| Project Detail |
Urban-Act: Integrated Urban Climate Action for Low-Carbon & Resilient Cities The Asia-Pacific region is rapidly urbanising, with more than 3 billion people expected to live in cities by 2050. This places enormous pressure on fast-growing cities to provide infrastructure and services that meet this growing demand and are both climate-sensitive and futureproof. Urban areas contribute to about 75 per cent of energy-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and many Asian cities face severe impacts from climate change with risks for the urban population, environment and local economy. While Urban-Act partner countries show high ambition to act within their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) and urban policies, there are still barriers in place that impede cities in successfully managing the transition to a long-term, climate-friendly development path. These include ineffective horizontal and vertical coordination, limited access to climate information for evidence-based planning and the insufficient ability of urban actors to identify suitable solutions, prepare viable urban climate actions and access finance for their implementation. Objective Countries in the Asia-Pacific region are creating better enabling conditions for the planning and implementation of evidence-based and inclusive urban climate action. |
