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1. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 34
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Box 1.1: Adaptation and mitigation: The two strands of climate action Throughout this report, the text refers to two important areas of climate action: mitigation and adaptation.
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Box 1.1: Adaptation and mitigation: The two strands of climate action Throughout this report, the text refers to two important areas of climate action: mitigation and adaptation.
2. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 42
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While area-based studies indicate that urban GHG emissions in Asia are lower than national averages,98 such figures often do not consider energy production occurring outside the cities.
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While area-based studies indicate that urban GHG emissions in Asia are lower than national averages,98 such figures often do not consider energy production occurring outside the cities.
3. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 44
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Given that NDC commitments are expressed in different ways, using different baseline years, it is difficult to assess, review and compare the strength of commitments between countries and other variables such as urbanization.105 What can further compound a meaningful comparison is that the NDCs themselves are sometimes inconsistent within and between versions.
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Given that NDC commitments are expressed in different ways, using different baseline years, it is difficult to assess, review and compare the strength of commitments between countries and other variables such as urbanization.105 What can further compound a meaningful comparison is that the NDCs themselves are sometimes inconsistent within and between versions.
4. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 44
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The IMF Climate Dashboard106 and the World Emissions Clock107 are methodologies that have been developed to translate the various commitments into estimates indicative of their emissions by 2030.
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The IMF Climate Dashboard106 and the World Emissions Clock107 are methodologies that have been developed to translate the various commitments into estimates indicative of their emissions by 2030.
5. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 48
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Tree Plantations This nature-based solution has significant urban component as there are many opportunities in urban areas to add greenery.
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Tree Plantations This nature-based solution has significant urban component as there are many opportunities in urban areas to add greenery.
6. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 48
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This solution can be nature-based when food is supplied through urban farming 1.20 + 0.76 Gt CO2e Coastal Wetland Protection & Restoration Significant nature-based solutions has an urban component as many of the world’s biggest cities are in coastal areas.
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This solution can be nature-based when food is supplied through urban farming 1.20 + 0.76 Gt CO2e Coastal Wetland Protection & Restoration Significant nature-based solutions has an urban component as many of the world’s biggest cities are in coastal areas.
7. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 51
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When governments engage with urban informality, they should refrain from anti-informality approaches aimed at formalization.
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When governments engage with urban informality, they should refrain from anti-informality approaches aimed at formalization.
8. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 69
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Contributions There is a substantial body of literature on the NDCs focused on issues such as transparency and implementability,11 the sectoral implications of NDCs12 and interlinkages with other global agendas such as the SDGs.13 The role of non-state actors, including cities, for NDCs is evidently also receiving increasing attention.14 The most recent analysis of the NDCs declared by 194 countries included 27 that had been updated and submitted for a second time by mid-2023.15 More countries have reported NDCs, which fall into three clusters: strong, moderate and low or no urban content.
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Contributions There is a substantial body of literature on the NDCs focused on issues such as transparency and implementability,11 the sectoral implications of NDCs12 and interlinkages with other global agendas such as the SDGs.13 The role of non-state actors, including cities, for NDCs is evidently also receiving increasing attention.14 The most recent analysis of the NDCs declared by 194 countries included 27 that had been updated and submitted for a second time by mid-2023.15 More countries have reported NDCs, which fall into three clusters: strong, moderate and low or no urban content.
9. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 69
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As discussed in Chapter 1, whether countries have high, moderate or low urban content in their NDCs is largely independent of their levels of urbanization.
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As discussed in Chapter 1, whether countries have high, moderate or low urban content in their NDCs is largely independent of their levels of urbanization.
10. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 71
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Related to progress since the Paris Agreement, the focus of SDG 13 is on climate action, but none of its targets and indicators specifically address urban areas.
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Related to progress since the Paris Agreement, the focus of SDG 13 is on climate action, but none of its targets and indicators specifically address urban areas.
11. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 77
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Since its launch in 2021, the Race to Resilience Campaign has grown considerably and as of 2023 included 647 collaborating members, as well as an array of subnational governments (86 cities and 78 regions) that had joined through Cities Race to Resilience or RegionsAdapt.51 Meanwhile the SURGe Initiative, launched at COP27, aims to accelerate local and urban climate action through multi-level governance, engagement and delivery through five integrated tracks, contributing to achieving the Paris climate goals and SDGs.
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Since its launch in 2021, the Race to Resilience Campaign has grown considerably and as of 2023 included 647 collaborating members, as well as an array of subnational governments (86 cities and 78 regions) that had joined through Cities Race to Resilience or RegionsAdapt.51 Meanwhile the SURGe Initiative, launched at COP27, aims to accelerate local and urban climate action through multi-level governance, engagement and delivery through five integrated tracks, contributing to achieving the Paris climate goals and SDGs.
12. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 83
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Indeed, AI is becoming increasingly prominent in supporting diverse urban climate action, policies and societal trends set in motion by the Paris Agreement (Chapter 8).
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Indeed, AI is becoming increasingly prominent in supporting diverse urban climate action, policies and societal trends set in motion by the Paris Agreement (Chapter 8).
13. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 89
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Much more needs to be known about the role of urban governments in shaping and supporting the achievement of NDCs and linked policy developments.
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Much more needs to be known about the role of urban governments in shaping and supporting the achievement of NDCs and linked policy developments.
14. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 96
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Box 3.1: Degree of Urbanisation: A tool for mapping cities The Degree of Urbanisation has been explored in detail in the World Cities Report 2022.
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Box 3.1: Degree of Urbanisation: A tool for mapping cities The Degree of Urbanisation has been explored in detail in the World Cities Report 2022.
15. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 97
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Information on exposure to natural hazards requires the integration of several data sources: in the GHSL framework, this is accomplished in the Urban Centre Database (GHS-UCDB).
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Information on exposure to natural hazards requires the integration of several data sources: in the GHSL framework, this is accomplished in the Urban Centre Database (GHS-UCDB).
16. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 97
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The GHS-UCDB is produced by geospatial data integration, to characterize more than 11,000 cities with more than 50,000 people worldwide.
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The GHS-UCDB is produced by geospatial data integration, to characterize more than 11,000 cities with more than 50,000 people worldwide.
17. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 100
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To advance disaster risk management with vulnerability precursor data, GHSL provides global information on human settlement infrastructure.
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To advance disaster risk management with vulnerability precursor data, GHSL provides global information on human settlement infrastructure.
18. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 100
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These features were obtained through processing of satellite imagery, based on linear regression techniques applied to global digital elevation models and morphological filtering.
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These features were obtained through processing of satellite imagery, based on linear regression techniques applied to global digital elevation models and morphological filtering.
19. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 112
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In Northern China, many cities will shift to a wetter continental climate by 2040 as a result of more intense precipitations.
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In Northern China, many cities will shift to a wetter continental climate by 2040 as a result of more intense precipitations.
20. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 113
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For indoor spaces, the air conditioning is set at 26°C in summer and 21°C in winter to ensure comfort and efficiency.
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For indoor spaces, the air conditioning is set at 26°C in summer and 21°C in winter to ensure comfort and efficiency.
21. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 113
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By the summer of 2023 Barcelona had 227 shelters, with 97 per cent of residents within a 10-minute walk of one.
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By the summer of 2023 Barcelona had 227 shelters, with 97 per cent of residents within a 10-minute walk of one.
22. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 119
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In Shenzhen, this was applied through various projects that integrate green infrastructure, such as permeable pavements, green roofs, and urban wetlands, to improve stormwater management and reduce flood risks.
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In Shenzhen, this was applied through various projects that integrate green infrastructure, such as permeable pavements, green roofs, and urban wetlands, to improve stormwater management and reduce flood risks.
23. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 119
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This integrated, nature-based and community-oriented approach highlights effective and sustainable climate action practices that provide shade and cooling that improve comfort levels reducing heat related health issues, creating spaces where people can gather, fostering social bonds and community cohesion.
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This integrated, nature-based and community-oriented approach highlights effective and sustainable climate action practices that provide shade and cooling that improve comfort levels reducing heat related health issues, creating spaces where people can gather, fostering social bonds and community cohesion.
24. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 120
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Since 1975, exposure to flooding in cities has grown 3.5 times more than exposure to flooding in rural areas.
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Since 1975, exposure to flooding in cities has grown 3.5 times more than exposure to flooding in rural areas.
25. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 120
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According to different estimates, between 2000 and 2019 flooding was responsible for US$651-1,089 billion worth of economic losses.59 Flooding typically results from one of three ways, namely, fluvial floods (from rivers and waterbodies), pluvial floods (from precipitation) and coastal floods (from storm surges and seas level rise).
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According to different estimates, between 2000 and 2019 flooding was responsible for US$651-1,089 billion worth of economic losses.59 Flooding typically results from one of three ways, namely, fluvial floods (from rivers and waterbodies), pluvial floods (from precipitation) and coastal floods (from storm surges and seas level rise).
26. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 131
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Cities with high exposure to climate hazards are more likely to have vulnerable populations living in areas prone to flooding, extreme heat, or other risks.
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Cities with high exposure to climate hazards are more likely to have vulnerable populations living in areas prone to flooding, extreme heat, or other risks.
27. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 131
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Social vulnerability considers the inequalities and disparities that exist within a city, which can amplify the impact of climate change on marginalized communities.3 This is influenced by a variety of social and economic characteristics including (but not limited to) race, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, age, health, level of ability, sexuality and non-conforming gender orientation.
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Social vulnerability considers the inequalities and disparities that exist within a city, which can amplify the impact of climate change on marginalized communities.3 This is influenced by a variety of social and economic characteristics including (but not limited to) race, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, age, health, level of ability, sexuality and non-conforming gender orientation.
28. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 136
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This, coupled with the increased cost of living due to climate impacts, can lead to economic instability for vulnerable urban populations.
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This, coupled with the increased cost of living due to climate impacts, can lead to economic instability for vulnerable urban populations.
29. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 168
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In addition to climate change concerns, Pakistan’s policy seeks to decrease urban air pollution and oil imports.93 To support this policy, planning measures include investments charging infrastructure and financial incentives, such as reduced customs and sales taxes.
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In addition to climate change concerns, Pakistan’s policy seeks to decrease urban air pollution and oil imports.93 To support this policy, planning measures include investments charging infrastructure and financial incentives, such as reduced customs and sales taxes.
30. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 168
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Pakistan’s ambitious target is that by 2030, 30 per cent of all new sales of cars and trucks will be EVs, rising to 90 per cent by 2040.
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Pakistan’s ambitious target is that by 2030, 30 per cent of all new sales of cars and trucks will be EVs, rising to 90 per cent by 2040.
31. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 183
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Although over US$335 million in national and municipal funding was secured, the project was subsequently amended in 2018 when city authorities announced that the plan would be significantly altered.
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Although over US$335 million in national and municipal funding was secured, the project was subsequently amended in 2018 when city authorities announced that the plan would be significantly altered.
32. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 195
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First, informal settlements have been described as “perhaps the most striking representation of a global infrastructure crisis that has beset an increasingly resource-constrained world”,22 highlighting the extreme inequality both within and between cities in access to basic services.
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First, informal settlements have been described as “perhaps the most striking representation of a global infrastructure crisis that has beset an increasingly resource-constrained world”,22 highlighting the extreme inequality both within and between cities in access to basic services.
33. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 195
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This hostility persists despite their significant contributions, such as informal waste pickers who can play a vital role in recycling and reducing GHG emissions (see Box 6.3).
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This hostility persists despite their significant contributions, such as informal waste pickers who can play a vital role in recycling and reducing GHG emissions (see Box 6.3).
34. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 196
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Box 6.2: Social, secondary or soft infrastructure As well as the predominantly physical, engineered systems that make up a city’s built environment, a wider host of institutions must exist in order for a city to function.
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Box 6.2: Social, secondary or soft infrastructure As well as the predominantly physical, engineered systems that make up a city’s built environment, a wider host of institutions must exist in order for a city to function.
35. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 198
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1Values included for the baselines have been updated from previous versions of the Buildings-GSR due to both historic input data updates for emissions and floorspace, and also deflation factors for US$.
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1Values included for the baselines have been updated from previous versions of the Buildings-GSR due to both historic input data updates for emissions and floorspace, and also deflation factors for US$.
36. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 203
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The project proved a success: the income of female waste pickers quadrupled, health outcomes improved and as much as 70 per cent of all waste was recycled through the initiative.
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The project proved a success: the income of female waste pickers quadrupled, health outcomes improved and as much as 70 per cent of all waste was recycled through the initiative.
37. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 206
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Box 6.4: The transformative impact of streetlights in Jinja, Uganda Jinja in eastern Uganda is one of five cities included in the Government of Uganda’s Transforming the Settlements of the Urban Poor in Uganda (TSUPU) programme.
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Box 6.4: The transformative impact of streetlights in Jinja, Uganda Jinja in eastern Uganda is one of five cities included in the Government of Uganda’s Transforming the Settlements of the Urban Poor in Uganda (TSUPU) programme.
38. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 206
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Despite initial reluctance from Jinja Municipal Council (JMC) to implement solar streetlights in a less central location, the MDF was able to earmark 20 solar streetlights for Kibugumbata, with financial contributions from Slum/ Shack Dwellers International and JMC itself.
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Despite initial reluctance from Jinja Municipal Council (JMC) to implement solar streetlights in a less central location, the MDF was able to earmark 20 solar streetlights for Kibugumbata, with financial contributions from Slum/ Shack Dwellers International and JMC itself.
39. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 208
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Box 6.5: The transformative potential of connecting resilient urban infrastructure to adequate affordable housing Housing is seldom seen as a core element of urban infrastructure, but is more usually identified and treated as a distinct sector for policies, planning and interventions.
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Box 6.5: The transformative potential of connecting resilient urban infrastructure to adequate affordable housing Housing is seldom seen as a core element of urban infrastructure, but is more usually identified and treated as a distinct sector for policies, planning and interventions.
40. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 222
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Disaster risk reduction and adaptation As articulated in Chapter 3 of this Report, disaster risk reduction, resilience building and disaster preparedness are at the core of socioeconomic development.
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Disaster risk reduction and adaptation As articulated in Chapter 3 of this Report, disaster risk reduction, resilience building and disaster preparedness are at the core of socioeconomic development.
41. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 226
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For example, a city might prioritize certain SDGs that align with its immediate needs, like infrastructure development, while neglecting others that are equally important, such as reducing inequalities or tackling climate change.42 It is thus critical for central governments to develop national SDG localization frameworks that provide clear policy guidelines and best practices for cities to follow.
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For example, a city might prioritize certain SDGs that align with its immediate needs, like infrastructure development, while neglecting others that are equally important, such as reducing inequalities or tackling climate change.42 It is thus critical for central governments to develop national SDG localization frameworks that provide clear policy guidelines and best practices for cities to follow.
42. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 228
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In Mali, the national Association of Municipalities was able to deploy EU funding to strengthen SDG localization in 100 municipalities.
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In Mali, the national Association of Municipalities was able to deploy EU funding to strengthen SDG localization in 100 municipalities.
43. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 249
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For instance, the Philippines Alliance, a network of NGOs that support the Homeless Peoples Federation of the Philippines, has worked since the 1990s to facilitate access to housing and manage disasters among the poorest communities in the country.
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For instance, the Philippines Alliance, a network of NGOs that support the Homeless Peoples Federation of the Philippines, has worked since the 1990s to facilitate access to housing and manage disasters among the poorest communities in the country.
44. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 249
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As one of the networks of Muungano wa Wanavijiji, a federation of slum dwellers in 21 counties in Kenya, KIWAPWA has successfully partnered with the Kisumu County government.
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As one of the networks of Muungano wa Wanavijiji, a federation of slum dwellers in 21 counties in Kenya, KIWAPWA has successfully partnered with the Kisumu County government.
45. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 250
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The last progress report explains that investment in R&D has increased globally, alongside advances in mobile connectivity that enhance research and knowledge production infrastructures.39 However, this progress is uneven.
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The last progress report explains that investment in R&D has increased globally, alongside advances in mobile connectivity that enhance research and knowledge production infrastructures.39 However, this progress is uneven.
46. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 256
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Since 2006, various micro-and mini-grids powered by renewables – solar PV, wind power, hydropower and hybrid systems – have been implemented, supported by institutional innovations like cooperatives and community associations and a conducive regulatory context.
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Since 2006, various micro-and mini-grids powered by renewables – solar PV, wind power, hydropower and hybrid systems – have been implemented, supported by institutional innovations like cooperatives and community associations and a conducive regulatory context.
47. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 256
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The 2004 Malawi Electricity Act and 2017 Renewable Energy Strategy were pivotal, enabling community energy systems and collaborations with NGOs.
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The 2004 Malawi Electricity Act and 2017 Renewable Energy Strategy were pivotal, enabling community energy systems and collaborations with NGOs.
48. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 258
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Recognizing the specific pressures posed by urbanization, the project expanded its team in 2019 to include an urban planning consultant, ensuring that urban growth does not undermine the project’s implementation.
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Recognizing the specific pressures posed by urbanization, the project expanded its team in 2019 to include an urban planning consultant, ensuring that urban growth does not undermine the project’s implementation.
49. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 261
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A pilot biodigester was installed at the Aberdeen Women’s centre in 2022 to help transition the health centre from its over-reliance on costly diesel-powered generators.
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A pilot biodigester was installed at the Aberdeen Women’s centre in 2022 to help transition the health centre from its over-reliance on costly diesel-powered generators.
50. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 261
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FWT has leveraged blended finance to include own funding, in-kind support grants and private sources, providing a good example of strategic integration of diverse finance sources for enabling locally-led climate action (an area explored in Chapter 9).
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FWT has leveraged blended finance to include own funding, in-kind support grants and private sources, providing a good example of strategic integration of diverse finance sources for enabling locally-led climate action (an area explored in Chapter 9).
51. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 271
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The majority are over 60 per cent urbanized, with some countries like Nauru, Guam and Northern Mariana Islands nearly 100 per cent urbanized.
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The majority are over 60 per cent urbanized, with some countries like Nauru, Guam and Northern Mariana Islands nearly 100 per cent urbanized.
52. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 271
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Though at the early stages of implementation, it offers an inspiring pathway for mobilizing resources from diverse sources to promote integrated solutions to climate change across the region, with a target of US$500 million in funding by 2030.
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Though at the early stages of implementation, it offers an inspiring pathway for mobilizing resources from diverse sources to promote integrated solutions to climate change across the region, with a target of US$500 million in funding by 2030.
53. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 273
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For instance, in 2018 the GCF established the Green Cities Facility which plays a catalytic role in derisking investments by providing concessional grants and first loss capital, as well as supporting project readiness and preparatory support.
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For instance, in 2018 the GCF established the Green Cities Facility which plays a catalytic role in derisking investments by providing concessional grants and first loss capital, as well as supporting project readiness and preparatory support.
54. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 276
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Between 2015 and 2017, the national government dedicated CNY 20.7 billion (US$3 billion) for 16 pilot sponge cities, with ambitious targets that 20 per cent of each pilot city’s land should be constructed to sponge city standards by 2020 and 80 per cent by 2030.
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Between 2015 and 2017, the national government dedicated CNY 20.7 billion (US$3 billion) for 16 pilot sponge cities, with ambitious targets that 20 per cent of each pilot city’s land should be constructed to sponge city standards by 2020 and 80 per cent by 2030.
55. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 276
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The economic case for this nature-based solution is also compelling: Wuhan’s sponge city programme is estimated to cost almost US$600 million less than the “grey” infrastructure that would have otherwise been developed to strengthen the city’s resilience to flooding.
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The economic case for this nature-based solution is also compelling: Wuhan’s sponge city programme is estimated to cost almost US$600 million less than the “grey” infrastructure that would have otherwise been developed to strengthen the city’s resilience to flooding.
56. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 280
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For instance, in 2016 the city of London earned an estimated US$182 million, while Stockholm earned US$155 million.52 To be effective, however, these charges should be implemented alongside incentives for non-motorized transport such as bike-sharing programmes: that way, they do not merely serve as convenient income sources, but also act as catalysts of a wider transformative shift towards more sustainable practices.
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For instance, in 2016 the city of London earned an estimated US$182 million, while Stockholm earned US$155 million.52 To be effective, however, these charges should be implemented alongside incentives for non-motorized transport such as bike-sharing programmes: that way, they do not merely serve as convenient income sources, but also act as catalysts of a wider transformative shift towards more sustainable practices.
57. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 280
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Box 9.5: The use of land value capture mechanisms to incentivize sustainable housing and transportation in Quito, Ecuador Ecuador’s capital city, Quito, home to nearly 2 million residents, faces significant challenges from its transportation sector, a major emission source exacerbated by urban sprawl at the city’s edges.
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Box 9.5: The use of land value capture mechanisms to incentivize sustainable housing and transportation in Quito, Ecuador Ecuador’s capital city, Quito, home to nearly 2 million residents, faces significant challenges from its transportation sector, a major emission source exacerbated by urban sprawl at the city’s edges.
58. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 294
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By setting clear targets for emissions Box 9.10: A standardized toolkit to assess enabling framework conditions (EFCs) to accelerate climate finance in Asia and the Pacific A robust enabling environment – with sound policy, fiscal, regulatory and institutional conditions at both the national and local levels – is crucial for cities to access climate finance.
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By setting clear targets for emissions Box 9.10: A standardized toolkit to assess enabling framework conditions (EFCs) to accelerate climate finance in Asia and the Pacific A robust enabling environment – with sound policy, fiscal, regulatory and institutional conditions at both the national and local levels – is crucial for cities to access climate finance.
59. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 306
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Box 10.1: The challenge of shock-proofing urban transport in Pune, India The Pune agglomeration, comprising the cities of Pune, Pimpri and Chinchwad, is a large and expanding metropolitan area with a population of more than 7 million people.
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Box 10.1: The challenge of shock-proofing urban transport in Pune, India The Pune agglomeration, comprising the cities of Pune, Pimpri and Chinchwad, is a large and expanding metropolitan area with a population of more than 7 million people.
60. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 306
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Subsequently, Pune has shifted its efforts towards the development of a Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) that will ultimately cover more than 165 kilometres (km), 33 with around 30 km operational as of September 2024.
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Subsequently, Pune has shifted its efforts towards the development of a Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) that will ultimately cover more than 165 kilometres (km), 33 with around 30 km operational as of September 2024.
61. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 310
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Box 10.3: Different approaches to urban risk assessment: Case studies from Senegal, Philippines and Yemen With the development of new digital technologies and the expansion of available data sources, urban risk assessment is a rapidly evolving field that is of particular relevance to climate resilience planning.
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Box 10.3: Different approaches to urban risk assessment: Case studies from Senegal, Philippines and Yemen With the development of new digital technologies and the expansion of available data sources, urban risk assessment is a rapidly evolving field that is of particular relevance to climate resilience planning.
62. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 310
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In June 2009, an urban risk assessment was conducted for a pilot study, with the intention of creating feasible methodologies for risk assessment in cities with strained resources.
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In June 2009, an urban risk assessment was conducted for a pilot study, with the intention of creating feasible methodologies for risk assessment in cities with strained resources.
63. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 311
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For example, analysis of the drivers of spatial differentiation may lead to identifying challenges related to access to infrastructure, which can be directly addressed through planning for resilience (Chapter 5), investment in resilient infrastructure (Chapter 6), and inclusive governance (Chapter 7), all in line with the six pathways already proposed in Chapter 4.
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For example, analysis of the drivers of spatial differentiation may lead to identifying challenges related to access to infrastructure, which can be directly addressed through planning for resilience (Chapter 5), investment in resilient infrastructure (Chapter 6), and inclusive governance (Chapter 7), all in line with the six pathways already proposed in Chapter 4.
64. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 311
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However, questions remain about how to challenge the cultural and historical drivers of vulnerability and the role of approaches that explicitly try to do so (Chapter 2).
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However, questions remain about how to challenge the cultural and historical drivers of vulnerability and the role of approaches that explicitly try to do so (Chapter 2).
65. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 312
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Box 10.4: Differential vulnerability in the Philippines Spatial indexes of urban vulnerability are increasingly popular to identify spatial drivers of vulnerability.
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Box 10.4: Differential vulnerability in the Philippines Spatial indexes of urban vulnerability are increasingly popular to identify spatial drivers of vulnerability.
66. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 312
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Iloilo City’s Participatory Housing and Development project, for instance, a proximity relocation project, was made possible when the city government provided a 16.2-hectare plot in a lower-risk area.
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Iloilo City’s Participatory Housing and Development project, for instance, a proximity relocation project, was made possible when the city government provided a 16.2-hectare plot in a lower-risk area.
67. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 313
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Amsterdam (the Netherlands) was the first city to adopt the doughnut model into its urban strategy in 2020 with the launch of its “city portrait”.
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Amsterdam (the Netherlands) was the first city to adopt the doughnut model into its urban strategy in 2020 with the launch of its “city portrait”.
68. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 313
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This emphasized not only the health and well-being of its own residents, but also those of people and ecosystems worldwide.58 Moreover, the implementation of this vision is overseen by the Amsterdam Doughnut Coalition, which brings together over 20 organizations, including design agencies, neighbourhood initiatives, universities, think-and-do tanks, social enterprises and the municipal government.
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This emphasized not only the health and well-being of its own residents, but also those of people and ecosystems worldwide.58 Moreover, the implementation of this vision is overseen by the Amsterdam Doughnut Coalition, which brings together over 20 organizations, including design agencies, neighbourhood initiatives, universities, think-and-do tanks, social enterprises and the municipal government.
69. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 315
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To achieve this, the Urban Action Lab at Makerere University63 has actively supported the establishment of circular economy initiatives, especially with waste, working directly with LUCHACOS, ACTogether and the communities they represent to understand the supply chain of briquettes and facilitate circularity in resource streams across the city.
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To achieve this, the Urban Action Lab at Makerere University63 has actively supported the establishment of circular economy initiatives, especially with waste, working directly with LUCHACOS, ACTogether and the communities they represent to understand the supply chain of briquettes and facilitate circularity in resource streams across the city.
70. UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action · PDF page 326
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Notes: (a) Total greenhouse gas emissions are composed of CO2 totals excluding short-cycle biomass burning (such as agricultural waste burning and savanna burning) but including other biomass burning (such as forest fires, post-burn decay, peat fires and decay of drained peatlands), all anthropogenic CH4 sources, N2O sources and F-gases (HFCs, PFCs and SF6).
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Notes: (a) Total greenhouse gas emissions are composed of CO2 totals excluding short-cycle biomass burning (such as agricultural waste burning and savanna burning) but including other biomass burning (such as forest fires, post-burn decay, peat fires and decay of drained peatlands), all anthropogenic CH4 sources, N2O sources and F-gases (HFCs, PFCs and SF6).