Policy Brief: Climate Compatible Development in African Cities
The effects of climate change will be severe on Africa’s rapidly growing cities. To increase their resilience, city-level climate change adaptation strategies and action plans that focus on the urban poor, who are most affected by climate change, need to be developed. This will require assessing local climate vulnerabilities and gaps using scientific and anecdotal evidence. Local authorities should also invest in low-carbon, large-scale infrastructure and service delivery that align with local climate and disaster risk management strategies.
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Partners
Takween Integrated Community DevelopmentSierra Leone Urban Research Centre
Lagos Urban Research Network, University of Lagos
Laboratoire d’Etudes et de Recherches sur les Dynamiques Sociales et Développement Local
Laboratoire Citoyennetés
Institute of Urban Development Studies, Ethiopian Civil Service University
Institute for Human Settlement Studies, ARDHI University
Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi
Environnement et Développement Tiers Monde
Ecole Africaine des Métiers de l’Architecture et de l’Urbanisme
Development Workshop Angola
Centro de Análise de Políticas, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane
Centre for Urbanism and Built Environment Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
Centre for Urban Research and Planning, University of Zambia
Centre for Urban Research and Innovations, University of Nairobi
Centre for Settlement Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Center for African and Oriental Studies, Addis Ababa University
Cairo Laboratory for Urban Studies, Training and Environmental Research
African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town