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Sub Theme: Nature-based solutions

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 […]

Urban tinkering: An alternative approach to planning

With increasing urbanization and population growth, African cities need for new, innovative solutions and planning techniques has never been more important. To implement tailor-made solutions city officials need SPACE and TIME to REFLECT – to look back and think – collectively, on the challenges faced by their cities. Reflection has numerous benefits for cities. Download

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 […]

Learn from the youth! The value of wetlands in South Africa

Learn from the youth! The value of wetlands in South Africa The LAB: Wetlands SA project is implemented by ICLEI’s Cities Biodiversity Centre, which is coordinated by ICLEI Africa. In the long-term, the programme seeks to contribute to disaster risk-reduction and resilience to climate change through effective management of biodiversity and wetland and enhancing ecosystem […]