International Association for Urban Climate

Abstract submissions to ICUC9 in Toulouse, France open today!

The call for Abstracts can be found on the pg 28 of the most recent Urban Climate News or on the conference website http://www.meteo.fr/icuc9/

Submissions close Dec. 1, 2014

The summer 2014 edition of the Urban Climate News is now available.

Some highlights of this edition:

• “In the News” includes two articles on climate aspects of the World Cup
• A Feature Article on the “Combined effects of urban expansion and climate change on temperature in Sydney” by D. Argüeso and J.P. Evans
• An Urban Project report by R. Friend and J. Jarvie on “Beyond Mainstreaming: Reframing governance for urban climate resilience
• Conference Report: 17th International Conference of the European Forum on Urban Forestry (D. Pearlmutter)
• Conference Report: Climate Change and the Urban Environment: International Conference on Urban Environmental Pollution Toronto June 12-15, 2014 (D. Pearlmutter)

The 51st edition of the Urban Climate News (March 2014) is now available.

IAUC Newsletter No 50 now available in the sidebar.

An artist’s impression of Dublin commissioned for ICUC8 (artist: Simone Walshe).

An artist’s impression of Dublin commissioned for ICUC8 (artist: Simone Walshe).

IAUC Newsletter No 49 now available in the sidebar.

The map above shows an estimate of the average number of deaths per 1,000 square kilometers per year due to air pollution. Researchers used the difference in pollution levels between 1850 and 2000 as a measure of human-caused air pollution: dark brown areas have more premature deaths than light brown areas, and blue areas have experienced an improvement in air quality relative to 1850 and a decline in premature deaths. Fine particulate matter takes an especially large toll in eastern China, northern India, and Europe—all areas where urbanization has added considerable quantities of PM2.5 to the atmosphere since the start of the Industrial Revolution. The map is once again accessible on the website of NASA’s Earth Observatory (http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82087&eocn=home&eoci=iotd_title), following a decision by the U.S. congress to end the 17-day government shutdown (see page 3)

IAUC Newsletter No 48 now available.

A view of Parco Nord in Milano – site of the EMONFUR research project on meteorological effects of urban forests, and a focal point of the recent European Forum on Urban Forestry.

A view of Parco Nord in Milano