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Cities and Climate Change Initiative Newsletter (December 2011)  
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In this issue:

  • UN-Habitat Supports Two Municipalities in Mexico in Adapting to Climate Change in the Water Sector
  • The UN-Habitat-ARCADIS Partnership Supports the Cities and Climate Change Initiative in Asia
  • Preventing fl...
Year: 2011, Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical Download electronic version (PDF)
Estrategia de adaptación y mitigación al Cambio Climático para el cantón Esmeraldas  
View Details   A nivel mundial, el Cambio Climático es reconocido hoy como uno de los desafíos del siglo XXI, poniendo de relieve el aumento del riesgo de los asentamientos humanos ubicados en los sectores más vulnerables. El Programa Ciudades en la Iniciativa pa...
Year: 2011, Number of pages: 52, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Green Building Rating Africa brochure  
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Year: 2010, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Integrating the Green and Brown Agendas in a Climate Change Context. Guide for the formulation of Environmental Local Agendas in Colombia (Spanish)  
View Details Climate change is as obvious as severe is the peril it suppose for ecosystems, infrastructure, livelihoods and health itself. We do have, however, ways to reduce its damages, decreasing the intensity of effects (mitigation) and minimizing the vuln...
Year: 2010, Number of pages: 70, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Cities and Climate Change Initiative: Mombasa, Kenya  
View Details Mombasa, Kenya’s second largest city, is home to the country’s only seaport, the Kilindini Harbour. It plays an important role in the country’s economy because commercial imports and exports of land-locked countries such as Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, C...
Year: 2010, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Cities and Climate Change Initiative: Bobo Dioulasso- Burkina Faso ( French)  
View Details Bobo-Dioulasso est la seconde ville du Burkina Faso. Elle est la capitale de la province du Houet et le chef-lieu de la région des Hauts-Bassins occupant la partie ouest du pays et grande productrice de céréales et de coton. Bobo-Dioulasso. Est consi...
Year: 2010, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Cities and Climate Change Initiave- Walvis Bay, Namibia  
View Details Walvis Bay, Namibia’s second city, has a population of some 65,000. It is the only deep sea harbour on the Namibian coast with well-equipped infrastructure and port facilities. The city is situated between the Namib Desert and Atlantic Ocean, on the ...
Year: 2010, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Cities and Climate Change: An Introduction  
View Details Decision-makers who guide urban development need the most reliable and current information possible upon which to act. Unfortunately a good deal of information – some contradictory, not all trustworthy – is in circulation regarding climate change and...
Year: 2010, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Climate Change Assessment for Maputo, Mozambique  
View Details The Maputo Climate Change Assessment is based on the proposed Framework for Urban Climate Risk Assessment developed by the Fifth Urban Research Symposium. The climate risk assessment framework focuses on how cities are affected by climate change as o...
Year: 2010, Number of pages: 20, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
SORSOGON CLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENT  
View Details The Sorsogon Climate Change Assessment examines the climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation capacity of a small coastal city in the Philippines - Sorsogon City in the Bicol Region. The assessment uses a participatory Vulnerability and Ad...
Year: 2010, Number of pages: 20, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Climate Change Assessment for Kampala, Uganda  
View Details UN-HABITAT’s Cities and Climate Change Initiative promotes enhanced climate change mitigation and adaptation in developing country cities. Kampala is a pilot city of the Initiative, and this document is an initial output of the Kampala’s Cities and...
Year: 2010, Number of pages: 20, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Climate Change Assessment for Esmeraldas, Ecquador  
View Details This report is based on the Adaptation to Climate Change in Ecuador and the city of Esmeraldas: An Assessment of Challenges and Opportunities, 2009, prepared within the framework of UN-HABITAT ’s Cities in Climate Change Initiative.
Year: 2010, Number of pages: 24, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Conference on Promoting Green Building Rating In Africa Report  
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Year: 2010, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Urban Environment Newsletter (September, 2010)  
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This edition covers the following topics:

  • Buildings, Climate Change and Cities;
  • Ecuador: Eco-Materials for Low Cost and Sustainable building;
  • World Green Building Council;
  • Builders Kick-Start...
Year: 2010, Periodicity: Biennial, Type of publication: Periodical Download electronic version (PDF)
Cities and Climate Change Initiative: Batticaloa City and Negombo City, Sri Lanka  
View Details Batticaloa is a coastal city located in the eastern coast of Sri Lanka while Negombo is located in the western coast of the Gampaha District of Sri Lanka.
Year: 2010, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Cities and Climate Change Initiative: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia  
View Details Ulaanbaatar is the capital and the largest city in Mongolia. It is located in the north central part of the country, elevated at 1,310 m (nearly 4,000 ft) above sea level and lies in the Tuul River valley. Ulaanbaatar is probably the coldest capi...
Year: 2010, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Cities and Climate Change Initiative: Asia-Pacific Region  
View Details Asia is known to be the region most affected by disasters, experiencing 90% of the world’s weather-related deaths since 1990. Rapid urbanization has left more than 70% of the urban population in Asia and Small Island Developing States in the Pacific ...
Year: 2010, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Cities and Climate Change Initiative: Lami Town, Fiji  
View Details Fiji is located in the South Pacific Ocean between latitude 15° and 22° South and longitude 175° East and 178° West. The national territory contains 330 islands, of which only about 100 are inhabited. Lami Town is equally susceptible to the risks...
Year: 2010, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Cities and Climate Change Initiative: Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea  
View Details Port Moresby is a coastal hilly city located on the shores of the Gulf of Papua, on the South Eastern coast of the island of New Guinea. Port Moresby is the largest urban center in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and forms the National Capital District. Po...
Year: 2010, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Cities and Climate Change Initiative: Port Vila, Vanuatu  
View Details Port Vila, the national capital of Vanuatu is located on the island of Efate and serves a population of over 50,000, many of which reside in informal settlements on the peripheries of the municipal council boundary. Vanuatu is affected by the cycle...
Year: 2010, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
 
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