Climate Change and Cities - Second Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network - Summary for City Leaders

The Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN) released the Summary for City Leaders of the Second UCCRN Assessment Report on Climate Change and Cities (ARC3.2) at the COP21 Climate Summit for Local Leaders in Paris City Hall on December 4, 2015. According to UCCRN Co-Director Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig of NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Columbia University’s Earth Institute, “(this publication) tells cities what they need to know to succeed as climate change leaders, and provides climate change projections for 100 cities so they know what to expect.”

IGES researchers contributed to the Transport Chapter (Dr. Eric Zusman, Principal Area Leader as Coordinating Lead Author) and the Governance Chapter (Ms. Ryoko Nakano, Policy Researcher, as Lead Author)