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Climate Change

An estimated 70 percent of global greenhouse-gas emissions come from cities. Rapid urbanization is expected to continue, intensifying even further the energy use in the cities. Yet there is also an opportunity. Cities are also where the greatest energy efficiencies can take place. Learn more about how cities are tackling climate change – with innovative approaches to improving city management and service delivery, to encouraging green growth. 

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Urban Flood Risk Handbook: Assessing Risk and Identifying Interventions

  • Country/ City
    World
  • Topic
    Disaster Risk Management, Flooding, Urban Planning
  • Published On
    August 02, 2023
  • Author(s)
    The World Bank
  • Abstract

    • Urban Flood Risk Handbook: Assessing Risk and Identifying Interventions

    This Urban Flood Risk Handbook: Assessing Risk and Identifying Interventions is a roadmap for conducting an urban flood risk assessment in any city in the world. It includes practical guidance for a flood risk assessment project, covering the key hazard and risk modeling stages as well as the evaluation of different flood-mitigating infrastructure intervention options and management of the project. The Handbook has been developed based on lessons learned from implementing urban flood risk assessments around the world in a diversity of contexts.

Building on nature: Area-based conservation as a key tool for delivering SDGs

  • Country/ City
    World
  • Topic
    Nature-based Solutions, Green Infrastructure
  • Published On
    May 31, 2021
  • Author(s)
    Marianne Kettunen, Nigel Dudley, Julia Gorricho, Valerie Hickey, Linda Krueger, Kathy MacKinnon, Judy Oglethorpe, Midori Paxton, John Robinson, Nik Sekhran
  • Abstract

    • Building on nature: Area-based conservation as a key tool for delivering SDGs

    This pioneering, action-oriented guidance demonstrates how the designation and effective management of protected and conserved areas can benefit sustainable development, playing a key role in delivering Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and supporting the 2030 Agenda globally.
     

Integrating Climate Adaptation: a Toolkit for Urban Planners and Adaptation Practitioners

  • Country/ City
    World
  • Topic
    Climate Change, Urban Planning
  • Published On
    October 05, 2020
  • Author(s)
    C40 Cities
  • Abstract

    • Integrating Climate Adaptation: a Toolkit for Urban Planners and Adaptation Practitioners

C40 Action Selection and Prioritisation (ASAP) Tool and resources

  • Published On
    August 31, 2020
  • Author(s)
    C40
  • Abstract

    • C40 Action Selection and Prioritisation (ASAP) Tool and resources

    The aim of the C40 Action Selection and Prioritisation (ASAP) resources is to support cities in selecting and prioritising actions to include in their ambitious climate action plans. The Action Selection phase of the climate action planning process aims to support cities with the identification and prioritisation of key actions for reducing emissions and adapting to the impacts of climate change in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement.

Washington, DC – a Living Lab for Sustainability and Innovation

  • Country/ City
    Washington, DC
  • Published On
    August 20, 2020
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    • Washington, DC – a Living Lab for Sustainability and Innovation

    Washington, DC is a compact city, encompassing just under 70 square miles and nearly 700,000 residents. In the wake of an urban regeneration that has transformed the physical form as well as the city’s population, through gentrification and displacement of the formerly majority African American population, the city is taking strides to confront and counteract negative externalities while adapting to climate change and bolstering the city’s resilience.
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