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The New Climate Economy Report Simon Maxwell, CDKN's Executive Chairman, gives his perspective on the New Climate Economy Report of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate.

Report : Surface temperature variations in the Kesbewa Urban Council Area, Sri Lanka This paper, Surface Temperature Variations in the Kesbewa Urban Council area, Sri Lanka, looks at the spatial pattern of surface temperature in the KUC area, and the demographic factors and surface temperature in the Kesbewa Urban Council area of Sri Lanka.

Report : Monitoring the climate change impacts of urban agriculture in Rosario, Argentina This paper, Monitoring the Climate Change Impacts of Urban Agriculture in Rosario, Argentina, examines the city’s urban agriculture programme, the contribution of green areas to reducing the Urban Heat Island, the transportation and conservation of food and the effects of UPA on run-off and infiltration of storm water.

Report : A First Framework for Monitoring the Impacts of Urban Agriculture on Climate Change This paper, A First Framework for Monitoring the Impacts of Urban Agriculture on Climate Change, looks to facilitate further discussions on actual quantification of impacts and the measurement and collection of such quantitative data, and to prepare the way for the development of an actual monitoring framework and tools.

Report : The needs and requirements of (city)governments and international organisations for the monitoring of UPAF impacts and the use of such data in climate change strategies This report on the needs and requirements of (city)governments and international organisations (such as the World Bank, DFID and UN-HABITAT) for the monitoring of UPAF impacts and the use of such data in climate change programmes and strategies, looks at the level of current integration of UPAF into local and international climate change action plans and strategies, and the needs and requirements regarding monitoring of UPAF impacts on climate change adaptation and mitigation.

Report : The potential impacts of urban and peri-urban agriculture and forestry on climate change adaptation, mitigation and other co-developmental benefits This paper, Report on the (most relevant) potential impacts of Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture and Forestry (UPA/F) on climate change adaptation, mitigation and other co-developmental benefits identifies potential impacts of UPAF on climate change adaptation, mitigation and other (co)developmental benefits and sets out the required arrangements for different UPAF types/measures in different city zones.

Report : Garden houses for green tourism in Hue City, Vietnam This study, Garden houses for green tourism in Hue City, Vietnam, focuses on the income generation from garden houses and the potential for promoting garden houses as a part of green tourism, along with an analysis of the different (future) occupations men and women can be involved in this initiative.

POLICY BRIEF: The employment assessment in Chiang Mai, Thailand This paper, The employment assessment in Chiang Mai, Thailand, assesses employment opportunities for local people through the implementation of a non-motorised transport scheme.

Report : An inventory of greenhouse gas emissions from tourism related activities in Chiang Mai municipality, Thailand This study, An inventory of greenhouse gas emissions from tourism related activities in Chiang Mai municipality, Thailand, looks the varying energy usage by the tourism sector in Chiang Mai.

Report : An Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Tourism related activities in Hue city, Vietnam This report, An Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Tourism related activities in Hue city, Vietnam, is made to briefly introduce some general information of Hue City and to provide an inventory of GHG emissions of Hue’s tourism related activities in 2011.

Policy Brief : Preservation of garden houses for sustainable urban tourism – Hue City This publication, Preservation of garden houses for sustainable urban tourism – Hue City, presents the proposed policy brief and policy statement for Hue city, Vietnam, for the promotion of garden houses for the sustainable urban green tourism.