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Aprominentexampleforglobal
changesthatnolongeraffect
individualcountriesorregions
alone,butaffectthewholeof
humanity,isthetrendtowards
urbanisation.Thisgoesalong
withthespreadofmegacities
onallcontinents,especiallyin
developingandnewly
industrialisingcountries.
Bymeansofthisresearch
programmetheGermanFederal
MinistryofEducationand
Research(BMBF)isfurthering
thedevelopmentofinnovative
solutionsandconceptsin
emergingmegacities.Read
more
ResearchProgramme:
EnergyandClimate
EfficientStructuresin
UrbanGrowthCentres
(20082014)
DatabaseonProductsand
Toolsdevelopedinthe
contextofthe"Future
MegacitiesProgramme"
NEW:FUTUREMEGACITIES
ShortFilms
Withits
funding
programmeResearchforthe
SustainableDevelopmentof
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MegacitiesofTomorrowthe
GermanFederalMinistryof
EducationandResearch(BMBF)
isfocussingonenergyand
climateefficientstructuresin
urbangrowthcentres.The
programmeisaglobally
focussedcomponentofthe
FederalGovernmentsHigh
TechStrategyintheactionfield
onC limateandEnergy.
Moreover,itisapartofthe
frameworkprogramme
ResearchforSustainable
Developmentofthe
BMBF.Readmore
NEW:FUTUREMEGACITIES
BOOKSERIES
Projects
Thefundingprogrammecovers
currentlynineprojectsinAsia,
AfricaandLatinAmerica.The
researchisconductedbyinter
andtransdisciplinaryteamsin
referencetomodelcitiesand
modelregions.TherebyGerman
consortiacooperatewith
correspondingteamsinthe
partnercountries.
Sincethebeginningofthemain
phase(2008)theprogram
focusesonenergyandclimate
efficiencyinurbangrowth
centres.Readmore
MegacitiesFaltposter:Innovative
Solutions
ProductsandTool
Database
UnderthisLinkyoucansearch
throughtheDatabase
Future
FutureMegacitiesinActionInnovativeSolutionsfor
ClimateandEnergyEfficientUrbanisation
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Publisher/Institute:
Germ anFederalMinistryof
EducationandResearch(BMBF)
A uthors:
Germ anFederalMinistryof
EducationandResearch(BMBF)
Year:
2013
ISBN/ISSN:
none
City:
m iscellaneous
ProductType:
PublicRelationMaterial
DetailedAgendaoftheFuture
MegacitiesConferencein
Ham burg2013
Keywords:
EnergyEfficiency,Mitigationof
Clim ateChange,Adaptationto
Clim ateChange
MegacitiesConference
2013
FutureMegacitiesin
ActionInnovative
SolutionsforEnergyand
ClimateEfficient
Solutions
TheGermanFederalMinistryfor
EducationandResearch(BMBF)
presenteditsSecond
InternationalC onferenceon
FutureMegacitiesinAction,May
1416,2013,Hamburg,
GermanyThemainobjectiveof
theconferencewastoorganise
aforumoninnovativesolutions
forasustainableurban
developmentparticularlyof
emergingmegacitiesin
developingandnewly
industrialisingcountries.The
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conferencebroughttogether
globalactors,expertsand
dedicatedurbanistsinpolitics,
academia,civilsocietyand
businessto
discussthepressing
needsofcities
learnabout
innovativesolutions
and
reflectonnewways
forimplementingand
upscalingknowledge
andcapacities.
Thediverseprogrammeincluded
presentations,discussionsand
thematicworkshops.Theevent
alsoofferedvarious
opportunitiestomeetand
exchangeideaswithsome350
internationalexperts.Amarket
placeprovidedinsightsinto
modelsolutions,productsand
tangibleresultsfromdifferent
urbancontexts,whilespecially
commissionedshortfilms
completedtheprogramme.
Additionallyexcursionsto
inspiringpilotprojectsintheC ity
ofHamburgwerecarriedout.
FutureMegacitiesinAction
FutureMegacitiesProgrammSupport
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