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.
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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
Primer for Cool Cities: Reducing Excessive Urban Heat – With a Focus on Passive Measures
The primer outlines urban cooling solutions and offers practical guidance to help cities reduce heat impacts and protect residents.
Focused Acceleration: A Strategic Approach to Climate Action in Cities to 2030
The report identifies twelve major opportunities across power, buildings, mobility and waste to accelerate city‑level carbon reductions.
São Paulo Statement on Urban Sustainability
The São Paulo Statement commits city leaders to integrated urban action on climate, biodiversity, and inequality, advancing global sustainability goals.
Coastal Waste Management Infrastructure in a Changing Climate: Seychelles Risk Assessment Report
The assessment identifies climate‑related hazards threatening Seychelles’ Providence landfills to inform technological, social, and financing alternatives.
Good Practice Guide: Cool Cities
The guide helps cities design and run effective cool‑surface programs that improve economic, social and environmental urban outcomes.
Urban Climate Action Impacts Framework
Urban Climate Action Impacts Framework connects data, governance and investment decisions to quantify climate benefits and accelerate city decarbonisation.
Deadline 2020: How Cities Will Get the Job Done
The analysis outlines how C40 cities can drive 1.5°C pathways through ambitious climate actions aligned with the Paris Agreement.
Boosting subnational climate action through new climate governance
The report shows how linking national and subnational climate reporting strengthens coordinated governance and raises climate‑action ambition.
Multilevel climate action: The path to 1.5 degrees
The report shows how subnational climate data and integrated MRV systems support alignment with 1.5°C targets and stronger governance.
Opportunity 2030: Benefits of Climate Action in Cities
The report quantifies benefits of city climate measures, showing broader socioeconomic and health gains for policymakers and decision‑makers.
