In this era of rapid urbanization, cities’ development trajectory has a profound influence on the global environment. Too often, cities plan and invest in sectoral programming when local and regional governments need to leverage every opportunity to maximize positive social, environmental and economic impacts through integrated planning.
Read more Read less1 SUDA questionnaire/template, 23 SUDAs, 6 peer exchanges, 6 reports documenting P2P exchanges, 2 City Academies events and accompanying documentation for GPSC platform, 6 side events in global city forums, 3 promotional events, 18 webinars, 1 Library of knowledge compilation document with inputs from 3 RT members, 6 new knowledge products, Translation of 15 documents/tools/resources
Read more Read lessFunded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF),The Global Platform for Sustainable Cities (GPSC) is a partnership and knowledge platform that promotes integrated solutions and cutting-edge support for cities seeking to improve their urban sustainability. ICLEI, together with WRI and C40, serve on the GPSC Resource Team. The Resource Team facilitates peer exchange and provides high-level technical assistance, capacity development and curated knowledge products to local and regional governments to advance sustainable, and integrated, urban development. The GPSC RT serves local and regional governments by implementing a needs assessment and offering peer exchange, delivering training and promotional events and webinars and creating new and curated knowledge products. By situating city-level implementation projects in a broad sustainability framework, ICLEI, as a member of the GPSC RT, offers a holistic approach to urban development.
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ADB - Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, China Center for Urban Development, City of Aarhus, Conservation International, Development Bank of Latin America, Development Bank of Southern Africa, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Space Agency, FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Foreign Economic Cooperation Office (FECO), GEF - Global Environment Facility, IFC - International Finance Corporation, Inter-American Development Bank, International Fund for Agricultural Development, IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Noveltis, People’s Republic of China, Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility, State of California, Sustainable Cities Programm, The Nature Conservancy, The World Bank Group, UN Habitat-United Nations Human Settlements Program, UNDP - United Nations Development Programme, UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme, UNIDO - United Nations Industrial Development Or
