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SUMMARY:Adapting Cities and Their Infrastructure to Global Change: An Inte
 grated Modelling Approach to Understand Risks and Tradeoffs - Professor Ri
 chard Dawson\, Earth Systems Engineering\, Newcastle University
DTSTART:20150226T161500Z
DTEND:20150226T180000Z
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CONTACT:Charlie Barlow
DESCRIPTION:The urgent need to reconfigure urban areas to emit less pollut
 ion (including greenhouse gases)\, be more resilient to climate risks and 
 more sustainable in general can be assisted by rigorous analysis of these 
 complex systems. In this talk I shall present the Urban Integrated Assessm
 ent Framework (UIAF) that was developed initially as part of the Tyndall C
 entre for Climate Change Research Cities Programme and subsequently advanc
 ed via several other projects.  The UIAF provides a consistent framework f
 or analysis of greenhouse gas emissions and climate risks in the context o
 f multiple drivers of long term change.  A case study in London (U.K.) sho
 ws that risks from heatwaves\, droughts and floods could more than double 
 and CO2 emissions could rise 28% without adaptation and mitigation over th
 e 21st century. Notably\, socio-economic drivers are responsible for a gre
 ater proportion\, compared to climate change\, of increased weather risks.
  There are also trade-offs in climate risks\, land use choices and energy 
 demand from adaptation policies. The work highlights the need for portfoli
 os of adaptation and mitigation options\, providing the evidence to motiva
 te climate-sensitive development in London.  Finally\, I shall consider th
 e role of tools like the UIAF and their utility for informing spatial deve
 lopment strategies such as the London Plan after a placement at the Greate
 r London Authority.\n\nProf. Dawson is currently Professor of Earth System
 s and Engineering at Newcastle University.  He is also the Director of the
  Centre for Earth Systems Engineering Research (CERER) at Newcastle\, a EP
 SRC Research Fellow\, and co-ordinates the Climate Change Research Cities 
 Programme at the Tyndall Centre. He holds an MEng and PhD from the Univers
 ity of Bristol.\n
LOCATION:Small Lecture Theatre\, Department of Geography\, Downing Site
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