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The city-industry-climate nexus: Cities as engines of global net-zero transitions in a shifting world

By 2050, almost two-thirds of the world’s population will live in cities, which already consume most of the world’s energy and emit the majority of greenhouse gases. This makes urban areas central to both the causes of climate change and the solutions. The white paper argues that decarbonizing cities is not only environmental policy, but a strategic industrial agenda. It introduces the “city-industry-climate nexus,” where infrastructure, production systems, value chains, and climate action converge. Cities host the industries that supply

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Nature

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

This report, as part of the Compendium for City Good Practice series, highlights Paris's innovative approach to climate resilience through the strategic integration of nature into urban environments. It offers a comprehensive overview of Paris's strategy on urban nature, showcasing how the city is integrating biodiversity into planning, leveraging green spaces, biodiversity corridors, and sustainable landscaping to mitigate the impacts of climate change. The report serves as a valuable resource for cities worldwide seeking to emulate Paris's successful model of

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Violence Against Women and Girls: Disaster Risk Management Brief

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) has negative impacts on their physical and mental health. Health care settings provide a

Innovative city-business collaboration: Emerging good practice to enhance sustainable urban development

This study looks at six initiatives around the world that aspire to facilitate city-business collaboration with holistic, multi-stakeholder approaches from

Expanding Women's Access to Land and Housing in Urban Areas

Evidence is mounting that secure property rights have positive effects for poor people in general and women in particular. The

Inclusive Heritage-Based City Development Program in India

This report summarizes the motivation, objectives, methodology, results and lessons learned from the design and implementation of the Demonstration Program

Results-Based Financing for Municipal Solid Waste (English, French and Spanish)

Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) management is a crucial service provided by cities around the world, but is often inefficient and

Climate-resilient, Climate-friendly World Heritage Cities

While the negative impacts of climate change on urban areas are well-known and widely discussed, its implicit impacts on historic

Waste PPPs, Handshake Issue # 12

In this issue on waste public-private partnerships (PPPs), experts, entrepreneurs, and activists share innovations that can guide government officials toward

Waste in Russia: Garbage or valuable resource? Scenarios for Developing the Municipal Solid Waste Management Sector

Every year, Russia generates 55-60 million tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) [1] with a per capita average reaching up

Urban Transport: Can Public-Private Partnerships Work?

Cities exist, grow, and prosper because they take advantage of scale economies and specialization wrought by agglomeration. But output growth

TOD Guide for Communities

This TOD Guide for Urban Communities shares the best practice guidelines in transit oriented development around the world. This publication