World BankDNV KEMASugar, Lorraine2015-04-132015-04-132014https://hdl.handle.net/10986/21731According to the United Nations population fund, the world is undergoing the largest wave of urban growth in history, with more people now living in cities than in rural areas. Cities are also responsible for a high proportion of global carbon emissions, which are the main driver of anthropogenic climate change. By taking the lead on low carbon development, cities have the opportunity to engage in an important dialogue about sustainable development, directly address local issues, and contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Low carbon development strategies allow cities to position themselves as major players in climate change mitigation, as well as set an example for the development of national emission reduction policies. The systematic approach offered by a low carbon city development program (LCCDP) enables a city to overcome the barriers faced in single project implementation and pursue an integrated low carbon pathway. It provides a common framework to identify, implement, and measure low carbon interventions that will not only contribute to lower emissions, but will also address urban development needs. The LCCDP guidebook helps orient cities to design and implement an LCCDP that complies with the LCCDP assessment protocol, which is a new protocol based on existing, internationally recognized standards for systems design, and GHG accounting. The LCCDP assessment protocol consists of a set of standardized requirements developed to ensure that LCCDPs will achieve their targets and objectives when implemented. Thus the guidebook aims to assist the reader through the process of designing and implementing an LCCDP.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABATEMENT COSTAIRAIR POLLUTIONAIR QUALITYAMOUNT OF EMISSIONSASSESSMENT PROCESSATMOSPHEREATMOSPHERIC CARBONATMOSPHERIC CARBON CONCENTRATIONSBASELINE EMISSIONSBUILDING CODESBUSCALCULATIONCARCAR USECARBONCARBON ABATEMENTCARBON ACCOUNTINGCARBON ACCOUNTING SYSTEMCARBON ASSETCARBON CREDITSCARBON DIOXIDECARBON ECONOMYCARBON FINANCECARBON FOOTPRINTCARBON MARKETSCARBON MITIGATIONCARBON PRICINGCARBON REDUCTIONCERTIFICATION PROCESSCERTIFIED EMISSION REDUCTIONCLEAN DEVELOPMENTCLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISMCLEAN ENERGYCLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIESCLEAN TECHNOLOGIESCLIMATECLIMATE ACTIONCLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATIONCLIMATE CHANGE POLICIESCLIMATE CHANGE POLICYCLIMATE POLICYCLIMATE PROTECTIONCOCO2COLORSCOMBUSTIONCONSERVATIONCONSUMER BEHAVIORCOST-BENEFITDESERTIFICATIONDISTRIBUTION OF EMISSIONSDRIVINGDROUGHTECONOMIC CONDITIONSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC SECTORSECONOMIES OF SCALEECOSYSTEMEFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTSEFFICIENT TRANSPORTATIONELECTRICITYEMISSIONEMISSION LEVELSEMISSION REDUCTIONEMISSION REDUCTION POLICIESEMISSION REDUCTIONSEMISSION SOURCESEMISSION TRENDSEMISSIONSEMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATIONEMISSIONS INVENTORIESEMISSIONS LEVELSEMISSIONS PROFILEEMISSIONS SCENARIOSENERGY EFFICIENCYENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMSENERGY SECURITYENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITSENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATIONENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTENVIRONMENTAL LAWENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCYENVIRONMENTALISMEQUIVALENT EMISSION REDUCTIONFEASIBILITYFINANCIAL COMMITMENTFINANCIAL RESOURCESFORESTFOREST CARBONFOREST CARBON STOCKSFOREST COVERFOREST DEGRADATIONFORESTRYFORESTSFOSSIL FUELFOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTIONFRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGEFUEL COSTSFUEL EFFICIENCYGASESGHGGHGSGLOBAL CARBON EMISSIONSGLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGEGOLDGREENHOUSEGREENHOUSE GASGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONSHUMAN HEALTHIMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGEINCOMEINDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIESINFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTSIPCCJOBSLAND USELAND-USE CHANGELOW CARBON ECONOMYLOW-CARBONLOWER COSTSMARGINAL COSTMASS TRANSITMASS TRANSIT SYSTEMMETHANEMITIGATION ACTIONSNATIONAL EMISSIONNATIONAL EMISSION REDUCTIONNATIONAL EMISSIONSNATURAL CARBONNATURAL GASNEIGHBORHOODSNITROUS OXIDEOFFSET PROJECTSPARTICULATEPARTICULATE MATTERPEDESTRIANPEDESTRIAN PATHSPOLLUTANTSPOPULATION GROWTHPORTFOLIOPOWER GENERATIONPUBLIC TRANSPORTATIONRAPID TRANSITREDUCTION IN EMISSIONSRENEWABLE ENERGYRESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGEROADROAD TRANSPORTSANITATIONSEA LEVEL RISESEWAGE TREATMENTSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE USETOTAL EMISSIONSTRAFFICTRANSACTION COSTSTRANSPARENCYTRANSPORTTRANSPORT SECTORTRANSPORTATIONTRANSPORTATION OPTIONSURBAN POLLUTIONURBAN POPULATIONURBAN TRANSPORTURBAN TRANSPORT SYSTEMSVALIDATION PROCESSVEHICLEWASTEWASTE MANAGEMENTWASTE REDUCTIONWATER QUALITYWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/21731