UN-Habitat has released a new report that provides guidance for urban policy makers and other stakeholders, to help them build climate resilience into their decision making processes. The report ‘Addressing Climate Change in National Urban Policy’, was launched yesterday at the ‘Habitat III’ conference in Quito, Ecuador.
The report recognises the importance of national urban policy to achieve more sustainable urban development. The issue of addressing climate change in cities and human settlements represents one of the most pressing challenges facing urban policy-makers today. The new report provides a series of recommends about how to mainstream such considerations into national urban policy, helping to empower national governments, local governments, and other stakeholders to effectively address climate change.