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C4B 1st Deep-Dive Learning: Greening Cities - Summary Report

The report shares insights from Cities4Biodiversity’s Green Cities Deep‑Dive, highlighting policies and recommendations for expanding urban nature.

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Gender and Sustainable Cities

Climate change is set to exacerbate existing inequalities, disproportionately affecting the urban poor and women.

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Nature-Based Solutions in Latin America and The Caribbean: Regional Status and Priorities for Growth

The region is moving from NbS experimentation to widescale adoption, enabling more sustainable, equitable development and delivering multi-sector benefits.

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Urban Green Infrastructure II: Implementing and Monitoring (Spanish)

The publication provides technical guidance on green infrastructure, detailing ecosystem services, economic benefits, and indicators for project assessment.

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GEF-6 IAP Programs: Synthesis of Experiences and Emerging Lessons from Establishing and Operationalizing Governance Framework

The report outlines governance frameworks for GEF‑6 IAP programs and synthesizes lessons on coordination supporting delivery across scales.

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Best Practices and Lessons Learned on the Pathways to Sustainability: Urban Park Rangers

Urban conservation areas reduce environmental impacts, and training park rangers helps cities place nature at the center of urban life.

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Best Practices and Lessons Learned on the Pathways to Sustainability: Banco San Miguel Ecological Reserve Cleaning Brigade

The reserve is a vital bird habitat but faces growing waste issues and vulnerable communities, creating social‑environmental challenges.

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Lagos Resilience Strategy

Lagos’ Resilience Strategy presents an integrated plan to address shocks, adapt to stresses, and support inclusive, sustainable urban development.

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Natural Asset and Biodiversity Valuation in Cities

Cities increasingly value natural assets; this paper offers a framework to assess them and guide sustainable, biodiversity‑based decisions.

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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.

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Smart Management for LED-based Public Lighting: City of Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires retrofitted public lighting with LEDs and smart management, cutting energy use, lowering costs, reducing emissions, and improving safety.

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Land degradation and cities: The essential role of local and regional governments

The briefing stresses tackling land degradation through systemic approaches that recognise urban drivers and empower local and regional governments.

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Making the Business Case for Nature-Based Infrastructure: How the City of Cape Town boosted funding for restoring its waterways

The City of Cape Town is investing in nature-based infrastructure (NBI) to restore its degraded rivers and wetlands.

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