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
Advancing Urban Sustainability for a Green Recovery
The report shows how GEF‑supported cities advance sustainability and green recovery through leadership, integration, and broad collaboration.
Best Practices and Lessons Learned: Urban Orchards in a Natural Reserve
Asunción’s largest ecological reserve faces waste challenges, and communities are working with the Green City project to restore ecosystems.
Valuing the Benefit of Nature-Based Solutions for Integrated Urban Flood Management in China
Hybrid urban infrastructure integrating NbS can enhance water security, but scaling requires valuing benefits and enabling co‑investment.
Nature-Based Solutions in Latin America and The Caribbean: Regional Status and Priorities for Growth
The region is moving from NbS experimentation to widescale adoption, enabling more sustainable, equitable development and delivering multi-sector benefits.
Urban Green Infrastructure II: Implementing and Monitoring (Spanish)
The publication provides technical guidance on green infrastructure, detailing ecosystem services, economic benefits, and indicators for project assessment.
Urban Green Infrastructure I: Challenges, Opportunities and Good Practices (Spanish)
The publication introduces urban green infrastructure and NbS, regional climate threats, and presents 21 case studies from diverse countries.
Urban Nature and Biodiversity for Cities. Policy Brief
Urban ecological planning integrates biodiversity into city design, guiding investments that create sustainable, resilient, and equitable urban futures.
Integrated Programming in the Global Environment Facility: Learning from the GEF-6 IAP Programs
The report distils lessons from GEF‑6 Integrated Approach Pilots, highlighting progress, governance insights, and cross‑cutting integration across programs.
A Catalogue of Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Resilience
The catalogue guides cities in using nature‑based solutions for resilience, outlining principles and fourteen NbS families for investment.
Building on nature: Area-based conservation as a key tool for delivering SDGs
The guidance shows how protected areas advance SDGs, offering case studies and tools for integrating conservation into development strategies.
