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== Background Readings == |
== Background Readings == |
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=== Relevant IPCC chapters === |
=== Relevant IPCC chapters === |
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*'''Chapter 9: "Buildings" in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (2014)'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/02/ipcc_wg3_ar5_chapter9.pdf|title=Lucon O., D. Ürge-Vorsatz, A. Zain Ahmed, H. Akbari, P. Bertoldi, L.F. Cabeza, N. Eyre, A. Gadgil, L.D.D. Harvey, Y. Jiang, E. |
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Liphoto, S. Mirasgedis, S. Murakami, J. Parikh, C. Pyke, and M.V. Vilariño, 2014: Buildings. In: Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change. Contribution of Working Group III to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel |
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on Climate Change [Edenhofer, O., R. Pichs-Madruga, Y. Sokona, E. Farahani, S. Kadner, K. Seyboth, A. Adler, I. Baum, S. |
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Brunner, P. Eickemeier, B. Kriemann, J. Savolainen, S. Schlömer, C. von Stechow, T. Zwickel and J.C. Minx (eds.)]. Cambridge |
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University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>: An overview of issues related to the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from the buildings sector. |
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*'''Chapter 12: "Human Settlements, Infrastructure and Spatial Planning" in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (2014)'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/02/ipcc_wg3_ar5_chapter12.pdf|title=Seto K.C., S. Dhakal, A. Bigio, H. Blanco, G.C. Delgado, D. Dewar, L. Huang, A. Inaba, A. Kansal, S. Lwasa, J.E. McMahon, |
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D.B. Müller, J. Murakami, H. Nagendra, and A. Ramaswami, 2014: Human Settlements, Infrastructure and Spatial Planning. |
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In: Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change. Contribution of Working Group III to the Fifth Assessment Report |
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of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Edenhofer, O., R. Pichs-Madruga, Y. Sokona, E. Farahani, S. Kadner, K. |
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Seyboth, A. Adler, I. Baum, S. Brunner, P. Eickemeier, B. Kriemann, J. Savolainen, S. Schlömer, C. von Stechow, T. Zwickel and |
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J.C. Minx (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>: An overview of issues related to the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from urban areas. |
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=== Academic perspectives === |
=== Academic perspectives === |
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*'''Six research priorities for cities and climate change''', Bai, X., et al. (2018)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bai|first=Xuemei|last2=Dawson|first2=Richard J.|last3=Ürge-Vorsatz|first3=Diana|last4=Delgado|first4=Gian C.|last5=Barau|first5=Aliyu Salisu|last6=Dhakal|first6=Shobhakar|last7=Dodman|first7=David|last8=Leonardsen|first8=Lykke|last9=Masson-Delmotte|first9=Valérie|last10=Roberts|first10=Debra C.|last11=Schultz|first11=Seth|date=2018-03|title=Six research priorities for cities and climate change|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-02409-z|journal=Nature|language=en|volume=555|issue=7694|pages=23–25|doi=10.1038/d41586-018-02409-z}}</ref>: Leading urban sustainability researchers call for long-term, cross-disciplinary studies to reduce carbon emissions and urban risks from global warming. |
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* Bai, X., et al. [https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-02409-z Six research priorities for cities and climate change.] (2018) |
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*'''Sustainability in an urbanizing planet''', by Seto, K C., et al. (2017)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Seto|first=Karen C.|last2=Golden|first2=Jay S.|last3=Alberti|first3=Marina|last4=Turner|first4=B. L.|date=2017-08-22|title=Sustainability in an urbanizing planet|url=https://www.pnas.org/content/114/34/8935|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|language=en|volume=114|issue=34|pages=8935–8938|doi=10.1073/pnas.1606037114|issn=0027-8424|pmid=28784798}}</ref>: This introduction to a special issue in PNAS enumerates key common themes, knowledge gaps and research priorities towards sustainability in an urbanizing planet. |
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* Seto, K C., et al. [https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/114/34/8935.full.pdf Sustainability in an urbanizing planet.] (2017) |
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*'''Carbon lock-in: types, causes, and policy implications''', by Seto, K,C., et al. (2016)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Seto|first=Karen C.|last2=Davis|first2=Steven J.|last3=Mitchell|first3=Ronald B.|last4=Stokes|first4=Eleanor C.|last5=Unruh|first5=Gregory|last6=Ürge-Vorsatz|first6=Diana|date=2016-11|title=Carbon Lock-In: Types, Causes, and Policy Implications|url=https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-environ-110615-085934?journalCode=energy|journal=Annual Review of Environment and Resources|language=en|volume=41|issue=1|pages=425–452|doi=10.1146/annurev-environ-110615-085934|issn=1543-5938}}</ref>: This is an authoritative review of carbon lock-ins, the phenomenon of inertia in carbon emissions, for example due to long-lived infrastructure, and which a key issue for climate change mitigation in cities. |
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* Seto, K,C., et al. [https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/114/34/8935.full.pdf Carbon lock-in: types, causes, and policy implications.] (2016) |
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*'''The urban south and the predicament of global sustainability''', by Nagendra, H,, et al.(2018)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Nagendra|first=Harini|last2=Bai|first2=Xuemei|last3=Brondizio|first3=Eduardo S.|last4=Lwasa|first4=Shuaib|date=2018-07|title=The urban south and the predicament of global sustainability|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-018-0101-5|journal=Nature Sustainability|language=en|volume=1|issue=7|pages=341–349|doi=10.1038/s41893-018-0101-5|issn=2398-9629}}</ref>: This piece highlights the challenges to achieve sustainability in cities from the Global South. The authors call for a renewed research focus, and targeted efforts to correct structural biases in the knowledge production system. |
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* Nagendra, H,, et al. [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-018-0101-5 The urban south and the predicament of global sustainability.] (2018) |
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*'''Internet of Things: Energy boon or bane?''', by Hittinger, E,, and Jaramillo, P. (2019)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hittinger|first=Eric|last2=Jaramillo|first2=Paulina|date=2019-04-26|title=Internet of Things: Energy boon or bane?|url=https://science.sciencemag.org/content/364/6438/326|journal=Science|language=en|volume=364|issue=6438|pages=326–328|doi=10.1126/science.aau8825|issn=0036-8075|pmid=31023909}}</ref>: This short piece discussed direct and indirect impacts on energy systems of Internet of Things technologies. |
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* Hittinger, E,, and Jaramillo, P. [https://science.sciencemag.org/content/364/6438/326.full.pdf Internet of Things: Energy boon or bane?] (2019) |
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=== Perspectives in popular media === |
=== Perspectives in popular media === |
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*'''The air conditioning trap: how cold air is heating the world'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/29/the-air-conditioning-trap-how-cold-air-is-heating-the-world|title=The air conditioning trap: how cold air is heating the world, The Guardian ‘Long Read’|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>: This long read from the Guardian introduces the issue of indoors cooling in a warming world, and interlinkages between climate change mitigation and adaptation. |
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== Online Courses and Course Materials == |
== Online Courses and Course Materials == |