Guidance and Tools
- Multi-Level Governance For Effective Urban Climate Action In The Global South – UN-Habitat (2022)
- Indonesian One Data for Inclusive and Sustainable Urban Development: Governance and Usefulness of Data – ICLEI (2021)
- Identifying Urban Low Emissions opportunities for Lao PDR: Sub-national needs, stakeholders mapping, and regional experience, UN – Habitat
- Low-carbon Development in the Green Growth Framework of Lao PDR, UN-Habitat
- Multilevel Governance Guidelines on Integrated Climate Action Coordination in Lao PDR: Guidelines on Financing Tools and Mechanisms, UN-Habitat (October 2020)
- Multilevel Governance Guidelines on Integrated Climate Action Coordination in Lao PDR: Guidelines on Governance and Planning Strategies on Climate Coordination Enhancement, UN-Habitat (October 2020)
- Multilevel Governance Guidelines on Integrated Climate Action Coordination in Lao PDR: Guidelines on Legal Frameworks, Policies and treaties, UN-Habitat (September 2020)
- Multilevel Governance Guidelines on Integrated Climate Action Coordination in Lao PDR: Guidelines on Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV), UN-Habitat (August 2020)
- Enhancing Nationally Determined Contributions through Urban Climate Action – UN-Habitat (June 2020) – ENGLISH | SPANISH
- Diagram illustrating the Horizontal and Vertical Dimensions of Multilevel Governance – ICLEI|UN-Habitat (June 2020)
- Climate Emergency, Urban Opportunity: How national governments can secure economic prosperity and avert climate catastrophe by transforming cities – The Coalition for Urban Transitions (September 2019)
- Opportunities for Vertical Integration Related to Low Emission Urban Development Strategies in Lao PDR, UN-Habitat, September 2018
- Addressing Climate Change in National Urban Policy – UN-Habitat (October 2016)
- Sustainable Urbanization in the Paris Agreement – Comparative Review of NDC – UN-Habitat (July 2018)
- Talanoa and Beyond: Raising Ambition with Cities and Regions – GIZ, ICLEI, UN-Habitat (2018)
- Enabling Subnational Climate Action through Mutli-level Governance – GIZ, ICLEI, UN-Habitat (2017)
- Addressing Urban and Human Settlements Issues in National Adaptation Plans – UN-Habitat (2018)
- Accelerating building efficiency: Eight actions for Urban Leaders – WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities and Johnson Controls (2016)
- Accelerating building efficiency – 2016
- Building renovation strategies under the spotlight – BPIE – 2016
- Climate investment opportunity in emerging martkets – IFC – 2016
- Climate Risk Toolkit – RICS – March 2015
- Developing an approach to sustainable return on investment – 2015
- Global public-private approach of energy efficiency in buildings – 2017
- GlobalABC-Bilan Mondial 2017
- GlobalABC-Global Status Report 2017
- Opening the doors to smart buildings – Policy recommendations_BPIE – 2017
- Roadmap – Towards Low GHG and Resilient Buildings
- Smart buildings decoded – BPIE – 2017
- Smart buildings in a decarbonised energy system – BPIE – 2016
- Sustainable Building Design for Tropical Climates – UN-Habitat (2015)
Other Resources
- Bringing home the Paris Agreement – 3 ways to engage
- cCR report 2016-2017_Boosting subnational climate action
- cCR-report-2017-2018 – Multilevel climate action – The path to 1.5 degrees
- Enabling subnational climate action through multi-level governance – November 2017
- Talanoa and beyond – raising ambition with cities and regions – April 2018
- Talanoa Dialogues – Driving multilevel climate action worldwide – Overview brochure
- Talanoa Dialogues – Reporting guide
- The Paris climate package – a basic guide – 2016
The Urban-LEDS project aims to use local experiences to inform national and global processes. It facilitates the involvement of local government representatives at relevant regional and global climate and sustainable development events. There, they can advocate for integrated local climate action and support subnational government contributions in the achievement of national targets and commitments. This includes inputs into the UNFCCC via the Local Government and Municipal Authorities (LGMA) constituency, which is lead by ICLEI.
See the news section for updates on the climate advocacy work of the project, and below for related resources.
- Data speak louder than words: climate change adaptation stocktake report – ICLEI, C40 (2018)
- Resilient Cities 2017 Congress Outcomes Report – ICLEI (2017)
- Resilient Cities 2018 Congress Outcomes Report – ICLEI (2018)
- Pro Poor Climate Action in Informal Settlements – UN-Habitat (2018)
- Trends in Urban Resilience – UN-Habitat (2017)
- Resource Efficiency Enhancer – UN-Habitat (2018)
- Climate Action Enhancer – UN-Habitat (2018)
- Land Tenure and Climate Vulnerability – UN-Habitat (2019)
- Climate Financing Access Guidebook for Local Governments – ICLEI, 2020
- Climate Finance Decision Making Tree – 2020 | English | Spanish | Portuguese | French | Chinese |
- Successful Local Government Fundraising and Project Pitching: Brazilia – ICLEI, 2020
- Climate Finance Glossary – ICLEI, 2020
- C40 climate finance
- CCFLA mapping report – 2017
- CCFLA PPF report
- Financing readiness factsheet
- Summary of good practice of successful project preparation facilities – 2018
- TAP leaflet
- Financing the transition to a new infrastructure paradigm in fast-growing cities in South Africa
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- The Value of Using Notation Keys in City Scale Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories: Learning From Absent Data – ICLEI (2020)
- 10 Tips for African Cities to Help Limit Global Warming to 1.5 Degree Celsius – ICLEI (December 2019)
- Ambitious City Promises Brochure – ICLEI (2017)
- City Resilience Profiling Tool (guide) – UN-Habitat (2017)
- Invitation to the ICLEI-RUAF CITYFOOD Network – ICLEI (2018)
- The GreenClimateCities Program (Arabic) – ICLEI (2016)
- The GreenClimateCities (Bahasa) – ICLEI (2016)
- The GreenClimateCities (Portuguese) – ICLEI (2016)
- The GreenClimateCities Program (French) – ICLEI (2016)
- Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GPC) protocol – World Resources Institute (2014)
- Guidebook – Gender and Urban Climate Policy – GIZ, UN-Habitat and GenderCC (June 2015)
- GreenClimateCities Program: A pathway to urban low-carbon development – ICLEI (2014)
- Integrating Climate Change into City Development Strategies – UN-Habitat (2015)
- The ABC for Sustainable Cities – UNEP (2016)
- Guiding Principles for City Climate Action Planning – UN-Habitat (2015)
- Urban Transition Insights from Industrial Legacy Cities – ICLEI (2018)
- Urbanization and Climate in Small Island Developing States-SIDS – UN-Habitat (2015)
- Planning for Climate Change: A strategic, values-based approach for urban planners – UN-Habitat (2014)
Measuring, Reporting, Verification (MRV) of Urban Low Emission Development
ICLEI’s GreenClimateCities (GCC) Handbook for Local Governments
Download the pdf here.
Portuguese pdf here.
Bahasa pdf here.
- Policy Solution from the ICLEI Solutions Gateway on Efficient Street Lighting using LED – ICLEI (June 2020)
- 100RE building blocks – a practical toolkit
- 100RE city profiles – 2016
- Advancing the global renewable energy transition 2018
- Global 100RE Cities and Regions network brochure – ICLEI
- Renewables 2018 global status report – Highlights
- Renewables 2018 global status report
- Renewables global futures report – 2017
Solutions Gateway
The Solutions Gateway provides access to technical guidance on implementing specific sets of low emission development solutions for Urban Development Challenges – elaborating on the package of measures that are needed to implement each new technology or policy.
Register and explore the Solutions gateway below to get the information you need to pursue low emission development locally.
A Solution is a cluster of actions, or a process, aligned with Local Government roles and sphere of influence that can be implemented to deliver climate change adaptation and mitigation results and enhance local sustainable development. A Solution does not focus exclusively on technology – it is an integrated approach that can include several enabling and multiplying actions to maximize effectiveness and results such as policy setting, regulation, governance, capacity building, stakeholder engagement, awareness raising, etc.
A Solutions Package is a group of complementary Solutions under one particular theme, used in synergy to optimize the low emissions development impact.
Solutions Gateway Sourcebook
Low Carbon Solutions for Urban Development Challenges: an easy-to-use guidance for local governments.
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Portuguese pdf here.
Bahasa pdf here.