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.

Featured Resources

Planning

The Making of Sustainable Cities: GEF-6 Sustainable Cities Integrated Approach Pilot (SC-IAP) – Insights and Lessons

A decade of lessons from the GEF-6 Sustainable Cities Program and its impact on future urban development.

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Climate

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.

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Knowledge Resources
Explore the GPSC’s constantly growing library of knowledge resources, curated from cities across the world.
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DataX

EO4SD-Urban Project: Dakar City Report

GPSC provides Dakar with ESA‑supported imagery through EO4SD‑Urban, offering geospatial products that improve understanding of the city’s urban expansion.

EO4SD-Urban Project: Campeche City Report

GPSC provides Campeche with ESA‑supported imagery through EO4SD‑Urban, delivering geospatial products to better understand urban expansion.

EO4SD-Urban Project: Abidjan City Report

GPSC provides cities with ESA‑supported urban extent imagery, delivering user‑driven geospatial products to improve understanding of urban expansion.

EO4SD-Urban Project: Bhopal City Report

GPSC provides Bhopal with satellite urban imagery through EO4SD‑Urban, delivering geospatial products to better understand urban expansion.

EO4SD-Urban Project: Vijayawada City Report

GPSC provides Vijayawada with satellite imagery through EO4SD‑Urban, delivering geospatial products to better understand urban expansion.

[DATASET] Resource Watch

Resource Watch provides global data, enabling users to visualize environmental and human challenges through a growing online platform.

[DATASET] WRI Datasets

WRI creates and curates high‑quality data sets grounded in rigorous, objective research to help transform information into meaningful action.

Data speak louder than words

The report shows how city‑generated adaptation data strengthens planning, support, and diplomacy for more ambitious multilevel climate action.

EO4SD to Support Land Use Planning in Urban Area

EO4SD‑Urban, launched with ESA support, advances Earth Observation use in urban development and mainstreams applications through collaboration with cities.

Using Data for Policy: A manual for C40 Cities (Spanish)

The manual guides C40 cities in using data to develop and implement building‑efficiency policies across PBE and MBE networks.