GPSC Regional City Academy in Asia

BACKGROUND 

GPSC and its Regional City Academy 

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Promoting sustainable urbanization that contributes to global environmental goals: Learning from the GEF’s Sustainable Cities Program

 
From April 8–10, 2025, the GEF Secretariat convened a technical workshop in Paris to reflect on lessons from the Sustainable Cities program under GEF-6 and 7.

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MDB Engagement Meeting

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Building Capacity to Assess Urban Climate Hazards and Tackle Heat and Flooding in Cities: A Three-Part Capacity Building Training Webinar Series

 
Cities around the world are reeling from the impacts of climate change, from heat to flooding.

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First Meeting of Mayors Forum on Urban Nature and Biodiversity

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GPSC Webinar Series. Bringing Nature to Cities: Integrated Urban Solutions to Biodiversity Loss and Climate Change

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Cities on the Frontline: Playful Cities, Why Cities Need Play and Placemaking to Foster Children's Wellbeing and City Resilience

 
Play and leisure are central to ensuring that children gr

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PPP for Investment and Delivery of Affordable Housing in Emerging Markets Economies

 
The role of the public sector in housing delivery in

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Webinar 22: Ensuring Strong Community Engagement in Solid Waste Management

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Ensuring Strong Community Engagement in Solid Waste Management: a Case Study from Bogor Regency, Indonesia

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Webinar 21: Reopening the night-time city: How can cities create safe and inclusive nocturnal environments in times of social distancing?

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Build Back Better: Cities at the Frontlines of COVID-19 Impact and Recovery

 
Cities are not only at the forefront of the COVID-19 pand

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Webinar 20: Nature-based Solutions in Cities

 
Climate change and ongoing urbanization including loss of forest and natural

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GPSC Peer to Peer Exchange: A Living Lab for Sustainability and Innovation

 
SC-IAP cities will  convene in Washington, DC to learn about some of the groundbreaking work taking place across the District as it st

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Circular Cities for Nature: Protecting Biodiversity through Local and Regional Circular Economy Strategies

 
As global hubs of resource consumption and waste generation, cities are key actors of the transition towards consumption and production pat

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Integrating Biodiversity, Climate and Land Management: Examples from the GPSC

 
This session focussed on the synergies of integra

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Webinar 19: Rethinking density in growing cities

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Webinar 18: Air quality monitoring at the local level: the case of Dakar, Senegal

 
Air pollution in cities is a ma

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Webinar 17: Successful fundraising and project pitching

 
Although in recent years, significant strides have been m

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