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.

Report

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.

Tool

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

Melaka: Pathway to Urban Sustainability

Melaka’s sustainability diagnostic assessed six dimensions to guide the State Structure Plan with data‑driven recommendations.

Financing urban resiliency and low emission development in Asia [Summary Report]

The RCAP2019 GPSC workshop gathered Asian cities and finance experts to strengthen capacity, and improve access to climate‑related financing.

Urban and Rural Municipal Solid Waste in China and the Circular Economy: A Brief Overview and Opportunities Going Forward

The paper identifies opportunities for China to strengthen MSW policy through EPR expansion, regionalized services, and sustainable financing.

Good Practice Guide: Cool Cities

The guide helps cities design and run effective cool‑surface programs that improve economic, social and environmental urban outcomes.

How to finance urban infrastructure? C40 Cities Finance Facility

The Explainer helps city governments understand infrastructure financing, guiding them to raise resources for development, operation, and maintenance.

Urban Climate Action Impacts Framework

Urban Climate Action Impacts Framework connects data, governance and investment decisions to quantify climate benefits and accelerate city decarbonisation.

Deadline 2020: How Cities Will Get the Job Done

The analysis outlines how C40 cities can drive 1.5°C pathways through ambitious climate actions aligned with the Paris Agreement.

Boosting subnational climate action through new climate governance

The report shows how linking national and subnational climate reporting strengthens coordinated governance and raises climate‑action ambition.

Bulgaria Spending Review - Improving Efficiency and Effectiveness of Waste Management Spending

The review analyzes Bulgaria’s waste‑management spending to improve performance, transparency, and efficiency rather than simply reduce budgets.

Health, Safety and Dignity of Sanitation Workers : An Initial Assessment

The report examines sanitation workers’ vulnerabilities and highlights challenges, good practices, and actions needed to protect their dignity and safety.