The Amman Climate Action Plan, in its second iteration, focuses on mainstreaming the climate actions by integrating with its strategy documents, proposing policies and incorporating actions as part of master planning to ensure effective implementation. Apart from GCAP, GAM has collaborated with C40 on several engagements such as C40 Cities-Mayors Migration Council, the Global Mayors Task Force on Climate and Migration and Students Reinventing Cities. Amman has also committed to C40’s Clean Air…

The Global Assessment draws attention to the significant increase in the adoption of AI technologies by cities worldwide, highlighting the critical role of governance, structure, practices, and culture. The rapid and widespread adoption of AI across the world requires a consolidated governance of AI, based on international cooperation at a global level, and derived from the experiences of people living in cities, at the local level.

The Public Space Policy for local government units is the first document of its kind at the national level in Palestine to guide the creation of safe and inclusive public spaces for all community groups, with consideration for gender sensitive planning principles. This policy focuses on four main pillars of public spaces. The preparation of this policy is the result of a participatory approach in partnership with various governmental and non-governmental institutions that influence the…

Based on a spatially focused and cross-sectoral situational analysis of urban settlements hosting displaced populations, this multi-level profile allows locals, stakeholders, and readers to develop a comprehensive spatial understanding of the existing situation as a basis for evidence-based decision making for long-term urban development strategies and infrastructure investment planning.

Urban Forums are critical and inclusive platforms to domesticate and localize global agendas
and to advance evidence-based policymaking and review, as well as communicating policy
outcomes and progress. They provide a valuable policy feedback loop.
The main objective of the Multi-level Urban Forums Guide is to strengthen the role of multilevel Urban Forums to become platforms for urban policy dialogue, stakeholder engagement, resource mobilization and other concerted…

UN-Habitat’s SDG Cities Canada Report marks a groundbreaking national initiative,
showcasing how cities across the country are localizing the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs). This report offers a unique perspective, analyzing national statistics through
the lens of city-specific indicators from UN-Habitat’s Global Urban Monitoring Framework
(UMF). These indicators have been meticulously refined and tailored to address the unique
challenges faced by…

This report analyses the land sector in Lebanon by looking at its legal and institutional set up, its stakeholders, and the key land administration functions: land tenure, land value, land use, land development, and land disputes’ resolution. The most important legislation is annexed and a set of preliminary recommendations for consideration by national stakeholders complement the report.