Urban and Regional Carbon Management

What is Urban and Regional Carbon Management?

Report of Bangkok Symposium and Workshop: International Symposium on Urban Energy and Carbon Management: Challenges for Science and Policy and International Workshop on Urban Energy and Carbon Modeling

Report of COP-13 Side Event: Carbon Management in Cities: Gaps in Policy Discussions and Scientific Understanding

Report on COP12 Side Event: Co-benefits and CDM in the Context of Climate Change and Air Pollution Explored at a COP-12 Side Event

Report on First URCM Conference: Outcomes of the Global Carbon Project's First International Conference on Carbon Management at Urban and Regional Levels

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Publications

Dhakal, Shobhakar (2008) Climate Change and Cities: The Making of a Climate Friendly Future, Book Chapter, Urban Energy Transition - From Fossil Fuels to Renewable Power, Ed. Peter Droege, Elsevier Publications

Lankao, Patricia Romero (2007) How do Local Governments in Mexico City Manage Global Warming?, Local Environment, Vol. 12, No. 5, 519–535

Lankao, Patricia Romero (2007) Are we missing the point? Particularities of urbanization, sustainability and carbon emissions in Latin American cities, Environment and Urbanization, Vol. 19, No. 1, 159-175

Dhakal, Shobhakar & Betsill, Michele M. (2007) Challenges of Urban and Regional Carbon Management and the Scientific Response, Local Environment, Vol. 12, No. 5, 549–555

Lebel L, Garden P, Banaticla Ma.RN., Lasco, RD, Contreras A, Mitra AP, Sharma C, Nguyen HT, Ooi GL, Sari A (2007) Integrating Carbon Management into the Development Strategies of Urbanizing Regions in Asia Implications of Urban Function, Form, and Role Journal of Industrial Ecology 11: 61-81. (pdf, 836KB).

Articles in Center for Global Environmental Research News: Reports on the First International Conference on Carbon Management at Urban and Regional Levels (pdf, 1.6MB, in Japanese)
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The Global Carbon Project launched the Urban and Regional Carbon Management (URCM) Initiative in 2005. URCM is a place-based and policy-relevant scientific initiative aimed to support carbon management and sustainable urban development. The first international conference of URCM entitled First International Conference on Carbon Management at Urban and Regional Levels was held from 4-8 September 2006 in Mexico City. The conference has given GCP the mandate to coordinate and develop this important area.

GCP is one of the joint projects of the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP).

Activities

February 4-6, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand:
International Symposium on Urban Energy and Carbon Management: Challenges for Science and Policy and International Workshop on Urban Energy and Carbon Modeling

December 06, 2007 in Bali, Indonesia:
UNFCCC COP-13 Side Event on Carbon Management in Cities: Gaps in policy discussions and scientific understanding

November 02, 2007 in Tsukuba, Japan:
GCP URCM Seminar Series: Integrated Assessment of Cities and Climate Change

May 30 to 31, 2007 in Beijing, China:
Asia Energy Environment Modeling Forum (AEEMF): 3rd Annual Workshop

March 28 to 30, 2007 in Tsukuba, Japan:
International Workshop on Urban and Regional Development Pathways and their Carbon Implications

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