Climate resilience Archives – Decentralization Net

Empowering Local Governments in the Western Balkans for Climate Resilience

June 11, 2025 Marina Jandrevska

The Western Balkans consists of six upper-middle-income economies: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia. These economies have shown significant growth over the past two decades, with a doubling of their economic […]

Mobilizing Local Public Resources for Locally-led Climate Resilience

January 10, 2024 LPS Alliance

Given the low (if any) investment returns of adaptation projects, climate adaptation will typically depend heavily upon public funds and finance. The financial resources needed to reduce, respond to, and recover from climate shock events […]

Integrating Climate Change into Spatial Planning in Kosovo

February 6, 2022 LPSAManager

Climate change has become one of the biggest global threats and its impacts are already being faced by many cities and human settlements around the world, including those in Kosovo. The way cities are planned, […]

Multi-level governance and power in climate change policy networks

January 2, 2022 LPS Alliance

Across as well as within countries, national, sub-national, and international state and non-state actors are involved in formulating and implementing climate policies and actions. Climate change governance has evolved into a complex polycentric structure that […]

Climate resilience in the global South depends on greater attention to urban governance systems

December 7, 2021 LPS Alliance

As far back as 2006, cities were found to account for over 70% of energy-related carbon emissions. And cities are growing rapidly in both population and land area covered. The UN reports that ninety percent […]

The State of Cities Climate Finance

July 11, 2021 LPS Alliance

The 2021 State of Cities Climate Finance Report examines the current state of urban climate investment, the barriers to reaching the needed investment levels, and the steps to overcoming these challenges. Produced by the Cities Climate Finance […]

Tanzania Starts Decentralized Climate Finance

July 21, 2016 LPS Initiative

The impacts of climate change pose a significant threat to local livelihoods and economic activities across Tanzania including Zanzibar. So as to address the challenge, Tanzania is joining with partners from civil society and […]

Climate Resilience is an Important Local Issue In South Florida

March 16, 2016 LPS Alliance

The environment is a big, complex issue in South Florida. Close to the Miami metropolitan area, the Everglades are a natural region of tropical wetlands in the southern portion of the state of Florida. Its […]

Lessons Learned from the Local Climate Adaptive Living (LoCAL) Facility

November 7, 2015 LPS Alliance

Over 100 participants from over 17 countries gathered at the Sokhalay hotel in Siem Reap, Cambodia — 2-4 November 2015 — to share lessons learned from the LoCAL experience and to coordinate the development of […]