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Low carbon city: a guidebook for city planners and practitioners [1]

The report, titled 'Low Carbon City: A Guidebook for City Planners and Practitioners,' provides basic guidance to city level policy makers, urban planners, transport planners and consultants. The guidebook focuses on: the meaning of "low carbon" in the context of long-term global climate stabilization target; low carbon scenarios and alternate development pathways to achieve these scenarios; and the role of low carbon development in India. The guidebook also links mitigation with adaptation as part of a framework for climate compatible development. The guidebook evaluates global energy system transitions, and elaborates on the need for radical improvements in end-use efficiency, increased shares of renewable energy, smart grid, as well as nuclear energy, and carbon capture and storage as hedging options for climate risk.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2013
Subash Dhar [2], Minal Pathak [3], P. R. Shukla [4]
UNEP Risø Centre [5]
Tags:
Low Carbon Economy [6], India [7], Urbanisation [8], Climate Change [9], Carbon Intensity [10], Urban Transport [11], Climate Adaptation [12], Green House Gases [13], Emission Targets [14], Energy Efficiency [15], Climate Mitigation [16], Renewable Energy [17], Energy Intensity [18], Fuel Efficiency [19], Cars [20], Emissions Inventory [21], Transport [22], Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) [23]

Technology Partners: MimirTech

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