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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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Nature

Compendium for City Good Practice Series: How Paris Is Leveraging Nature For Climate Resilience

Explore Paris's innovative approach to climate resilience through the strategic integration of nature into urban environments.

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What a Waste 3.0: Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management Toward Circularity until 2050

What a Waste 3.0 updates global municipal waste data, detailing generation, management, policies, impacts, and trends across countries and cities.

Behavior Change in Solid Waste Management - A Compendium of Cases

Today the world faces unprecedented challenges in waste management while the state of the municipal waste management sector globally is

Best Practices and Lessons Learned: My Neighborhood Without Waste

The first step to recover valuable waste is to sort it at the point of origin, separating recyclables from non-recyclables

Market Study for the Philippines: Plastics Circularity Opportunities and Barriers

Mismanaged plastic waste has growing economic and environmental consequences. USD 80-120 billion worth of plastic packaging is lost from the

COVID-19’s Impact on the Waste Sector

Maintaining the delivery of basic urban service—including waste collection and management—is becoming a growing challenge to cities grappling with the

Health, Safety and Dignity of Sanitation Workers: An Initial Assessment (French and English)

The global sanitation workforce bridges the gap between sanitation infrastructure and the provision of sanitation services. Sanitation workers provide an

EPR for Waste Management in Korea: From the Deposit Refund System to EPR

This study examines the expansion of the role of the producers of recyclable goods in the arena of Korean waste

Decision Maker’s Guides for Solid Waste Management Technologies

The Decision Maker’s Guides for Solid Waste Management Technologies were created to help mayors and decision makers understand the various

Solid and Industrial Hazardous Waste Management Assessment: Options and Actions Areas to Implement the National Strategy (Vietnamese)

Vietnam has set as its objective, under the Vietnam Green Growth Strategy, the greening of production and of consumption, with