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The Municipal Public-Private Partnership Framework - Guidance Note
This Guidance Note is designed to support municipal governments and staff; it is written with their perspective in mind. Though it is written from a government perspective, it is also…
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The Municipal Public-Private Partnership Framework - Executive Summary
The Municipal Public-Private Partnership Framework is specifically designed for municipal governments and staff seeking to implement public-private partnerships (PPPs) to help meet their…
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MRWA Supplement to Austroads Guide to Road Design
This Supplement has been developed to be read in conjunction with Austroads Guide to Road Design (GRD) Part 1: Introduction to Road Design (2015), a copy of which can be purchased via the …
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Australian Transport Assessment and Planning Guidelines
Guidelines cover public, road and rail transport, and include appropriate guidance on climate change adaptation for transport planning and project appraisal.
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ANSI/ASHRAE Climatic Data for Building Design Standards
ANSI/ASHRAE Climatic Data for Building Design Standards (169-2013)- Standard serves as a comprehensive source of climate data for those involved in building design, and provides a variety of…
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Standardization Guidance for Weather Data, Climate Information and Climate Change Projections
The report examines the state of climate information in Canada and highlights how it can be integrated into infrastructure design decisions to make them more climate resilient and better able to…
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Technical Guide - Development, interpretation, and use of rainfall intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) information: Guideline for Canadian water resources practitioners
The goal of this Guideline is inter alia to provide some of the first formal evidence and advice for the incorporation of forward-looking information into IDF values and related design activities,…
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Technical Guide - Infrastructure in permafrost: A guideline for climate change adaptation
This Guideline supports the appropriate consideration of climate-change-related factors during the planning, design, and management of a range of community infrastructure in permafrost regions.
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Australian Standard - Climate change adaptation for settlements and infrastructure — A risk based approach
This Standard is of relevance to all individuals and organizations who design, plan, approve, construct, maintain, operate and decommission settlements and infrastructure.
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The Building Code of Australia
The Building Code of Australia (BCA), in the National Construction Code series, contains technical provisions for the design and construction of buildings and other structures.
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Legal Resources for Climate Change Adaptation
Legal solutions are needed to ensure that government decision-makers, engineers, architects, planners, and other stakeholders account for known climate risks when making decisions about the…
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Effective Law and Regulation for Disaster Risk Reduction
The report assesses the legal frameworks for disaster risk reduction (DRR) in 31 countries. The purpose of this report is to support legislators, public administrators, and DRR and development…
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The Handbook on Law and Disaster Risk Reduction
The Handbook on Law and Disaster Risk Reduction (the Handbook) has been developed to provide guidance on how to use the Checklist and conduct related legislative reviews and reform processes. While…
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The Checklist on Law and Disaster Risk Reduction
The Checklist on Law and Disaster Risk Reduction (the Checklist) provides a prioritized list of ten key questions that lawmakers, implementing officials, and those supporting them need to consider in…
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Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative (CCLI)
The CCLI is examining the legal basis for directors and trustees to consider, manage, and report on climate change-related risk, and the circumstances in which they may be liable for…
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Enabling Environment for Private Sector Adaptation
This index assessment framework gives an overview of drivers at the country level that contribute to a business environment favorable to climate change adaptationand includes examples of…
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Legislating for a low carbon and climate resilient transition: learning from international experiences
The objective of this working paper is to inform policy experts, legislators and decision-makers on the recent trends in climate change policy-making around the world and to draw lessons learnt from…
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REEGLE
REEGLE Provides relevant clean energy information for countries, including an overview of related policies and regulations, it is currently no longer active, if you wish to access any of the…
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IEA/IRENA Addressing Climate Change - Policy and Measures Databases
IEA/IRENA Addressing Climate Change - Policy and Measures Databases provides searchable by policy type (e.g. regulatory instrument, voluntary approaches) and policy goal (e.g. infrastructure…
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Non-US Climate Change litigation
The database provides useful portal for Non-U.S. climate change litigations,
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US Climate Change Litigation
Cases in the U.S. database are organized by type of claim and may be filtered by the principal laws they address, their filing years, and their jurisdictions. The database is also …
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Paris Agreement
Paris Agreement
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UN Sustainable Development Goals
UN Sustainable Development GoalsThe 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people…
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Guidance on Integrating Climate Change and Biodiversity into Environmental Impact Assessment
The Guidance on Integrating Climate Change and Biodiversity into Environmental Impact Assessment, European Commission 2013 – guidance on how to integrate climate change adaptation in EIAs.
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Force Majeure and Climate Change What is the New Normal?
This Article focuses on construction contracts in the United States and describes how parties and courts approach force majeure questions in various contexts, including how both currently distinguish…