Forget Superheroes: Local Government To The Rescue

FORGET SUPERHEROES LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO THE RESCUE! CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS TO CITIES PHYSICAL RISKS TO CITIES ARE SERIOUS AND IMMEDIATE: CITIES AROUND THE WORLD REPORT THE FOLLOWING RISKS 92% 40% OF CITIES ARE AT RISK DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE 65% 56% OF CITIES ARE ALREADY DEALING HOTTER TEMPERATURES/ INCREASED WITH THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE PRECIPITATION CHANGE IN THEIR AREA HEATWAVES /FLOODS ::***:: 46% 38% 77% BELIEVE CLIMATE CHANGE COULD SEA LEVEL RISE URBAN HEAT ISLAND AFFECT THE ABILITY OF BUSINESSES TO OPERATE SUCCESSFULLY IN 33% THEIR CITIES 38% INTENSE/LARGE STORMS DECREASED PRECIPITATION/ DROUGHT WHAT ARE CITIES DOING? 92% OF CITIES REPORT 63%OF CITIES HAVE 58% DEVELOPED A CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN OF CITIES THE INVOLVEMENT OF SENIOR LEADERSHIP IN HAVE GHG REDUCTION TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE TARGETS FOR CITY-WIDE EMISSIONS HOW INDIVIDUAL CITIES TAKE ACTION COPENHAGEN JAKARTA BUILDING DYKES AND RAISING RESTORING COASTAL MANGROVE BELT PARTS OF THE COASTLINE CARACAS TORONTO INCREASED CAPACITY AND IMPROVED MAINTENANCE WILL DOUBLE THE TREE CANOPY TO INCREASE SHADE AND LESSEN THE OF STORMWATER DRAINS IN THE CITY URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT MELBOURNE SEATTLE CREATING URBAN AND ROOFTOP GARDENS, LIGHTER BUILDINGS, RESIDENTIAL RAINWISE PROGRAM PROVIDES AND LIGHTENING ROOF AND ROAD COLORS TO RESIDENTS WITH INCENTIVES TO INSTALL RAIN CATCHMENTS AT THEIR RESIDENCE TO LESSEN LESSEN URBAN HEAT THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT FLOWS To ISLAND EFFECT COMBINED SEWERS SEOUL LONDON FOCUSING ON MOSQUITO IDENTIFYING AND PROMOTING THE LOCATION OF CONTROL SYSTEM TO 2) HEATWAVE 'REFUGESs' DURING HEATWAVES PREVENT THE SPREAD OF NEW CONTAGIOUS DISEASES DATA IS COMPILED FROM THE RESPONSES OF 48 GLOBAL CITIES TO CDP CITIES 2011, THE CLIMATE CHANGE REPORTING PLATFORM FOR CITY GOVERNMENTS. THE REPORTING CITIES SPAN 6 CONTINENTS AND RANGE IN POPULATION FROM 48,000 TO 13 MILLION PEOPLE. FIND OUT MORE AT Www.CDPROJECT.NET. IN PARTNERSP WITH LEAD SPONSORS: C40 CITIES CARBON DISCLOSURE PROJECT JONES LANG LASALLE Autodesk Aral valur hengng werld