The year 2015 is significant because the UN General Assembly (UNGA) is expected to arrive at a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the global community as a whole. Further, the 21st Conference of the Parties (CoP) under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change will be held in France at the end of 2015, and is expected to bring about a global agreement on climate change.
Climate change will have direct and immediate impacts on the poor and will make poverty reduction more difficult. Climate policies can benefit the poor by taking poverty and social concerns into account in their design.
Held from 23 to 24 February 2015, the Conference will bring together policymakers, civil society, academia and the private sector to discuss cross-fertilization of ideas, experiences and institutional innovations to transition to a green economy at the national and regional levels and how these efforts can help in implementing the SAMOA Pathway.
The proposed webinar intends to present various green building features for their adoption and replication in affordable housing projects in India. It also highlights the need of designing Climate Resilient Low Cost homes which integrate building features that are climate resilient, and will have the ability to provide thermal comfort without much dependence on electricity.
Learning Outcomes
Life cycle cost analysis of various green building features that are affordable
Features of climate resilient homes and their benefits
Founded in 2001, the Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning of the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), also known as the Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning (CAEP), is a public institution with independent legal status. Under the leadership of SEPA and the dedication of CAEP staff, CAEP has established itself as a valuable resource in the field of environmental policy study and planning.
Environment Europe will hold their next Oxford Winter School in Ecological Economics from 4-8 January 2015 at St Hilda's College, Oxford.