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Sub Theme: Climate resilience

Lessons on recent solid waste management projects in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author: Covenant of Mayors in Sub-Saharan Africa partner, l’Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Under the Covenant of Mayors in Sub-Saharan Africa initiative, GIZ aims to provide local governments in SSA with good practice examples of effective waste management, from CoM SSA signatories and local governments across the region. With the aim to enhance knowledge exchange […]

Finance roadmaps for climate projects

Author: Covenant of Mayors in Sub-Saharan Africa Local Governments (LGs) located in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are faced with the daunting challenge of managing the highest urban growth rate in the world, while simultaneously confronting the highest levels of climate change with devastating impacts cutting across local communities, the economy, and political stability. This study is aimed […]

Resilience framework for coastal cities

By 2025, nearly 6 billion people will live within 200km of a coastline. Population growth and climate change related impacts like sea-level rise, storm surges and heavy rainfall events are noticeably increasing coastal risks and degrading coastal ecosystems. People and nature are becoming increasingly vulnerable. With two decades’ experience implementing urban sustainability projects in African […]

10 tips for African cities to help limit global warming to 1.5ºC

10 tips for African cities to help limit global warming to 1.5ºC Download in English Download in French The Urban Low Emission Development Strategies (Urban-LEDS ll) project works with local governments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, with the aim of limiting global warming to 1.5ºC. Urban-LEDS ll mainstreams climate action into existing policies, enhances multi-level […]

Climate risk narratives: envisioning possible futures for your city

Creating conversation for integrating climate information and dealing with climate uncertainty Climate risk narratives are stories incorporating a range of plausible climate futures. Ideally, diverse knowledge and different perspectives on possible climate impacts come together in the co-production of these narratives. This poster showcases the various components of co-producing narratives and the value of the […]

Introduction to finance mechanisms and developing bankable project proposals

This introductory document was compiled using various sources including the work done as part of the Urban Low Emission Development Strategies I (Urban LEDS) on financing the transition to a new infrastructure paradigm in fast-growing secondary cities in South Africa, The IPG Handbook on Environmental Funds, and SANBI’s Framework for Investing in Ecological Infrastructure in […]

Wetland Management Guidelines

Buiding capacity and supporting effective management of wetlands within South African Municipalities These guidelines are a component of a series of project outputs designed to support South African municipalities with improving wetland management going forward. For further information on the project, please refer to the LAB: Wetlands SA project website. Download

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 […]

Adapting to climate change and enhancing resilience video series

Adapting to climate change and enhancing resilience Climate change and climate change adaptation can be overwhelming concepts to city officials. This series of five short videos provide a basic intro to climate change, climate change adaptation, nature-based solutions, the Paris Agreement and adaptation planning. Adapting to climate change and enhancing resilience 5 Videos Climate change […]