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

GPSC Compendium: Strategy and Innovation for Bus Reforms in Developing Countries

In developing countries, buses are the backbone of public transit, and the poor depend on them to access employment and

GPSC Compendium: Data-informed Urban Planning

Urban planning is a powerful tool that can be harnessed to meet an area's economic, social, cultural and environmental needs

GPSC Compendium: Small-scale Municipal PPP

Small-scale public-private partnerships (PPPs) offer a number of benefits, especially where projects are developed by municipalities: they are close to

Future of the Funds: Exploring the Architecture of Multilateral Climate Finance

In recognition of the importance of public finance, the global community has established several “climate funds.” These funds are designed

Nature-based solutions for sustainable urban development

Planting trees to improve urban air quality, converting abandoned industrial sites into urban parks, greening roofs to reduce buildings’ energy

Sludge to Energy: An Environment-Energy-Economic Assessment of Methane Capture from Sludge in Xiangyang City

The paper reviews Xiangyang’s sludge‑to‑energy system, showing how sustainable treatment technologies can help rapidly urbanizing cities manage growing…

Rail Plus Property Development in China: the Pilot Case of Shenzhen

The paper examines Shenzhen’s Rail plus Property model, showing how coordinated development can fund metro projects despite financing and institutional…

Global Architecture of Climate Finance

The climate finance architecture—the system of specialized, public funds that help countries implement climate mitigation and adaptation projects and…

Nigeria - Private Sector Participation in Solid Waste Management Activities in Ibadan

The report entitled 'private sector participation of solid waste management activities in Ibadan' provides Oyo State Government with recommendations to

Transport Emissions & Social Cost Assessment: Methodology Guide

The Transport Emissions & Social Cost Assessment is a project under the World Resources Institute’s Sustainable and Livable Cities Program