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Future Cities Africa resilience.io prototype development in GAMA Supporting inclusive, resilient low carbon development Stephen Passmore 24th March 2015

Government & Nonprofit

Future Cities Africa
World’s first demonstration of the functionality of the
resilience.io prototype model through a sector application in
Accra. The outputs highlight relevant resilient solutions and
inform policy and/or planning decision-making, investment
and links to SDGs.
Cities in Africa to become future proofed to climate,
environment and natural resource challenges, so that they
are inclusive and resilient, and have growing economies.
Resilience.io

Future Cities Africa - Tools
GAMA
Governance
Collaboration
Data
Ambition
Commitment
GAMA
Inclusive
Resilient
Economic
development
-pathway
Resilience assessment, Capacity building
Systems insights, decision support,
planning, investment, policy-making
Performance management
New Tools
GAMA
Planning, Policy, Implementation

Resilience.io Prototype outcomes
Samartex Apartments, AccraOOA

Thank you..
ecosequestrust.org
Stephen.passmore@ecosequestrust.org

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Sc sme2 go_18052017 slides for sharing

Business Turku

This document describes the Smart & Clean project in Helsinki, which aims to create a test bed for smart, sustainable solutions and export opportunities. It focuses on a case study of the Helsinki Air Quality Test Bed, which will create a supplementary air quality sensor network to provide more detailed local air quality data and predictive modeling. This network will enable new applications and services for citizens, cities, and businesses around air quality monitoring and improvement. The project involves cooperation across cities, companies, research organizations, and the state to develop scalable solutions that can be adopted globally to make cities more sustainable.

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Jen Boudrie

Sustainserv is a management consulting firm that helps organizations develop sustainability strategies. They conducted a case study in Zurich on sustainable urban mobility through 2035. Over two years, they held discussions with 50 stakeholders and developed a shared vision, goals, and pilot projects. The vision is for a traffic system that enables high quality of life, a prospering economy, and is resource efficient. Goals include short travel distances through urban planning, transparent mobility costs, reduced commuting through flexible work, and efficient mobility through technology. Pilot projects were conducted with Credit Suisse and Swiss Re on flexible work schemes and their impacts.

Smart Grid

Cockrell School

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Innovation systems and institutional change

Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA)

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Exponential Roadmap and ICT Climate Impacts

ICT FOOTPRINT .eu

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AGRA, AFAAS and RUFORUM background

MEAS

The document discusses the African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services and its goals of strengthening knowledge management, country forums, partnerships, capacity building, policy advocacy, and conducting studies related to Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services (AEAS) in Africa. It explains that country forums are important as they bring together AEAS actors to innovate, learn from each other, support AEAS development nationally, strengthen linkages to agriculture development plans, exchange information and lessons learned, and conduct joint studies. The document also provides an overview of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, its mission to help smallholder farmers lift themselves out of poverty through sustainable productivity increases and access to finance, and its three-part strategy for 2015-2020 to catalyze agricultural

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This document summarizes key aspects of recent Swedish environmental policy and perspectives on policy approaches. It discusses: 1) Sweden's climate policy framework which includes legislation for climate neutrality by 2045 and sector-specific emission reduction targets. 2) Lessons learned from negotiating the climate law including the importance of trust, compromise, and building a shared knowledge base. 3) Expanding indicators beyond just GDP to also track environmental and social well-being. 4) The challenge of transitioning to a "green economy" paradigm that focuses on long-term sustainability rather than short-term economic growth and profit.

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The document summarizes a final event from the ICTFOOTPRINT.eu project, which aimed to overcome barriers to adopting ICT footprint calculation methodologies in Europe. It identifies key barriers like lack of awareness, knowledge, and strategy on sustainable ICT. The event concluded that the EU needs a strategy to reduce environmental impacts of the ICT sector through products, services, and organizations. It then outlines recommendations in three categories: 1) increase awareness and knowledge of ICT impacts, 2) convince ICT stakeholders of benefits from reducing impacts, and 3) facilitate commitment to a greener ICT sector through policies, incentives, and continuous communication.

GEO Data Technology Workshop Ramage April 2019

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WorldCircularEconomyForum2018

The document discusses circular economy approaches in ASEAN countries. It finds that while resource consumption is increasing with economic growth, circular economy concepts can improve resource efficiency in manufacturing. Current circular economy approaches aim to integrate social inclusion and business value with resource efficiency gains. More comprehensive indicators are still needed to measure progress. Three R (reduce, reuse, recycle) approaches are effective starting points but further innovations in technical and financial models are important for successful regional adoption of circular economies. Increased focus on waste-to-energy markets and e-waste streams, as well as sharing economy models, can also help circular economy implementation in ASEAN.

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