This report aims to support a wide range of public and private stakeholders in preparing action plans to develop new, evidence-based research and knowledge that supports effective climate action strategies in cities.
The report Green Buildings - A Finance and Policy Blueprint for Emerging Markets shows how financiers, governments, developers and building owners can take the lead in shaping and accelerating multitrillion-dollar business opportunity of investing in green buildings.
This new report series Renewables in Cities 2019 Global Status Report focuses specifically on the state of renewables in cities around the world and on the role of local action in the renewable energy transition.
Global Climate Action From Cities, Regions and Businesses 2019 focuses on emissions reductions, and therefore analyses only a subset of this wider universe of climate action. The report concentrates on those cities, regions and companies in ten of the world’s major emitting economies that have made quantifiable commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The report looks at urbanisation trends across emerging and developing economies in Africa; Asia and the Pacific; emerging Europe, Central Asia and the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean; and Latin America and the Caribbean.