new technology adoption.