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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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Financing urban resiliency and low emission development in Asia

  • Country/ City
    Asia Pacific
  • Published On
    April 15, 2019
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    • Financing urban resiliency and low emission development in Asia

    This peer-to-peer workshop at the Resilient Cities Asia Pacific (RCAP2019) of the Global Platform for Sustainable Cities (GPSC) brings together representatives of some GPSC cities in Asia (Vijayawada, Jaipur, Mysore, and Melaka, including Alor Gajah Municipality and Hang Tuah Jaya Municipality) and other leading cities in India tackling climate ch

Urban Climate Action Impacts Framework

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    March 28, 2019
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    • Urban Climate Action Impacts Framework

    This document presents an Urban Climate Action Impacts Framework that can be applied when exploring the wider impact of city climate action. The report functions as a user guide with common principles, taxonomy and guidelines for approaching the mapping and assessment of those wider impacts. This is the evidence that urban stakeholders need to guide and make the case for climate action.

Deadline 2020: How Cities Will Get the Job Done (French)

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    March 27, 2019
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    • Deadline 2020: How Cities Will Get the Job Done (French)

    An analysis of the contribution C40 cities can make to delivering the Paris Agreement objective of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees.

Deadline 2020: How Cities Will Get the Job Done (English)

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    March 27, 2019
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    • Deadline 2020: How Cities Will Get the Job Done (English)

    An analysis of the contribution C40 cities can make to delivering the Paris Agreement objective of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees.

Boosting subnational climate action through new climate governance

  • Topic
    Greenhouse Gases (GHG), Climate Action Planning, Policy and Governance
  • Published On
    March 12, 2019
  • Author(s)
    Chang Deng-Beck, Dana Vigran, Maryke van Staden and Jen Bogle ICLEI World Secretariat
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    • Boosting subnational climate action through new climate governance

    National, local and other subnational governments need to work together to track performance and implement effective, coordinated climate action, with the aim to progressively raise local, national and global ambitions. Linking national and subnational climate reporting is a key element for effective climate governance. This report is a snapshot of the targets, performance inventories, action plans and actions from the carbonn Climate Registry (cCR), of the most widely used subnational climate action reporting systems in the world.

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