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Sub Theme: City-region approaches

Alternative planning approaches: for cities in Sub-Sahara Africa

In Sub-Saharan Africa, cities, towns and villages are growing at unprecedented rates, leading to large parts of most cities being unplanned, in some cases up to 80%. African cities face unique challenges and require context specific planning to deliver services, support local economic development and improve quality of life.

Localising the Sustainable Development Goals: lessons from South Africa

The webinar will seek to explore the South African SDG landscape, with inputs from National departments, Metropolitan Municipalities, Intermediary Cities, and practitioners, in order to draw out some key learnings and insights that could be applied elsewhere to inspire localisation of the SDGs across the African continent. Reflecting on the South African SDG localisation experience […]

Conversations with CoM SSA: case studies in solid waste management

CoM SSA and partners launched a case studies report on lessons learnt in solid waste management in Sub-Saharan Africa in February 2021. This report highlights four approaches to Solid Waste Management in local governments across Sub-Saharan Africa. The case studies range from small-scale community recycling solutions to multi-million-dollar regional waste programmes, spanning the continent from […]

A guide to adapting to climate change and enhancing resilience

A guide to building adaptive capacity and resilience to the impacts of climate change in coastal urban areas The Adapting to Climate Change and Enhancing Resilience guideline forms part of our training course material. This guide to building adaptive capacity and resilience to the impacts of climate change in coastal urban areas is intended to offer city officials, in […]