The co-benefits of climate action: Accelerating city-level ambition

This report looks at the additional benefits that climate action delivers, and how cities can utilise these in their decision-making processes. The report argues that climate policies that promote co-benefits (that tackle climate change whilst also delivering on other priorities) can bolster support from local stakeholders, increasing the likelihood that they will be approved by decision-makers.

The key lessons presented in this report, are (pp. 38-42):

1. Cities can maximize opportunities from taking climate action by integrating co-benefits in their planning.
2. There are transferable lessons to learn from cities that are already integrating co-benefits into their climate action planning.
3. Resources are available to enable cities to embed co-benefits into their climate action planning.
4. There is a range of free tools and frameworks available to enable cities to adopt co-benefits in climate action planning and to make the case for action.
5. Collecting evidence of co-benefits is important for making an effective case for climate action.