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Gender, climate change and urbanisation: Revisiting the links
There is a growing body of work exploring the relationship between gender and climate change, gender and urbanisation, and the links between urbanisation and climate change.…
Development Planning Unit
After Paris, What Do We Do Next?
After Paris, What Do We Do Next? 22 December 2015. After the Paris Agreement roll up your sleeves: much work will be needed, and participatory planning can help to put citizens at the centre of climate change adaptation efforts. The COP21 in Paris…
Development Planning Unit
Grid Connected but the Urban Poor Still Lack Energy Access
Grid Connected but the Urban Poor Still Lack Energy Access. 9 December 2015. This week at the COP21 climate change negotiations in Paris, there has been discussion of the role cities can play in reducing emissions. There has also been discussion of…
Development Planning Unit
Reflections on COP 20 - or was it COP -10?
Reflections on COP 20 - or was it COP -10? 15 December 2014. The 20th Conference of Parties in Lima represents the latest attempts by national governments from across the world to define a common purpose, enshrined in legislation, to combat the…
Development Planning Unit
Climate Change Governance in Cities: Why Experimentation is Essential
Climate Change Governance in Cities: Why Experimentation is Essential. 10 December 2014. An Urban Politics of Climate Change, a timely new book by Vanesa Castán Broto and co-authors Harriet Bulkeley and Gareth Edwards, is now available. The book…
Development Planning Unit
‘Learning Lima’ Project Opens Space for People in Voices for Climate at COP20
‘Learning Lima’ Project Opens Space for People in Voices for Climate at COP20. 1 December 2014. The DPU will be at COP20 in Lima between 1st and 12th December 2014, offering an open space for the voices of ordinary women and men in Lima living…
Development Planning Unit
Report on understanding child-centred urban disaster risk reduction in Asia
Report on understanding child-centred urban disaster risk reduction in Asia. 15 April 2014. MSc Urban Development Planning Alumnus Don Brown has recently co-written a report for the Asian Cities Climate Resilience Working Paper Series with Dr David…
Development Planning Unit
Public Private People Partnership for Climate Compatible Development wins UNFCCC Lighthouse Award
Public Private People Partnership for Climate Compatible Development wins UNFCCC Lighthouse Award. 21 November 2013. On Tuesday 20 November the Public Private People Partnership for Climate Compatible Development (4PCCD) received the prestigious…
Development Planning Unit
UN recognition for a DPU climate adaptation project in Mozambique as a 2013 Lighthouse Activity
UN recognition for a DPU climate adaptation project in Mozambique as a 2013 Lighthouse Activity. 6 November 2013. A UCL-led project dedicated to empowering the urban poor to design and implement activities to adapt to climate change in Maputo,…
Development Planning Unit
The DPU works with Atkins and the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS)
The DPU works with Atkins and the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS). 18 June 2013. Photo by Flickr member Dan Corbett. Over the last year Adriana Allen, Vanesa Castán-Broto and Caren Levy from the DPU – now joined by Cassidy Johnson…
Development Planning Unit