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Landscape Institute Climate Change Position Statement

10th October 2008

The Landscape Institute has published a Climate Change Position Statement, 'Landscape architecture and the challenge of climate change'.

The aim of the document is to:

1. Demonstrate to stakeholders and Government the critical role of the landscape architecture profession in delivering climate change policy objectives;
2. Inspire clients to adopt a holistic, landscape architecture approach to development which also delivers resilience in the face of a changing climate and assists in reducing greenhouse gas emissions;
3. Provide guiding principles and case studies of the approaches taken by landscape architects to climate change adaptation and mitigation.