Investing in Cities Climate Resilience

Cities State of Preparedness in Addressing Climate Change and Building Climate Change Resilience

13 SEPTEMBER 2019

Recommended citation: Petrie, B., Nicks, S., Notoane, J., Marie, A. (2019). Investment Plan – Investing in Cities Climate Resilience. For the Cities Resilience Programme: Cities State of Preparedness in Addressing Climate Change and Building Climate Change Resilience, for the National Department of Environmental Affairs. OneWorld Sustainable Investments. Cape Town, South Africa.

This investment plan is submitted under the GIZ project: “Cities Resilience Programme: State of Preparedness of South African Cities in Addressing Climate Change Challenges and Building Climate Change Resilience”, as a deliverable of Activity 8: Propose and develop a first pass two-year programme of support for the Cities Resilience Programme (CRP), based on gaps across the building blocks.

With a view to strengthening urban resilience, the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) developed a project to assess the ‘State of Preparedness of South African Cities in Addressing Climate Change Challenges and Climate Change Resilience’. This project is part of DEA’s Cities  Resilience Programme (CRP), which aims to enhance capacity and training on climate change adaptation, with a specific focus on climate resilience for metropolitan and secondary municipalities. This Investment Plan responds to the Climate Resilience Indicator Framework and baseline assessment. Together, these are key outputs of Cities State of Preparedness project. The Investment Plan is intended as the ‘go-to’ investment guideline for DEA and South African municipalities to build urban climate resilience.