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
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.
Biodiversity and Health in the Urban Environment
Biodiversity strongly influences human health, and understanding causal pathways can guide nature‑based public health solutions and policy integration.
Best Practices and Lessons Learned on the Pathways to Sustainability: Urban Park Rangers
Urban conservation areas reduce environmental impacts, and training park rangers helps cities place nature at the center of urban life.
Nature-Based Solutions: State of the Art in EU-Funded Projects
The report synthesizes evidence from EU NbS projects, highlighting impacts, cost‑effectiveness, policy links, recommendations, and remaining knowledge gaps.
Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services: An EU ecosystem assessment
The report assesses EU ecosystems, analysing pressures, conditions, trends, and progress toward biodiversity targets to inform future restoration policy.
IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions
The Standard guides users in designing adaptable, effective NbS without rigid thresholds, supporting continuous learning and improved outcomes.
