1. Explain your understanding of the UN Paris Agreement, its targets and its obligations for the signatories.
2. Provide a summary of the commitments/agreements made at COP26 (this ends on 12th November 2021)
3. Selecting one country (this can be the UK or your home country outline what policies have been set at a national level to address the Paris Agreement and name and describe the governmental agencies are responsible for addressing the Paris Agreement.
4. For the country you have selected, explain how national policies relating to climate change influence the work of built environment professionals. (eg with reference to national standards, policy etc).
5. Drawing on your research, explain what you understand about the terms ‘climate change mitigation’ and ‘climate change adaptation’. Please provide one examples of mitigation and one of adaptation that is directly relevant to the work of landscape architects/urban designers.
6. Research and review the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Using examples, explain how SDG11 Sustainable Cities and Communities and SDG15 Life on Land can be addressed within the professional fields of landscape architecture and urban design.
-Selected country is Canada