1 . DRIVING GREEN TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS AT CITY SCALE
2 . ESTABLISHING CLIMATE RESILIENCE IN URBAN PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
3 . PROMOTING URBAN INCLUSIVENESS
4 . INCREASING PARTNERSHIPS WITH DIVERSE ACTORS AND DEVELOPING CITY NETWORKS
• Urban mobility , energy and resource efficiency systems
• Creating innovations by learning : implementing pilot demonstrations and fostering innovations via replications and scaling up based on lessons learnt
• Fostering green value chains and supporting micro , small and medium-sized enterprises ( SMEs )
• Integrating climate risks and sustainability options in urban planning and management
• Capacity building for evidence-based urban planning action
• Improving the urban institutional framework at national level to provide systemic approaches to urban planning and development by harmonising various sectoral policies
• Shared benefits of low-carbon industrialisation
• Integrated and inclusive approach towards urban planning and management
• Gender equity : How can we promote gender and youth issues in the practice of sustainable cities ?
• Exploring innovative finance mechanisms for cities by drawing on the private sector , national Government and other possible funding sources
• Knowledge management by reflecting various perspectives from research institutes , civil society , NGOs , the private sector and city Government
• Community engagement for increasing awareness and enhancing the capacity of civil society to secure social inclusion
UNIDO ’ s Interventions : Development interventions
1 . Driving green technology innovations at city scale
Urban mobility , energy and resource efficiency systems UNIDO , through its global forums and technical co-operation projects , takes a lead role in the promotion of sustainable technologies to complement the on-going work of programme partners on sustainable planning and investment .
The utilisation of green technologies such as renewable energy , which generates green electricity , smart grid systems , that connect electric vehicle charging stations to the grid to efficiently supply electricity , and electric vehicles , which reduce carbon emissions sharply by using green electricity , ensures the highest impact for city-level climate action and fosters green development as well as innovation .
Creating innovations by learning : implementing pilot demonstrations and fostering innovations via replication and scaling up based on lessons learnt Through demonstration projects , UNIDO showcases the techno-economic feasibility of technologies available for increasing energy security and reducing environmental impacts and paves the way for clean energy innovation , decreasing costs of mitigating measures , and , future replication and scale-up .
At the city level , UNIDO demonstration projects are strategically integrated into mixed-use city neighbourhoods , to produce not only better economic performance but create easily accessible and safe working environments and healthy surrounding neighbourhoods , with no negative impacts on the natural environment .
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