Chapter 2: - Climate Change and International Development: What Have We Achieved Since the Adoption of the

35 Climate Change and International Development: What Have We Achieved Since the Adoption of the Paris Agreement? A central message of the World Cities Report 2022: Envisaging the The Paris Agreement is a legally binding treaty aiming to limit global Future of Cities was that ambitious, effectively targeted adaptation temperature increases since the beginning of the industrial revolution to and mi. [...] © amdadphoto/Shutterstock 45 Climate Change and International Development: What Have We Achieved Since the Adoption of the Paris Agreement? Table 2.4: Summary of COP focus areas and indicative milestones since the Paris Agreement Paris and beyond to 2023 Examples of key milestones and outcomes linked to UNFCCC processes Implications for urban contexts COP21 (Paris, 2015) The adoption of the Paris. [...] remarkable, demonstrating its importance in galvanizing positive actions by local and regional governments under each heading in the table, from The contrast between the the declaration of a climate emergency to the adoption of ambitious period before and after the 2030 targets and the increased involvement of subnational governments Paris Agreement is remarkable, in their respective NDC processes. [...] Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, and the UN-Habitat White Paper on Cities and Nature.120 The latter sets out key principles, actions and tools Nevertheless, the data analyzed for the 2023 analysis by UN-Habitat, for maximizing the role and benefits of urban nature, while minimizing UNDP and SDU of the urban content of NDCs discussed earlier in existing or future conflicts, including land-spari. [...] Similarly, in the Southwest of the US, several whether in relation to mitigation consecutive years of drought have depleted the Colorado River and Lake Mead, threatening both water and electricity supplies to the region: the scarcity has driven a fierce debate on the competing claims of urban and addressing land-based and water-based elements to maximize co-benefits, rural water consumers, underli.