A5022061676- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
- Wind and Air Flow Studies
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Noise Effects and Management
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
- Shape Memory Alloy Transformations
- Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control
- Green IT and Sustainability
- Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
- Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics
- Solar Energy Systems and Technologies
- Smart Cities and Technologies
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Environmental and Air Quality Management
- Climate variability and models
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Sustainable Finance and Green Bonds
- Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
Joint Research Centre
2022-2024
UNSW Sydney
2018-2023
Marche Polytechnic University
2016-2022
The University of Sydney
2019-2021
To mitigate climate change while catering to the needs of a growing population, cities need find smarter ways manage their resources, reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Since waste management and circular economy will be instrumental in this endeavour, current level circularity cities, environmental impact related activities sharable best practices explored. This paper examines roadmap zero emissions 362 that expressed interest Horizon Europe 100 Climate-Neutral Smart Cities Mission. Based...
Renewable energy sources have emerged globally as a key lever to ensure security and promote climate mitigation. Cities need exploit this transition, but how they are building their strategies actions is undetermined. A new dataset, collected through the European 100 Climate-Neutral Smart Mission, offers unique insights on 362 cities which expressed ambition reach neutrality by 2030. Insights include level of preparedness, ambition, capacity risks envisaged in pursuit zero-emission greener...
Extensive scientific literature exists on the risks associated with climate change in cities. Contrarily, analysis local governments face moving towards zero emissions targets is sparse, topical, and local. In this study, we provide a first-of-its-kind synoptic risk directly based cities' experiences, inputs, prospects for future, collated through questionnaire to express interest European Mission 100 Climate-Neutral Smart Cities by 2030. This novel dataset contains variety of information...
Cities are increasingly becoming critical climate actors. However, their preparedness and ambition in forging climate-neutral futures is hard to ascertain. In this study, we analyse the Expressions of Interest Mission on 100 Climate-Neutral Smart by 2030, an unprecedented dataset city inputs 374 different questions transition (net) zero. We i) delineate emissions baselines, accounting methodologies, inventories' completeness (sectors/sources, carriers, gases), ii) emission trends cities'...
Effectively addressing climate change in line with the Paris Agreement and EU Climate Law requires establishment of governance structures participation coordination all levels government where local level plays a key role. This is evident emergence city-to-city networks urban policymakers supporting initiatives such as 100 Climate-Neutral Smart Cities Mission. The purpose this article to demonstrate how approximately 400 European cities are shaping their tackle complexities achieving...
Mitigating urban overheating is vital to create livable futures. Research on heat mitigation plentiful, while knowledge about the actual measures local governments are implementing limited. This study examines 7,500+ actions by 2,500+ cities under two flagship programs of European Commission. The analysis reveals that cities' strategies pivot around green- and water-based technologies (66% actions) mildly leveraging permeable reflective surfaces (35%) rarely solar shading wind control (8%)...
The EU Mission on Climate Neutral and Smart Cities is an ambitious initiative aiming to involve a wide range of stakeholders deliver 100 climate-neutral smart cities by 2030. We analysed the information submitted in expressions interest 362 candidate cities. majority cities' strategies for climate neutrality include urban transport as main sector combine introduction new technologies with promotion public active mobility. combined from data CORDIS TRIMIS databases, applied clustering...
Cities represent unique spaces for climate mitigation where wide-ranging action to reduce emissions meets ambition and collaboration. This research work distils neutrality narratives 362 cities that expressed interest in the European Mission on 100 Climate-Neutral Smart focuses 112 selected spearhead process of reaching by 2030 (representing a potential 318.3 megatonnes carbon dioxide equivalent emissions). The method involves steps profile characteristics these cities, enunciate...
Abstract Overheated outdoor environments adversely impact urban sustainability and livability. Urban areas are particularly affected by heat waves global climate change, which is a serious threat due to increasing stress thermal risk for residents. The tropical city of Darwin, Australia, example, especially susceptible overheating that can kill inhabitants. Here, using modeling platform supported detailed measurements meteorological data, we report the first quantified analysis microclimate...
Cities in Australia are experiencing unprecedented levels of urban overheating, which has caused a significant impact on the country’s socioeconomic environment. This article provides comprehensive review its health, energy, economy, and heat mitigation potential series strategies Australia. Existing studies show that average island (UHI) intensity ranges from 1.0 °C to 13.0 °C. The magnitude overheating phenomenon is determined by combination UHI effects dualistic atmospheric circulation...
The spatial variability of land cover in cities results a heterogeneous urban microclimate, which is often not represented with regulatory meteorological sensor networks. Crowdsourced networks have the potential to address this shortcoming real-time and fine-grained temperature measurements across cities. We use crowdsourced data from over 500 citizen weather stations during summer Sydney, Australia, combined 100-m Local Climate Zone (LCZ) maps explore intra-urban variabilities air...
Cities are loci of intense consumption energy and resources thus hotspots greenhouse gas emissions with global environmental impacts. While increasingly recognised as a crucial part the solution, little is known on what cities concretely setting up achieving in context climate mitigation. In this paper, we examine roadmap 362 ambitious that expressed their interest 100 Climate-Neutral Smart Mission European Commission. We focus role built environment source even more multiplier positive...
The urgency of meeting climate targets, increasing land use competition and falling solar photovoltaic (PV) energy costs have created unprecedented opportunities for innovative deployment options. This study uses geospatial data processing to quantify the potential large-scale vertical panels along Europe's major roads railways. Factors such as geography, environmental constraints, limitations, techno-economic parameters, were carefully considered. An economic assessment is provided take...