Issue 18 - Quarterly Newsletter on GEF China Sustainable Cities Integrated Approach Pilot Project

19 September 2025 /
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This project is helping to move China’s emerging megacities off of a high-polluting car-oriented trajectory by applying eight low carbon design principles. These principles illustrate the feasibility of reducing cities’ carbon emissions through the concept of transit-oriented development. Read the newsletter below in English and Chinese.
 
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