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Understanding Data and Tools to Accelerate City Climate Action: A Decision-Making and Tools Project White Paper

Understanding Data and Tools to Accelerate City Climate Action: A Decision-Making and Tools Project White Paper

Data and tools play a key role in supporting and accelerating climate action at the local level, where city leaders face complex interdisciplinary decisions, multiple priorities, and engagement with a...

July 15, 2021

Research
REGIONAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION FOR CITY CLIMATE ACTION – GLOBAL SYNTHESIS REPORT

REGIONAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION FOR CITY CLIMATE ACTION – GLOBAL SYNTHESIS REPORT

This report, presented to the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, summarises and compares findings on city climate action, research, and innovation priorities and activities across 10 regions...

June 23, 2021

Green Recovery
Seizing the Urban Opportunity Report

Seizing the Urban Opportunity Report

How national governments can recover from COVID-19, secure shared prosperity, and tackle the climate crisis through cities. National governments can spur COVID-19 recovery, achieve shared prosperity and drive climate action...

March 17, 2021

Research
City Climate Action, Insights, and Tools Survey

City Climate Action, Insights, and Tools Survey

Significant momentum is building which places local governments at the core of the climate action movement. Implementing comprehensive climate policy to achieve ambitious emissions reductions requires cities and their staff...

February 19, 2020

Research
Climate Emergency: Unlocking the Urban Opportunity Together

Climate Emergency: Unlocking the Urban Opportunity Together

At the 25th Conference of the Parties (COP25) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM) and its alliance...

December 9, 2019

Research
Climate Emergency, Urban Opportunity Report

Climate Emergency, Urban Opportunity Report

Climate Emergency, Urban Opportunity is a new report from the Coalition for Urban Transitions, an urban-focused initiative with 36 diverse stakeholders across five continents, that aims to support national governments’...

September 19, 2019

Research
For Cities, By Cities: Key Takeaways for City Decision Makers from the IPCC 1.5°C Report and Summary for Urban Policymakers

For Cities, By Cities: Key Takeaways for City Decision Makers from the IPCC 1.5°C Report and Summary for Urban Policymakers

Cities worked together to summarize the most relevant information and actionable findings related to the latest science on 1.5°C. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Global...

September 9, 2019

Research
Summary For Urban Policymakers

Summary For Urban Policymakers

What the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C means for cities.

December 10, 2018

Innovate4Cities
INNOVATE4CITIES – A Global Climate Action Accelerator: Research and Innovation Priorities

INNOVATE4CITIES – A Global Climate Action Accelerator: Research and Innovation Priorities

With the Paris Agreement coming into force, and the associated commitment of 197 nations around the world, including the European Union, to limit global warming to well below 2o C,...

September 26, 2018

Research
Analysis: The demand for financing climate projects in cities

Analysis: The demand for financing climate projects in cities

This report, co-authored by the C40 Cities Finance Facility, CDP, and in collaboration with the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, is the first-ever in-depth analysis of infrastructure...

September 19, 2018

Research
Implementing Climate Ambition- Global Covenant of Mayors 2018 Global Aggregation Report

Implementing Climate Ambition- Global Covenant of Mayors 2018 Global Aggregation Report

As countries consider how to increase their ambition in the lead-up to implementing their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Climate Agreement in 2020.

September 10, 2018

Research
Climate Opportunity Report: More Jobs, Better Health, Liveable Cities

Climate Opportunity Report: More Jobs, Better Health, Liveable Cities

The Climate Opportunity report outlines the benefits for three highly effective climate actions and provides local and national policymakers with a guiding methodology for how cities and nations can evaluate...

September 9, 2018

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