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Assessing the Outcome of the Lima Climate Talks

In the early morning hours of Sunday, December 14th, the Twentieth Conference of the Parties (COP-20) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) concluded in Lima, Peru w

Synthesis Report of the Secretary-General On the Post-2015 Agenda

United Nations

Are we counting what counts?

Are we counting what counts? A closer look at environmental concern, pro-environmental behaviour, and carbon footprint

Greening the Economy - A Massive Open Online Course

How can we live a good life on one planet with over seven billion people? This course addresses sustainability, climate change and how to combine economic development with a healthy environment.

The Recalibrating Our “Moral Compasses” (ROMC) Survey Project Prospectus

About The Recalibrating Our “Moral Compasses” Survey Project Prospectus

New Report Outlines Water Sustainability in Urban Planning

Canada faces an estimated cost of $88 billion water and wastewater infrastructure deficit and this estimate is expected to grow under a “business as usual” approach.

The Power of Purchasing: The Economic Impacts of Local Procurement

This study by LOCO BC, the Columbia Institute, and ISIS at the Sauder School of Business evaluates the impact of purchasing from local suppliers.

The fossil fuel bailout: G20 subsidies for oil, gas and coal exploration

This Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and Oil Change International (OCI) repo

Vancouver to Open Technology and Social Innovation Centre to Support Entrepreneurs, Startups

Written By: Rob Lewis

Cities: an interactive data visual

This interactive data visual illustrates the scale and speed of urban transformation that illustrates research

Tracking the Global Energy Revolution - Clean Energy Canada Report

Leading economies and companies are working to reduce their dependence on fossil fuels for transportation, heat, and electricity and replace those fuels with renewable energy sources such as wind,

Pathways to Deep Decarbonization in Australia released

As a part of the global DDPP, ClimateWorks Australia and Australia National University has published Pathways to Deep Decarbonisation in 2050: How Australia can prosper in a low carbon world (PDF),

Five Ways to Organize Fundamental Sustainability Change

Cities offer a promising intervention level for decisive local action to address sustainability challenges, especially in terms of policy and societal action.

Research-informed Gardening Activism

Research-informed gardening activism: steering the public food and land agenda

Climate Change Will Be Solved in Cities, Or Not at All - Scientific American

Scientific American published an interesting and rather short article that encapsulates the discussion on the role of cities in cutting GHG emissions and leading the world toward sustainable develo

‘Smart Cities’ Should Mean ‘Sharing Cities’

These days every city claims to be a “smart” city, or is becoming one, with heavy investments in modern information and computing technology to attract businesses and make the city comp

Sustainable decisions on the agenda

Sustainable decisions on the agenda – a decision support tool and its application on climate-change adaptation

Planning for a New Energy and Climate Future

The American Planning Association worked with the Environmental and Energy Study Institute on a three-year research project on the integration of energy and climate issues into planning practice.

The Bike-sharing World Map

The Bike-sharing World Map shows 3rd generation (high-tech), 3rd+ generation and mixed 3rd generation/manned bike-sharing services around the Worl

Free Access to all past Local Environment issues in September

Throughout September, free access is available to all content published from 1996 to 2013 in Local Environment for 14 days as par

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