Urban Planning Law for Climate Smart Cities: Urban Law Module

UN-Habitat

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Abstract: The role of cities has been recognized by the Paris Agreement,which identifies them as â??important stakeholders,capable of mobilizing strong and ambitious climate actionâ? .The New Urban Agenda and the Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction also put urban areas at the centre of climate change by including the commitment to promote â??international,national,subnational and local climate action,including climate change adaptation and mitigation,and to support the efforts of cities and human settlements,their inhabitants and all local stakeholders to be important implementersâ?,and â??mainstreaming of disaster risk assessments into land-use policy development and implementation,including urban planningâ?,respectively . Recognizing the huge potential that cities have to steer growth towards lower GHG emissions and more resilient systems led to UN-Habitat joining UNEP,the UNFCCC secretariat,and the Commonwealth secretariat to develop the urban law Module of the Law and Climate Change Toolkit.