Climate Change in Informal Settlements
This article summarizes ways in which climate change adaptation and mitigation can be achieved in informal settlements.
Financing Urban Adaptation to Climate Change: An Introduction
This introductory article provides a brief overview of the various mechanisms available to finance urban adaptation to climate change.
Urban Green Infrastructure: An Introduction
This article introduces urban green infrastructure and how it can and has been applied in urban contexts.
Three ways for cities to adapt to climate change
Drawing on experiences in drought-stricken Cape Town and research into adaptation, decision-making and governance, this blog offers three lessons for cities seeking to adapt to climate change.
Building Urban Resilience to Climate Change: A Review of Madagascar
This report examines the institutional environment, urban management capacity, and financial resources and mechanisms available to address adaptation in Madagascar’s growing cities.
Building Urban Resilience to Climate Change: A Review of South Africa
This report examines the institutional environment, urban management capacity, and financial resources and mechanisms available to address adaptation in South Africa's cities.
Mainstreaming Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for Effective Management in Cities
Mainstreaming Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for Effective Management in Cities
ICLEI, Local Governments for Sustainability - Africa Secretariat
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, or ICLEI for short, is the leading global network of over 1,500 cities, towns and regions committed to building a sustainable urban future.
Ecosystem-based Adaptation, Women and Flood Resilience in Central Vietnam
ResilNam aims at strengthening the role of women in DRM and CCA through ecosystem-based adaptation, namely the restoration and sustainable management of mangroves and urban water bodies.
Webinar: Accelerating Climate Resilient Development in Cities
This webinar focuses on the SDC funded CapaCITIES project in India, which is advancing climate action planning to accelerate transformation of cities to low carbon, climate resilient cities.
Urban Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience – A Training Manual
This manual is part of the USAID Adapt Asia-Pacific Urban Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience (UCCAR) training course and incorporates case studies, tools, methodologies, and guidelines.
6 Things to Know about Urban Adaptation
This publication highlights the key learnings from the Urban Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience (UCCAR) training course.
Tailoring climate information to meet adaptation decision-making needs
This article presents results from the first research phase of SEI’s HazardSupport project, which aims to help address climate change impacts relevant in Sweden today and in the future.
Building climate resilience in cities
This CDKN Essential summarises learning from CDKN work in cities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean in mainstreaming climate compatible development in cities.
Rooftop Farming in Cairo
In informal settlements of Greater Cairo a rooftop farming project was started in 2014, supported by GIZ. The results were promising, but technical and managerial problems still have to be solved.
Low Carbon Resilience and Transboundary Municipal Ecosystem Governance
This research project outlines the benefits, challenges, and successes associated with transboundary ecosystem management in Still Creek, a riparian ecosystem located in Metro Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Barriers and enablers to climate adaptation
How are people responding to and planning for multiple risks, and how do these responses vary among social groups?
Building a Climate-Resilient City: Transportation infrastructure
This policy brief looks at measures that cities can take to improve their transportation infrastructure in order to build resilience to climate change impacts.
Building a Climate-Resilient City: Disaster preparedness and emergency management
This policy brief looks at disaster preparedness and emergency management measures that cities can use to build their resilience to climate change impacts.
Key reports for the CC&E Network 2014-2016
These publications provide insights and learning on key topics in climate change mitigation, adaptation and sustainable development, and highlight areas for future research and policy development.
Building a Climate-Resilient City: Economics and finance
This policy brief looks at economic and financial measures that cities can use to build their resilience to climate change impacts.
Building a Climate-Resilient City: Urban ecosystems
This policy brief looks at how cities can approach urban ecosystems in their municipal adaptation plans to build their resilience to climate change impacts.
Building Resilience in African Cities
This Thinkpiece is based on reflections from a group of FRACTAL project members around what the term resilience really means, particularly within the context of African cities.
Synergy for Sustainable Cities
Written for multiple audiences, this book explores multi-stakeholder engagement for building resilience and ensuring urban sustainability, and details of actions for enhancing urban resilience.
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