Beating the heat: A sustainable cooling handbook for cities

Framework / Guideline

| Year: 2021

Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction, Urban Development

Audience: Municipal / Local Government Practitioners, Urban Planners & Technical Experts

Hazard: Meteorological

Resilience dimension: Health & Wellbeing, Infrastructure & Environment

Policy alignment: Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, Sustainable Development Goals, Paris Agreement, New Urban Agenda

Source: C40 Cities

This handbook provides a comprehensive guide for cities to develop urban cooling action plans using a whole system approach, featuring strategies and 80 examples from various cities worldwide.

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