World Bank2014-02-182014-02-182012-11https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17066The Rio de Janeiro Low Carbon City Development Program is an ISO-certified framework and set of comprehensive requirements to help the city to plan, implement, monitor, and account for low carbon investments and climate change mitigation actions across all sectors in the city over time. The Program will enable the city to plan and implement the mitigation actions needed to achieve its city-wide mitigation goals, as well as credibly and transparently demonstrate the achievement of those goals through diligent monitoring and accounting of the actions taken. This issue of Directions in Urban Development describes the context underlying the development of the Program in Rio, and the key components of such an ISO-certified program including roles and responsibilities, planning and evaluation, and the program process.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOBASELINE EMISSIONSBUSINESS AS USUAL SCENARIOCALCULATIONCARBONCARBON ASSETSCARBON CREDITCARBON DISCLOSURE PROJECTCARBON FINANCECARBON OFFSETCARBON UNITSCERTIFICATION PROCESSCERTIFIED EMISSION REDUCTIONSCLEAN DEVELOPMENTCLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISMCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATIONCLIMATE CHANGE POLICYCLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCHCOCUMULATIVE EMISSIONSCUMULATIVE EMISSIONS REDUCTIONSEARTH SUMMITECONOMIC GROWTHEMISSIONEMISSION LEVELSEMISSION REDUCTIONEMISSION REDUCTION TARGETSEMISSION REDUCTION UNITEMISSION REDUCTIONSEMISSIONSEMISSIONS SCENARIOENERGY EFFICIENCYENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURESENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSENVIRONMENTAL QUALITYFINANCIAL COMMITMENTFORESTFOREST ECOSYSTEMSGHGGOLDGREENHOUSEGREENHOUSE GASGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTIONSGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONSGREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORIESGREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORYGREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONGREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION TARGETSIPCCJOBSLOW-CARBONMITIGATION ACTIONSOFFSET PROJECTSSCENARIOSSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTURBAN FORESTRYWASTE10.1596/17066