Mind Mapping: Tackling Urban Climate Change Using Systems Thinking

GE4710 Tackling Urban Climate Change Using Systems Thinking

Created By: Group-05 • Aakriti • Amanda Santiago • Raj Bhumika

Question How Smart cities can move to become climate-smart cities?

Environment Cities in India Boundary

Sectors of Climate Smart Cities Assessment Framework 2.O Energy and green buildings

Urban Planning, Green Cover and Biodiversity

Mobility and Air Quality

Smart Cities in India Water Management

World View Applying Climate Smart Cities Assessment Framework 2.O to Smart Cities in India, helping them to become Climate Smart

GE4710 - Tackling Urban Climate Change Using Systems Thinking

Waste Management

Moving to Miro

Impacts

Indicators

Actors of Change

Measures

Inferences

GE4710 - Tackling Urban Climate Change Using Systems Thinking

Leverage Points Impact Area: Burning of Fossil Fuel.

The majority of points indicate Burning of Fossil Fuel to be the cause of Impacts in the Map.

Sector wise-Mobility and Air Quality Mobility and Air Quality is the sector which connects most to the impacts.

Maximum benefit Clean Energy: poses to be the most beneficial, right from reducing the burning of fossil fuels to moving to electric vehicles.

City climate action Plan: The implementation of the city climate action plan both directly and indirectly alters various impacts such as an increase in temperature, pollution, GHG, etc at a city level.

Minimum benefit Actors:ULB,In all the sector-wise Indicators ULB have a major role.

Feedback Loop observed: With the identified Cause(fossil fuel) a feedback loop is observed within the Map which is positive.

GE4710 - Tackling Urban Climate Change Using Systems Thinking

Flood/ water stagnation risk management: While this indicator caters to risk management in case of floods. These issues can be resolved if indicators like lake rejuvenation and proper city planning are enforced.

Conclusion Central Government

Collaborations to bring in policies that focus on climate change impact in cities

State Government

Focus on enhancing components such as state climate action plan, state disaster resilience plan, etc.

Urban Local Bodies

Translate local knowledge, investments in local solutions, align climate change tackling with sectors of framework

Academia

NGO’s

Social Enterprises

Citizen and Community Associations

Use of research to bring change through empirical data

Enhancing the knowledge of the society towards alternatives

Investing in alternate technology solutions for cities

Translating the use of alternatives through collective efforts

The End

Created By: Group-05 • Aakriti • Amanda Santiago • Raj Bhumika

GE4710 - Tackling Urban Climate Change Using Systems Thinking