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.

EO4SD-Urban Project: Dakar City Report

GPSC provides Dakar with ESA‑supported imagery through EO4SD‑Urban, offering geospatial products that improve understanding of the city’s urban expansion.

EO4SD-Urban Project: Campeche City Report

GPSC provides Campeche with ESA‑supported imagery through EO4SD‑Urban, delivering geospatial products to better understand urban expansion.

EO4SD-Urban Project: Abidjan City Report

GPSC provides cities with ESA‑supported urban extent imagery, delivering user‑driven geospatial products to improve understanding of urban expansion.

Opportunity 2030: Benefits of Climate Action in Cities

The report quantifies benefits of city climate measures, showing broader socioeconomic and health gains for policymakers and decision‑makers.

Summary for Policy Makers: What the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 C Degrees Mean for Cities

The report explains why cities must drive 1.5°C transitions and gives urban leaders science‑based guidance for achieving them.

Technology Pathways for Creating Smarter, More Prosperous and Greener Cities

The report synthesizes North American city studies, sharing best practices for deep carbon cuts using Siemens’ CyPT tool.

EO4SD-Urban Project: Bhopal City Report

GPSC provides Bhopal with satellite urban imagery through EO4SD‑Urban, delivering geospatial products to better understand urban expansion.

EO4SD-Urban Project: Vijayawada City Report

GPSC provides Vijayawada with satellite imagery through EO4SD‑Urban, delivering geospatial products to better understand urban expansion.

[DATASET] Resource Watch

Resource Watch provides global data, enabling users to visualize environmental and human challenges through a growing online platform.

[DATASET] WRI Datasets

WRI creates and curates high‑quality data sets grounded in rigorous, objective research to help transform information into meaningful action.