Knowledge Hub

PUBLICATIONS

Learning resources,
from us and our partners

A curated collection of learning publications from the Gap Fund and our partners — reports, case studies, toolkits and guidance, all relevant to building low-carbon, climate-resilient cities. Every title is hand-picked for its relevance to the cities we support.

Gap Fund Technical Notes

	Urban Heat: Planning and Implementing Investments for Heat Resilience
	Gap Fund Technical Notes – Carbon Monitor Cities 2.0 : Tracking Urban Emissions in Near Real Time
	Gap Fund Technical Notes – Technical note on embodied carbon emissions
	Gap Fund Technical Notes – Smart City Solutions for Climate Change Mitigation
	Gap Fund Technical Notes – Carbon Crediting and Urban Climate Change Mitigation
	Gap Fund Technical Notes – GHGs: A Primer for Urban Practitioners
	Gap Fund Technical Notes – GHG Emissions Inventories: an Urban Perspective
	Gap Fund Technical Notes – Urban Greenhouse Gas Modeling Tools
	Gap Fund Technical Notes – Primer on Urban Form and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
	City Climate Action Plan Analysis in Latin America and the Caribbean
	City Climate Action Plan Analysis in Latin America and the Caribbean: Summary Report
	Gap Fund Technical Notes – Primer: Implications of Electric Vehicles for Urban Public Space
	Gap Fund Technical Notes – Low-Carbon Slum Upgrading
	Gap Fund Technical Notes – Global Urban Carbon Emissions: Data Sources
	Report – The State of Cities Climate Finance
	Covid-19 Response: Building Healthy, Livable and Resilient Cities
	Gap Fund Technical Notes – Rooftop Solar Energy Potential in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
	Gap Fund Technical Notes – Urban Heat – Assessing Risks and Identifying Interventions

Partner Publications

Partner Reports

2026	What a Waste 3.0
2025	Banking on Cities: Investing in Resilient and Low-Carbon Urbanization
	Unlocking Efficiency: The Global Landscape of Building Energy Regulations and Their Enforcement (2025)
2024	Sustainability Activities Report 2024
	Climate Action and Environmental Sustainability: Overview 2024
	Water: Overview 2024
	How to embed equity and inclusivity in sustainable infrastructure
	Adaptation Gap Report 2024
	The Future of Africa’s Sustainable Cities: Why Clean Cooking Matters
	2024 State of Cities Climate Finance
	Accelerating Next-Generation City Climate Action: Findings from the 2024 Innovate4Cities Conference and Update to the Global Research and Action Agenda on Cities and Climate Change Science (GRAA)
	Daring Cities 2024: powering collective action to respond to the climate emergency
	Empowering Cities and Financing Climate-Resilient Urban Futures
2023	Improving Local Enabling Conditions for Private Sector Climate Investments in Cities
	Daring Cities 2023 Report: A just and equitable climate emergency response
2022	The Summary for Urban Policy maker’s of the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report
	Piloting Nature-based Solutions for Urban Cooling \| Overview

Best Practices and Case Studies

2024	CCFLA Central Asia Hub: Scaling up project preparation and finance for net zero carbon buildings in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Toolkits and Guidance

2024	City Academy on Finance and Equity (CAFE) workbook
	Estrategias para el diseño, mantenimiento y monitoreo de Soluciones Basadas en la Naturaleza en ciudades
	NDCs for Buildings – Ambitious, Investable, Actionable, Inclusive – Guidance for Policymakers and Practitioners in the 2025 NDC Revision
	5 strategies to integrate nature into urban planning for resilient African cities
	Guide to Biodiversity Financing for Cities and Regions
	The Climate Innovation Readiness Navigator for Cities and Local Governments
	TAP Bankability Checklist
	TAP Climate Finance Glossary
2023	The circular bio-waste management handbook for local authorities
	Biodiversity finance decision-making tree
	Finance guide from the UNA Resilience project

Knowledge Products

	Capacity Development Toolkit for Early-Stage Project Preparation
	Advancing Waste Projects in Africa
	Catalogue of Nature-based Solutions for Open Spaces
	Catálogo de Soluções baseadas na Natureza (SbN) para Espaços Livres
	Methodology for quantifying the environmental, economic and social risks and benefits of Nature-based Solutions
	Business case guidance for riverine and linear parks as Nature-based Solutions
	Empowering Cities and Financing Climate-Resilient Urban Futures