Technologies, Policies and Measures for GHG Abatement at the Urban Scale

The document provides a framework for city governments to prioritize greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction actions. It develops a typology of urban-scale technologies and practices, identifies supporting policies, and evaluates their abatement potential for 2020 and 2050, with a particular focus on the transport and buildings sectors.

• City governments frequently set ambitious greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets but lack the necessary capability to prioritize specific actions based on their abatement potential or to create structured plans to achieve those targets.
• The paper provides a typology of urban-scale emission-reduction technologies and practices, along with supporting policies, to serve as a screening tool for local jurisdictions to identify high-potential abatement opportunities, particularly within the buildings and transport sectors.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2013). Technologies, Policies and Measures for GHG Abatement at the Urban Scale. https://www.sei.org/publications/technologies-policies-and-measures-for-ghg-abatement-at-the-urban-scale/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Technologies, Policies and Measures for GHG Abatement at the Urban Scale. 2013. https://www.sei.org/publications/technologies-policies-and-measures-for-ghg-abatement-at-the-urban-scale/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2013technologies, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Technologies, Policies and Measures for GHG Abatement at the Urban Scale}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2013}, month = jul, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/technologies-policies-and-measures-for-ghg-abatement-at-the-urban-scale/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }