Submission on opportunities, best practices, actionable solutions, challenges, and barriers relevant to the Mitigation Work Programme dialogue on “Cities: buildings and urban systems”

In response to the encouragement to parties, observers, and non-party stakeholders to submit their perspectives regarding the first global dialogue in 2024 under the Sharm el-Sheikh mitigation ambition and implementation work programme, CAN International submits its views on opportunities, best practices, actionable solutions, challenges and barriers relevant to the topics of the dialogues regarding the topic of ”cities: buildings and urban systems“. CAN International welcomes that cities and the built environment are considered in this year’s dialogues for addressing the pre-2030 emissions gap.

• CAN International is recommending several sectoral deep dives to accordingly address resilient and 1.5C compatible discussions. These are:
  – Energy
  – Infrastructure
  – Transport
  – Land Use
• The protection of the rights of over 860 million informal settlers in connection with infrastructure projects (climate change adaptation and mitigation infrastructures as well as basic infrastructures), the phasing out of fossil fuels and the promotion of sustainable mobility systems are exemplary anchor points of urban climate policies.
• CAN International is recommending “enabling roundtables” to touch the potentials of urban governance and appropriate financing facilities to unlock urban decarbonization potentials with a multi-stakeholder approach, having at hearth best-practices in governance.
• CAN International is encouraging meaningful dialogues that emphasize a pro-poor perspective and support the rights of informal settlers and human rights.