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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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Global Review of Finance For Sustainable Urban Infrastructure

  • Topic
    Climate Finance
  • Published On
    February 01, 2018
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    • Global Review of Finance For Sustainable Urban Infrastructure

    This paper is a background review that builds on a growing body of research that highlights both the importance of national sustainable infrastructure and the need to develop more effective and efficient financing mechanisms for delivering compact, connected cities that meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

International Case Studies on Public Communication and Consultation Strategies for Low Emission Zones and Congestion Charging Schemes

  • Topic
    Low Emissions Zone (LEZ)
  • Published On
    January 01, 2018
  • Author(s)
    Ying Wang, Fei Ye , Su Song , Andrew Pickford, Shiyong Qiu
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    • International Case Studies on Public Communication and Consultation Strategies for Low Emission Zones and Congestion Charging Schemes

    The working paper will be part of the “Low Emission Zone/Congestion Charge (LEZ/CC) Public Communication Strategies” series of papers to offer a comprehensive package of public communication strategies to safeguard successful implementation. It is the first paper in the series, and studies 10 cases from Europe, Asia, and the United States to highlight the variety of social, political, and environmental contexts within which CC and LEZ schemes were planned and implemented.

Benefits of Climate Action: Piloting Global Approach to Measurement

  • Topic
    Climate Action Planning
  • Published On
    October 25, 2017
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    • Benefits of Climate Action: Piloting Global Approach to Measurement

    This pilot research aims to enable cities to measure the wider benefits of climate action, empowering them to make a much stronger case for a much greater scale of action. The purpose of the research is to evidence the benefits of climate action, but more than this to understand how cities can evidence these benefits as efficiently, effectively and expeditiously as possible.

Powering Cities in the Global South: How Energy Access for All Benefits the Economy and the Environment

  • Topic
    Renewable Energy
  • Published On
    September 01, 2017
  • Author(s)
    Michael Westphal, Lihuan Zhou, David Satterthwaite and Sarah Martin
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    • Powering Cities in the Global South: How Energy Access for All Benefits the Economy and the Environment

    Millions of residents in some of the fastest growing cities in the world don’t have access to clean, reliable energy, and the challenge of reaching them is not getting easier. In 2012, only 58 percent of the urban population had access to electricity in low-income countries, and nearly 500 million urban residents worldwide used dirty and harmful cooking fuels like charcoal and wood.

CURB Tool: Climate Action for Urban Sustainability (English)

  • Topic
    Climate Action Planning
  • Published On
    June 01, 2017
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    • CURB Tool: Climate Action for Urban Sustainability (English)

    CURB: Climate Action for Urban Sustainability was developed by a partnership between the World Bank, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, AECOM Consulting and Bloomberg Philanthropies. CURB uses local city data to provide tailored analyses that will help cities evaluate low carbon actions. In case there are some data gaps, a common problem in many cities, CURB provides alternative data that can be used from comparable cities, countries or regions.

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