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Supporting Climate-Smart Infrastructure Projects – Case Studies

This publication presents six case studies—three international and three from Turkey—showcasing climate-smart infrastructure projects that promote green and resilient urban development.

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Combating Heat in Cities: Operationalizing the Urban Heat Agenda at the World Bank

This report stems from growing concern about the threat of extreme heat in urban settings and its adverse impacts on health.

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Unlocking Blue Carbon Development: Investment Readiness Framework for Governments

The purpose of this paper is to provide a practical framework to guide governments in catalyzing and scaling up public and private investment in Blue Carbon as part of their blue economy developm

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Urban Flood Risk Handbook: Assessing Risk and Identifying Interventions

This Urban Flood Risk Handbook: Assessing Risk and Identifying Interventions is a roadmap for conducting an urban flood risk assessment in any city in the world.

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Inclusive Resilience : Inclusion Matters for Resilience in South Asia

South Asia is one of the region’s most vulnerable to the impacts of natural hazards, particula

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Integrating Climate Adaptation: a Toolkit for Urban Planners and Adaptation Practitioners

The toolkit

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The Value of Using Notation Keys in City Scale Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories: Learning From Absent Data

National, regional and local governments around

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Climate Finance Decision-making Tree

This climate finance decision-making tree guides local and regional governments through a seri

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Primer for Cool Cities: Reducing Excessive Urban Heat – With a Focus on Passive Measures

Cities are g

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Primer for Cool Cities: Reducing Excessive Urban Heat – With a Focus on Passive Measures

Cities are getting hotter as a result of growing urbanization and global

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Madrid360 Carbon Neutrality Roadmap by 2050

The Madrid 360 Environmental Sustainability Strategy, presented in September 2019, already pointed out in its introduction that “the compelling need to curb climate change led

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Climate Action Planning City Academy

The City Ac

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Financing urban resiliency and low emission development in Asia

This

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Bosnia and Herzegovina - Technical Assistance for Awareness Raising and Public Education on Solid Waste Management: Campaign Handbook (Bosnian)

Босна и Херцеговина - Техничка Помоћ за Подизање Свијести и Образовање Јавности о Управљању Чврстим Отпадом : Приручник за Кампању.

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[DATASET] Resource Watch

More data are available today than ever before.

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[DATASET] WRI Datasets

WRI produces and curates data sets as part of our commitment to turn information into action.

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Financial Returns from Restoration

The annual economic benefits of restoring degraded and deforested land globally are an estimated $84 billion.

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Ending Tropical Deforestation: REDD+: Lessons from National and Subnational Implementation

REDD+—which stands for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests, and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in deve

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Climate-resilient, Climate-friendly World Heritage Cities

While the negative impacts of climate change on urban areas are well-known and widely discus

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Potential Climate Change Mitigation Opportunities in Waste Management Sector in Vietnam

Along with economic growth and improved living standards, waste from households, industries, and commercial or service establishments is expected to increase rapidly over the n

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