World Bank Document

INDEX ■ 295

Giacobbe, Nora, 278
Gilbride, Joseph, 272
Global City Indicators Program, 259
global climate model (GCM), 176–78
Global Urban Research Centre (GURC),
247 t9.6, 250
global warming, 161–62
marketing of, 170–71
media coverage of, 166–68
Gore, Al, 165, 167
Gore, Christopher, 282–83
governance, 152–54
adaptation-specifi c challenges to, 128–29
assessing in Canadian cities, 282–83
and climate mitigation, 6–8, 262–65
implications of indicators for, 273
modes of governing climate change, 147–48
and partnerships, 146
and regulation of emissions, 127–28
transport sector, 138
of urban infrastructures, 142
viral governance, 170–71
See also regulatory framework; self-
governance mode
government reporting programs, 26–28
governments
adaptation frameworks, 236, 239
and asset adaptation to build resilience,
237–39
and the built environment, 130–31
conclusions concerning modes of
governing climate change, 152–53
engagement in climate change issues, 162–64
as leader in adaptation actions, 206–7,
210–11t8.5
and partnerships for climate change
initiatives, 134–35
and policy network actors on climate
change issues, 164–66
and postdisaster responses, 241–42
role in climate change, 263–64
and self-governance of transport sector,
136–37
See also local governments; municipal
governments
green cities, 168, 170–71
green energy, 146
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, 4–5, 255–59
accounting methods for, 57–60
baselines for, 15–17, 41–47, 49
cities vs. countries, 88–89

comparison of studies for selected cities

and metropolitan regions, 16,

18–25t2.2

conclusions for quantifying of, 48–50

energy pricing and market-based

incentives, 101–8, 121nn4–5

inventorying procedures for, 25–29

methods of inclusion of Scope 3 emissions

relevant to cities, 36–41

review of methodologies in studies of,

29–36, 51n 2

transport sector

conclusions concerning, 119–20

consumers’ demand for, 99–101, 121n 3

disaggregating commuting trips by

mode, 93–99

mobility and cities’ economies, 91–92,

121 n 2

overview, 88–91, 121n 1

share of emissions in, 135–36

sources of emissions in, 92–93

See also city emissions

Greenhouse Gas Regional Inventory Protocol

(GRIP), 15–16, 33

and AFOLU sector emissions, 36

and aviation and marine emissions, 32

emissions from energy combustion, 30

and industrial processes and product use

studies, 34–35

methodology of, 29

green lighting project, 143

green spaces, 64

GRIP. See Greenhouse Gas Regional Inventory

Protocol (GRIP)

gross domestic product (GDP), 79

link to emissions, 88

relationship to per capita emissions, 60–62,

81 n 7

Gupta, Rajat, 271–72

GURC. See Global Urban Research Centre

(GURC)

Gurney, Kevin, 274

H

Hadley Centre Regional Climate Model

(HadRM3)

description of, 176–78

experiments with, 178–79

results

impact of anthropogenic heat release on

future urban temperatures, 184–85