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This fact sheet from the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) outlines strategies for integrating local knowledge with scientific data to support climate compatible development. It emphasizes that while local governments often lack high-quality information, they can bridge these gaps by training staff, engaging communities through dialogue, and establishing systems to manage and sustain local knowledge.

This case study describes how Bogor City utilized the Urban Low Emission Development Strategies (Urban-LEDS) project and ICLEI’s GreenClimateCities2 framework to integrate low-carbon strategies into its local development plans to improve liveability.

This fact sheet, produced by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) in October 2016, provides guidance on framing climate compatible development to ensure it is adopted into local political agendas. Based on experiences from South and Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, it outlines five key strategies for sustainability: securing cross-party political consensus, linking climate action to development goals, aligning climate measures with sectoral objectives, utilizing local and national 'champions', and designing initiatives to benefit marginalized social groups.

This fact sheet, published by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) in October 2016, outlines five strategic lessons for local governments to establish successful partnerships for climate compatible development. Based on experiences from South and Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, the document emphasizes the importance of strategic partner selection, the inclusion of marginalized and opposing groups, the use of local knowledge brokers, and the necessity of ensuring mutual benefit for all participants.

A case study on Bogor City's integration of low-carbon strategies into local development plans through the Urban Low Emission Development Strategies (Urban-LEDS) project since 2013.

This case study profiles Trinitan Green Energy Metals (TGEM), an Indonesian company utilizing Step Temperature Acid Leach (STAL) technology to produce high-purity nickel for the global electric vehicle (EV) battery industry. The document details TGEM's efforts to implement closed-loop refining ecosystems to reduce the environmental footprint of nickel production.