Knowledge Products
The GPSC hosts a digital library featuring practical tools, reports, and case studies. Explore curated resources across thematic areas, filtering by topic or region to find the insights required to advance urban sustainability.
Report
Climate Change Infrastructure Project Screening Framework (for Mitigation and Adaptation)
This tool helps catalyzing the next generation of investments in cities for climate-smart, greener, more resilient, and inclusive urbanization.Tool
Piloting Nature-based Solutions for Urban Cooling
The World Bank and Guangzhou piloted nature‑based and design‑based urban cooling solutions, producing guidelines to support wider application.
Biodiversity in Cities - Technical Guide
AFD’s guide promotes context‑specific nature‑based urban design, helping cities integrate biodiversity to improve resilience, equity, and livability.
Cities and Nature: Planning for the Future
UN‑Habitat’s white paper guides cities to integrate nature through spatial planning and a spectrum‑based method for prioritizing interventions.
State of Finance for Nature 2022
The series tracks global finance for nature‑based solutions, assessing alignment with targets for climate, biodiversity, and land restoration.
She Rises: a Framework for Caring Cities
The framework applies gender analysis to urban spaces, using data‑driven insights to promote structurally equitable city design.
Ending Global Sprawl: Urban Standards for Sustainable and Resilient Development
Rapid urban growth drives harmful sprawl, and this book outlines seven principles for shaping compact, equitable, resilient, and sustainable cities.
Denser and greener cities: Green interventions to achieve both urban density and nature
New evidence shows cities can be both green and dense when they adopt effective urban green interventions and planning choices.
Summary - Towards an IUCN Nature-Positive Approach: a Working Paper
IUCN is developing a quantitative, rights‑based methodology to measure nature‑positive progress, helping to assess risks, set targets, and guide action.
