Jago Dodson . Articles IPCC cities conference tackles gaps between science and climate action on the ground Some 600 climate scientists, urban researchers, policymakers and practitioners attended the International Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) first ever conference on cities last week. By venturing onto urban terrain the IPCC faces some interesting scientific questions. All the signs point to our big cities' need for democratic, metro-scale governance Infrastructure Australia has called for metropolitan-scale governance of Australia’s largest cities. Making sense of the global infrastructure turn The global focus on US President Donald Trump has largely been on his inflammatory rhetoric and relative inexperience. A less substantive body of commentary has considered his policy platform, including his economic policies.
