LAWANDCLIMATECHANGETOOLKIT https://climatelawtoolkit.org/ UrbanLawModule UrbanPlanningLawforClimateSmartCities UrbanPlanningLawforClimateSmartCities:UrbanLawModuleLAWANDCLIMATECHANGETOOLKIT FirstpublishedinNairobiin2022byUN-Habitat Copyright©UnitedNationsHumanSettlementsProgramme,2022 UnitedNationsHumanSettlementsProgramme(UN-Habitat) P.O.Box30030,00100NairobiGPO,KenyaTel:254-020-7623120(CentralOffice)www.unhabitat.org HSNumber:HS/018/22E Acknowledgements Coordinators:GianlucaCrispiandRemySietchiping MainAuthors:GianlucaCrispiandRashidAbubakar Contributors:MariaSocorroManguiat(UNEP),BenjaminOjoleck(UNEP),ValentinaRicca,AnneAmin,SamuelNjuguna Peerreviewers:AnnaCharles(UNFCCC),AnnaMariaBezerradeMelloCárcamo(UNFCCC)Editingsupport:VickyQuinlanandSamuelNjuguna LayoutandDesign:JeanRobertGatsinzi Disclaimer ThedesignationsemployedandthepresentationofthematerialinthispublicationdonotimplytheexpressionofanyopinionwhatsoeveronthepartoftheSecretariatoftheUnitedNationsconcerningthelegalstatusofanycountry,territory,city,orarea,orofitsauthorities,orconcerningthedelimitationofitsfrontiersorboundaries. Theinformationprovidedinthispublicationdoesnot,andisnotintendedto,constitutelegaladvice;instead,allinformation,contentandmaterialsareforgeneralinformationalpurposesonly.Informationonthispublicationmaynotconstitutethemostup-to-datelegalorotherinformationandnoliabilityisassumedfortheaccuracyoruseofinformationprovided. Readersofthispublicationshouldcontacttheirlegalcounseltoobtainadvicewithrespecttoanylegalmatter.Excerptsmaybereproducedwithoutauthorizationonconditionthatthesourceisindicated. Coverphoto AerialviewoffloodinginPakistan©WaterAlternativesPhotos TableofContents LISTOFTABLESVI LISTOFFIGURESVI FOREWORD1 UNFCCC,ParisAgreement,NDCsandtheRequiredIncreasedAmbition3 TheLawandClimateChangeToolkit:AnIntroduction6 KeyFunctionalities7 GlobalEffectsandRealResults8 INTRODUCTION:THEURBANLAWMODULE9 TheCompanionGuidetotheOnlineVersionoftheToolkit10 1.GOVERNANCEFRAMEWORKFORURBANANDCLIMATEPLANNING13 1.1.Multi-LevelInstitutionalCoordination13 1.2.ParticipatoryGovernance17 1.3.DataCollectionandSharing20 1.4.LocalGovernments’MandateforUrbanPlanninginUrbanAreas21 2.URBANANDTERRITORIALPLANNING27 2.1.NationalTerritorialPlanning28 2.2.Regional(Sub-National)TerritorialPlanning32 2.3.UrbanPlanninginUrbanAreas35 3.URBANPLANNINGANDDESIGNFORADAPTATION42 3.1.ClimateRisksandVulnerabilityforPlannedAreasandInfrastructure45 3.2.IdentificationandPrioritizationofAdaptationOptions50 3.3.ImplementationoftheIdentifiedAdaptationOptions55 3.4.AdaptationofSlumsandVulnerableSettlements61 3.5.PlannedRelocations65 3.6.SecurityofTenure68 3.7.ImplementationofClimateAdaptationStrategiesThroughDevelopmentApproval74 ivURBANLAWMODULE-LAWANDCLIMATECHANGETOOLKIT 4.URBANPLANNINGANDDESIGNFORMITIGATION81 4.1.UrbanPlansandGreenhouseGasEmissions82 4.2.UrbanFormandReductionofGreenhouseGasEmissions85 4.3.GreenSpacesforEnvironmentalandClimateServices93 4.4.NeighbourhoodDesignandEnergySavinginBuildings96 4.5.ImplementationofClimateMitigationStrategiesThroughDevelopmentApproval/Control...................................................... 98 5.ECONOMICANDNON-ECONOMICINSTRUMENTSFORCLIMATEFRIENDLYURBANPLANNING104 5.1.ResourcesforUrbanPlanningandClimateChange106 5.2.IncentivesforMitigationandAdaptioninUrbanPlanning111 5.3.IncentivesthatUndermineSustainableUrbanLandUses113 6.CONCLUSION116 REFERENCES117 URBANPLANNINGLAWFORCLIMATESMARTCITIESv ListofTables TABLE1GovernanceFrameworkforUrbanandClimatePlanning24 TABLE2UrbanandTerritorialPlanning40 TABLE3UrbanPlanningandDesignforAdaptation77 TABLE4UrbanPlanningandDesignforMitigation101 TABLE5EconomicandNon-EconomicInstrumentsforClimateFriendlyUrbanPlanning115 ListofFigures FIGURE1UrbanextentofPittsburghandStockholm,shownatthesamescale86 FIGURE2AMappingAnalysisofPortland’s20-minuteNeighbourhood92 URBANPLANNINGLAWFORCLIMATESMARTCITIESvi Foreword Urbanareasrepresentamajorbattlegroundforclimateaction.Citiesaccountforbetween60and80percentofenergyconsumptionandaccordingtotheSixthAssessmentReport(AR6)bytheIntergovernmentalPanelonClimateChange(IPCC),theygenerateasmuchas72percentofhuman-inducedgreenhousegasemissions.Atthesametime,andquiteironically,urbanareasalsostandtobeseverelyaffectedbythenegativeimpactsassociatedwithclimatechange.Citiesarealreadysufferingfromextremeweatherevents,flooding,subsidence,storms,heatwaves,waterscarcity,droughts,andsea-levelriseamongotherclimatechangeeffects.Oneofthehottestyearsonrecord,2021,closedwithTyphoonOddettedamaginganddestroyingnearly2millionhousesinthePhilippines-twiceasmanyasSuperTyphoonHaiyanin2013.Consideringthatover55percentoftheworld’spopulationliveinurbanareasasof2022,andthisshareisprojectedtoincreaseto68percentby2050,citieswillplayadefinitiveroleincombatingclimatechangeandadaptingtoitseffects. DrawingfromtheNewUrbanAgenda,whichsetsoutasharedvisionforcitiesandotherhumansettlementstowardsstrengthenedclimateactionresponsesandanimprovedurbanenvironment,UN-Habitathasidentifiedclimatechangeactionasoneofitsp