Active Research Projects
UCCRN Regional Hubs
Building on a series of scoping sessions with stakeholders and members, UCCRN is transitioning from a report-focused organization to one that leads an on-going, sustained global city-focused climate change knowledge assessment and solutions program. The program is targeted to early, mid, and late-adopter cities through the expansion of the UCCRN to include proactive Regional Hubs, with field directors, program coordinators, and researchers that strengthen ongoing collaborations and knowledge exchange both for and with cities.
Urban Design Climate Workshops
UCCRN Urban Design Climate Workshops (UDCWs) aim to integrate and scale-up climate change mitigation and adaptation in cities through knowledge sharing, collaboration, and action planning. These sessions bring together urban designers, urban planners, climatologists, policymakers, stakeholders, and graduate students. Topics of discussion include strengthening urban resilience, improving energy efficiency, and enhancing livelihoods. So far, UDCWs have taken place in New York, Paris, Naples, and Durban.
Recent Publication

Urban Climate Change Research Network Second Assessment Report on Climate Change and Cities (ARC3.2) (see abstract for full report)
News
New Video Merges Art and Climate Science
The Climate Impacts Group at NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Columbia Center for Climate Systems Research announces the official release of the video Science & Art in the Time of Coronavirus.
Coronavirus, the Future of Cities and an Inclusive Green Recovery
COVID-19 has plunged the world into the deepest crisis in industrial history in just a few months. What began as a local epidemic in Wuhan in December 2019 has developed into a global pandemic along the travel and trade networks so characteristic of 21st Century globalization. The inevitable lock-down has led to GDP losses in the G7 countries of between 20–30% for the first two quarters of 2020.
Summer School: Governing Climate Resilience Cities
UCCRN would like to share an upcoming, virtual learning opportunity!
The ambitious multidisciplinary program, called "Governing Climate Resilience Cities", will focus on urban climate resilience, including climate science, biology, NBS, urban planning, design, law, and governance.
The 5-day course is organized by University of Pisa in partnership with University of Naples, UN-Habitat, and UCCRN.
Photos

ARC3.3 Virtual Kick-Off Workshop Agenda

Peter Meyer with WUF10 Colleagues

Peter Meyer Presenting at WUF10
