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Yu Na Chun Yu Na Chun Posted Urban Form and GHG Emissions: An Overview of Integrated Planning Tools on Calendar

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Over the next 30 years, achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will critically depend on urban land use and infrastructure development actions taken across multiple sectors (buildings, energy, transportation, water-sanitation, and waste) in global cities. Integrated urban planning addresses a multiplicity of urban sustainability objectives (e.g., economy, environment, inclusivity, and resilience), including cross-sectoral and cross-scale linkages (Ramaswami et al. 2016) and connection of physical planning with social, cultural, behavior and policy dimensions.

This session will discuss the relationship between urban form and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and how the various elements of urban forum, including density, land use and the configuration of street networks can impact the carbon intensity of urban growth. It will also present the state of knowledge (science) and the state of practice (models actually used by cities for policy) for modeling the GHG mitigation benefits achievable through integrated urban planning.

Opening Remarks

Peter Ellis, Practice Manager, World Bank

Presentations

Chandan Deuskar, Urban Development Consultant, World Bank

Xueman Wang, Senior Urban Specialist, World Bank

Anu Ramaswami, Professor, Princeton University

Panel Discussion

Alexandrina Platonova-Oquab, Senior Carbon Finance Specialist, World Bank

Andrew Fang, AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow, USAID 

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Mar 05 2021, 3:49 PM

Yu Na Chun Yu Na Chun Updated City Climate Finance Gap Fund Launch on Calendar

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Join us for the launch of the City Climate Finance Gap Fund. Taking place online, the launch brings together some of the most senior champions and thought-leaders in the development of climate-smart cities.

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Sep 14 2020, 5:29 PM

Bruce Summers Bruce Summers Liked City Climate Finance Gap Fund Launch

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Join us for the launch of the City Climate Finance Gap Fund. Taking place online, the launch brings together some of the most senior champions and thought-leaders in the development of climate-smart cities.

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Sep 10 2020, 5:37 PM

Bruce Summers Bruce Summers Liked The Economic Case for Greening the Global Recovery through Cities – webinar and report launch


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In the wake of COVID-19, how can national governments boost their economies, create green jobs today, and put their cities on a path toward long-term resilience and prosperity tomorrow?

Join our webinar on the economic case for greening the global recovery through cities to explore seven priority areas for national government investment. These priority investments can yield substantial economic dividends, rapidly create and protect millions of jobs for vulnerable population groups and deliver quick and durable health and environmental benefits for citizens, all whilst contributing to long-term urban resilience.
 

Monday 14 September 2020
9:00 EST / 14:00 BST / 15:00 CEST (60 minutes)

 


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This virtual high-level event will feature leading experts, including Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, Climate & Energy Global Practice Leader at WWF International, COP20 President and former Environment Minister of Peru; Sharan Burrow, General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation; Seth Schultz, Executive Director of The Resilience Shift; Nick Godfrey, Programme Director of the Coalition for Urban Transitions, and others still to be announced.

 


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We very much look forward to welcoming you to our event. 

Best wishes,
The Coalition for Urban Transitions


About the report: The Economic Case for Greening the Global Recovery through Cities

Cities have been at the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic, but they also offer an opportunity to accelerate the transition to a resilient, equitable and low-carbon future whilst responding to the crisis and its economic consequences. National government leadership is critical for realising the low carbon investments that mayors and local governments are making, or plan to make, within their urban recovery strategies.

This paper analyses seven key areas of investment for national government decision-makers and key urban stakeholders to shape fiscal stimulus packages for a green, resilient and inclusive economic recovery in the aftermath of the global health pandemic. These areas are: green construction and retrofits, clean mobility, renewable energy, active transport, nature-based solutions, waste and resources and research and development for clean technologies. Chosen using criteria such as the potential to generate jobs and social, environmental and health co-benefits, investments in these areas are financially sustainable beyond initial stimulus efforts.

The report is co-authored by prominent experts from around the world: Manisha Gulati, Coalition for Urban Transitions, Renilde Becqué, Coalition for Urban Transitions; Nick Godfrey, Coalition for Urban Transitions; Aziza Akhmouch, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Anton Cartwright, African Centre for Cities; Jason Eis, Vivid Economics; Saleemul Huq, International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD); Michael Jacobs, Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute, University of Sheffield; Robin King, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities and Senior Advisor to the Coalition; Philipp Rode, LSE Cities, London School of Economics and Political Science. The paper was funded by The Resilience Shift.

 

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Sep 10 2020, 5:37 PM

Yu Na Chun Yu Na Chun Updated City Climate Finance Gap Fund Launch on Calendar

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Join us for the launch of the City Climate Finance Gap Fund. Taking place online, the launch brings together some of the most senior champions and thought-leaders in the development of climate-smart cities.

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Sep 10 2020, 1:04 PM

Yu Na Chun Yu Na Chun Updated City Climate Finance Gap Fund Launch on Calendar

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Join us for the launch of the City Climate Finance Gap Fund. Taking place online, the launch brings together some of the most senior champions and thought-leaders in the development of climate-smart cities.

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Sep 10 2020, 1:03 PM

Yu Na Chun Yu Na Chun Updated City Climate Finance Gap Fund Launch on Calendar

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Join us for the launch of the City Climate Finance Gap Fund. Taking place online, the launch brings together some of the most senior champions and thought-leaders in the development of climate-smart cities.

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Sep 10 2020, 1:02 PM

Yu Na Chun Yu Na Chun Posted City Climate Finance Gap Fund Launch on Calendar

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Join us for the launch of the City Climate Finance Gap Fund. Taking place online, the launch brings together some of the most senior champions and thought-leaders in the development of climate-smart cities.

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Sep 10 2020, 1:01 PM

Yu Na Chun Yu Na Chun Posted The Economic Case for Greening the Global Recovery through Cities – webinar and report launch on Calendar


Event Banner

 


In the wake of COVID-19, how can national governments boost their economies, create green jobs today, and put their cities on a path toward long-term resilience and prosperity tomorrow?

Join our webinar on the economic case for greening the global recovery through cities to explore seven priority areas for national government investment. These priority investments can yield substantial economic dividends, rapidly create and protect millions of jobs for vulnerable population groups and deliver quick and durable health and environmental benefits for citizens, all whilst contributing to long-term urban resilience.
 

Monday 14 September 2020
9:00 EST / 14:00 BST / 15:00 CEST (60 minutes)

 


Register
 

 

This virtual high-level event will feature leading experts, including Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, Climate & Energy Global Practice Leader at WWF International, COP20 President and former Environment Minister of Peru; Sharan Burrow, General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation; Seth Schultz, Executive Director of The Resilience Shift; Nick Godfrey, Programme Director of the Coalition for Urban Transitions, and others still to be announced.

 


Register
 

 

We very much look forward to welcoming you to our event. 

Best wishes,
The Coalition for Urban Transitions


About the report: The Economic Case for Greening the Global Recovery through Cities

Cities have been at the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic, but they also offer an opportunity to accelerate the transition to a resilient, equitable and low-carbon future whilst responding to the crisis and its economic consequences. National government leadership is critical for realising the low carbon investments that mayors and local governments are making, or plan to make, within their urban recovery strategies.

This paper analyses seven key areas of investment for national government decision-makers and key urban stakeholders to shape fiscal stimulus packages for a green, resilient and inclusive economic recovery in the aftermath of the global health pandemic. These areas are: green construction and retrofits, clean mobility, renewable energy, active transport, nature-based solutions, waste and resources and research and development for clean technologies. Chosen using criteria such as the potential to generate jobs and social, environmental and health co-benefits, investments in these areas are financially sustainable beyond initial stimulus efforts.

The report is co-authored by prominent experts from around the world: Manisha Gulati, Coalition for Urban Transitions, Renilde Becqué, Coalition for Urban Transitions; Nick Godfrey, Coalition for Urban Transitions; Aziza Akhmouch, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Anton Cartwright, African Centre for Cities; Jason Eis, Vivid Economics; Saleemul Huq, International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD); Michael Jacobs, Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute, University of Sheffield; Robin King, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities and Senior Advisor to the Coalition; Philipp Rode, LSE Cities, London School of Economics and Political Science. The paper was funded by The Resilience Shift.

 

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Sep 09 2020, 9:01 AM

Yu Na Chun Yu Na Chun Updated [Publication] Catalyzing Private Sector Investment in Climate Smart Cities on Documents

Download the publication here: Catalyzing Private Sector Investment in Climate Smart Cities 

The objective of this report is to explore innovative financing instruments and approaches for catalyzing private sector financing to fill the climate-smart investment gap in cities. The report reviews the existing literature, highlights key barriers in scaling-up private investment in climate-smart urban infrastructure, and showcases innovative financial de-risking instruments and other financial instruments for private sector financing for low carbon, resilient urban investments. The first chapter of the report introduces the topic and the second presents the challenges and the opportunities of urban climate investments. The third chapter discusses climate-smart cities and types of urban mitigation and resilience investments. The fourth chapter reviews and provides a framework to examine the interconnected layers of investment barriers specific to private investment, city financing, and climate-smart projects. Considering these risks allows investors and other stakeholders to better understand the complex web of challenges to expanding investment in urban climate projects and how they build on one another. Chapter five presents 10 case studies of innovative financing approaches to address some of these barriers and mobilize private sector finance for low carbon, resilient urban development. Finally, the conclusion in chapter six offers some key findings and considerations for the wider community of practice. 

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Aug 06 2020, 3:20 PM

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