La serie di pubblicazioni Reflections mira a fornire approfondimenti su questioni chiave relative ai cambiamenti climatici. Analizzando in modo sintetico le attuali sfide legate alle politiche climatiche ed energetiche ed illustrando i risultati della ricerca scientifica, queste pubblicazioni digitali sono utili a stimolare la discussione su questi temi. Per ricevere “Reflections”, scrivere un’email a news@iccgov.org.
On 30 June 2015, the Chinese government submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC), detailing its commitment to climate change mitigation and adaptation for the post-2020 period. This article offers an analysis of China’s INDC in terms of its basic…
The European Union’s Emission Trading Scheme (ETS), proposed by the Commission in 2001, entered into force in 2005. It was the flagship instrument of an ambitious policy aiming to reduce the emission of greenhouse gasses in the EU by making…
Climate change and growing urban populations are intensifying the problem of food insecurity in cities, which currently exists due to lack of economic resources and constraints on food and water availability. Urban agriculture is an approach that provides fresh and…
The 20th Conference of the Parties, held in Lima in December 2014, closed with the adoption of a set of documents aimed at pushing forward the global climate agreement, expected to be reached in Paris next year. Even though some…
Climate finance was at the centre of the negotiations held at the 20th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP 20) in Lima in December 2014. The Parties shared the idea that further scaling up of climate finance will…
Quasi due giorni più tardi del previsto, la ventesima sessione della Conferenza delle Parti (COP20) di Lima si è conclusa con l’adozione di 32 documenti, volti a far progredire il processo verso la definizione del nuovo accordo che dovrà essere…
Cities are large emitters of greenhouse gasses, but are also extremely vulnerable to climate change impacts. This unique position makes cities networks relevant in international discussions on mitigation, where they have over the past few months effectively created a new…
On October 24th, the European Council approved the new climate and energy targets that would lead the EU action through to 2030. While these policies mark progress towards the EU’s long-term decarbonization objective, there are some contradictions to consider. Most…
Six years ahead of 20-20-20 deadline, the European Union is laying the groundwork of its post-2020 climate and energy policy. The approval of the 2030 framework by the European Council’s meeting in October represents the last advancement of this longstanding…
Green infrastructure and integrated transportation are the two dominant green best practices that cities around the world are implementing and that research related to the climate change impacts of extreme temperatures and air pollution advocate for. Are these policies enough…
For the first time, an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report includes an entire chapter dedicated to the topic of climate finance, an important and pressing topic within the climate change policy arena. Here an overview of the cross-cutting…
As the issue of climate finance gains more and more space within the international agenda, new and pressing debates come to the fore. These concern the sourcing, the governance, the allocation and the disbursement of funds raised by international multilateral…
