13. Resilient urban development, mobility and infrastructure

The DARAJA initiative in Tanzania and Kenya co-created weather information systems with local communities. In Nairobi, access to forecasts rose 56% to 93%, enabling early action and having each dollar invested yielding a twentyfold return.

The PATH Active Travel NDC Template outlines 20 actions for effective policies, including safe walking and cycling infrastructure, public campaigns to shift habits, and integrating active travel into policymaking.

Sustainable and resilient coastal cities pilot in Vlissingen, Netherlands: designing climate-adaptive public spaces using green measures to protect urban areas from storm flooding.

In 2018, Morocco launched Africa’s first high-speed rail, linking major cities, cutting travel time, reducing GHG emissions, and fostering socioeconomic growth, with expansion planned to 2040.

This solution strengthened 4,000 buildings in the Philippines, creating 3,500 jobs and protecting 45,000 people. Women are 95% of borrowers, showing how resilient housing empowers communities and drives recovery.

Dakar TER, Senegal’s first electrified standard-gauge rail, boosts mobility, cuts up to 17,000 t CO₂/year, creates 10,000 jobs, and links city, suburbs, and airport sustainably.

The Delhi Metro’s carbon credit projects show how rail systems cut emissions through regenerative braking, solar power, and modal shift, earning over 4.7M credits and $3.7M in climate revenue.

The “Accelerating Nature-based Solutions for Coastal Resilience” initiative advances financing and policy tools as CI deploys large-scale green-gray projects, starting in the North Brazil Shelf