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Speech Extractions Witness, Testimony, Evidence in response to the Mining Industry
An event hosted by the Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment (The Development Planning Unit and The Bartlett School of Architecture) and the London Mining Network comprising an evening of film-screenings, a …
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
7th International i-Rec Conference and Student Competition
7th International i-Rec Conference and Student Competition. 06 July 2015–08 July 2015, 12:00 am–12:00 am. Event Information. Open to. All. Organiser. The Bartlett Development Planning Unit. Location. UCL. Disasters and crises are occurring more…
Development Planning Unit
Learning Lima welcomes young Peruvian professionals to cLIMA sin Riesgo
Learning Lima welcomes young Peruvian professionals to cLIMA sin Riesgo. 24 April 2015. The action learning platform Learning Lima welcomes twelve interns and two advisors from Lima to join the project cLIMA sin Riesgo. Led by Adriana Allen and Rita…
Development Planning Unit
Disrupting urban 'risk traps': Bridging finance and knowledge for climate resilient planning in Lima
Disrupting urban 'risk traps': Bridging finance and knowledge for climate resilient planning in Lima. 22 April 2015. Born out of Learning Lima, new DPU research explores the conditions that produce and reproduce urban ‘risk traps’. How and where…
Development Planning Unit
WUF7 conversations on the road to defining the Habitat III agenda for cities
Last week many members of the Development Planning Unit attended the 7th World Urban Forum in Medellin, Colombia.…
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
Future Proofing Cities: Risks and Responses to Inclusive Urban Growth in Developing Countries
Future Proofing Cities: Risks and Responses to Inclusive Urban Growth in Developing Countries. 20 November 2012. Source: Future Proofing Cities report (c)Atkins 2012. A major new report published by Atkins in partnership with UCL’s Development…
Development Planning Unit