Otro Tiempo Otro Planeta (Other Time Other Planet)

This paper examines the risks of natural hazards and disasters that challenge the development efforts of the urban or city development process. It also highlights how local government, as the key partner of the development process, could contribute effectively to reducing disaster risks in their respective operational areas. In the course of the report, the author explains that rapidly expanding urbanisation is a major contributor to disaster risk in developing countries, especially flooding which is exacerbates through poor drainage systems.

This brief prepared by the WWF for the 2006 G8 meeting in St. Petersburg argues that energy security is interlinked with climate change.

Background

Since the 1970s Brazil has been a leader in renewable energy (RE) particularly in its use of hydropower and ethanol. However the use of other RE sources has not been as widespread.

Purpose

To work with 3-5 Brazilian city governments to focus on methane recovery as a RE source developing tools for other cities to use and policies to regulate solid waste disposal landfills and waste water treatment plants.

Implementor

ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability-Latin America and Caribbean Secretariat

A GHG profile of city of Ekuhurleni based on an inventory of different emission sources in the city. An action plan for targeted RE and EE measures has been developed for the city based on the findings of the GHG inventory. A guide for developing a GHG inventory for a city has also been developed as part of this project and can be found in this database as well - "Guideline on preparing a City-level Emissions Inventory, Analysis and Process for RE and EE Programmes".

A GHG profile of city of Yogyakarta based on an inventory of different emission sources in the city. An action for plan for targeted RE and EE measures has been developed for the city based on the findings of the GHG inventory. A guide for developing a GHG inventory for a city  has been developed as part of this project as well and can be found in this database as well "Guideline on preparing a city-level emissions inventory, analysis and process for RE and EE Programmes".

The document describes on assessment of waste collection system, compost User & Agro Market at Faridpur district