This report represents the Mid-Term Evaluation of UN‑Habitat’s Cities and Climate Change Initiative. The Initiative was launched in 2008 and to date has been implemented in three phases: August 2008 to July 2010 (Phase I), August 2010 – Dec...
Year: 2013,
Number of pages: 92, Type of publication: Book
There are a number of key areas of local government competencies that city officials may want to target when implementing carbon trading projects; including town and urban planning, infrastructure development, service provision, waste management...
Year: 2012,
Number of pages: 70, Type of publication: Book
This is an orienting document seeking to provide technical guidelines that will facilitate the design and implementation of policies and actions aiming at fighting the adverse impacts of climate change. It was drawn up in a participative fashion and ...
Year: 2012,
Number of pages: 28, Type of publication: Book
This compendium presents a series of promising practices in Sub-Saharan African cities that take into account the multiple dimensions of climate change. The featured practices cover four main topics: major roles for gender, youth and business; adapta...
Year: 2012,
Number of pages: 64, Type of publication: Book
This tool provides local policy-makers and major stakeholders with a methodology to plan for climate change. These plans must address both mitigation (e.g., reducing the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere) and adaptation (respondi...
Year: 2012,
Number of pages: 148, Type of publication: Book