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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

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

IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions

This Standard aims to equip users with a robust framework for designing and verifying NbS that yield the outcomes desired

Primer for Cool Cities: Reducing Excessive Urban Heat – With a Focus on Passive Measures

Cities are getting hotter as a result of growing urbanization and global climate change. The negative impacts of temperature increases

Inclusive Community Engagement Playbook

Community engagement is the process of involving the people that live and interact with your city in its development, including

City-level Assessment and Draft Service Improvement Plan for Solid Waste Management For Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City

By 2050, it is estimated that nearly half the world’s population will reside in cities. Bulging population in cities coupled

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

City-level Assessment and Draft Service Improvement Plan for Solid Waste Management For Pokhara Metropolitan City

Nepal is experiencing a shift from a unitary to a three-tier government structure. The transition has led to increased financial

Streets for Pandemic Response and Recovery

The COVID-19 global pandemic altered every aspect of urban life in recent months. In response, city transportation officials around the

Bonifacio Global City: A Public-Private Joint Venture - Case Study

In 1992, the Government of the Philippines embarked on a mission to bring decommissioned U.S. military bases into productive use

Brooklyn Bridge Park - Case Study

In the early 1980s, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) decided to cease all cargo ship

The Copenhagen Model: a Publicly Owned, Privately Run Corporation - Case Study

Copenhagen’s City & Port Corporation leveraged land value, zoning, and private collaboration to finance major infrastructure and regeneration.