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Urban climate justice

The impacts of climate change in informal settlements. Interventions that respond to climate risks, promote low carbon development and respond to pervasive urban poverty. Opportunities for decentralised climate financing.

42 entries

African Cities Research Consortium

Reimagining urban climate finance: from global commitments to community-led resilience

A blog by the African Cities Research Consortium arguing urban climate finance must go beyond mobilising more money to offer a wider range of financial tools and make funding genuinely accessible to vulnerable communities

Article

Image of grafitti of child crying on a building in Favela Metro-Mangueira. The buildings next to it are torn down.

Can people-centred justice stop forced evictions?

Insight, 09 July 2026

Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Adaptation in Myanmar: A Practice Compendium and MCAN Recommendations

Publication, 18 May 2026

Unlocking urban climate finance: barriers and progress in African cities

Publication, 18 May 2026

From nature-based solutions to naturing infrastructure: towards a care-centred approach for urban living labs

Publication, 15 April 2026

From capacity to capability: urban living labs as a route to gain influence

Publication, 15 April 2026

From power to influence: counter-mapping for urban living labs

Publication, 15 April 2026

Connecting tenure security and climate resilience in sub-Saharan Africa: reflections from informal settlements in Harare, Zimbabwe

Publication, 05 June 2026

Heat impacts on informal settlements: participatory heat data collection in Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe

Publication, 02 March 2026

Housing justice and climate change in cities

Publication, 05 November 2025

Closing the gender data gap to enhance climate adaptation in urban Zimbabwe

Publication, 30 October 2025

CCFLA

Building heat-resilient cities for all: why South Asia’s urban poor can’t wait

A blog by the Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance on why financing urban heat resilience cannot wait for South Asia’s urban poor.

Article

Quadrature Climate Foundation

Extreme heat in informal settlements: evidence review

This paper uses analysis and case studies to consider what it would take to build resilience to extreme heat for people living in informal settlements, including planning, finance and delivery of interventions.

Publication

Display on building showing 36 degrees Celsius in São Paulo, Brazil.

World’s major cities hit by a quarter more hot days than in the 1990s

Press release, 30 September 2025

Reflections from frontline settlements: connecting urban communities with climate scientists

Insight, 28 August 2025

Better cities are possible: transforming informal settlements on a warming planet

Publication, 23 April 2025

Two people holding plants and discussing.

Cities are vulnerable to climate change and central to its solutions

Insight, 20 November 2024

Image of street in Buenos Aires showing informal housing.

Climate action for equitable cities: working with informal communities for low-carbon, resilient futures

Article, 30 October 2024

Climate justice in informal settlements in Buenos Aires

Publication, 05 November 2024

Houses surrounded by trees and greenery.

The decarbonisation debate: exploring climate action for equitable cities

Event on 24 June 2024

Climate action for equitable cities

Publication, 07 June 2024

A tall metal water tower with several small brick buildings around it.

Community-led climate action: building equitable, resilient cities from the bottom up

Insight, 02 May 2024

A woman waits beside a busy intersection as cars and motorbikes drive past.

State of the cities marks phase two of Transformative Urban Coalitions

News, 22 April 2024

IIED YouTube

Transformative Urban Coalitions

How local residents of Barrio 20, Buenos Aires, have incorporated decarbonisation and adaptation measures into a participatory redevelopment process of the neighbourhood.

Video

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