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Amman Climate Action Plan 2024 The Amman Climate Action Plan, in its second iteration, focuses on mainstreaming the climate actions by integrating with its strategy documents, proposing policies and incorporating actions as part of master planning to ensure effective implementation. Apart from GCAP, GAM has collaborated with C40 on several engagements such as C40 Cities-Mayors Migration Council, the Global Mayors Task Force on Climate and Migration and Students Reinventing Cities. Amman has also committed to C40’s Clean Air Cities Accelerator, Pathway towards zero waste and Urban Nature Accelerator.
Legislative and Administrative Land and Property Rights Framework: Lebanon 2024 This report analyses the land sector in Lebanon by looking at its legal and institutional set up, its stakeholders, and the key land administration functions: land tenure, land value, land use, land development, and land disputes’ resolution. The most important legislation is annexed and a set of preliminary recommendations for consideration by national stakeholders complement the report.
World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action 2024 World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action

This edition of the World Cities Report provides a wide and far-reaching analysis of the current and expected climate impacts on different regions and cities, as well as the differing vulnerabilities urban populations face due to factors such as poverty, inequality, ethnicity, gender, disability and other characteristics. Notwithstanding the acute financial and institutional shortfalls many face, the Report shows that cities are leading the way through innovative, community-led approaches that demonstrate the potential of collaborative, inclusive approaches to climate action. Besides offering a sobering wake-up call on the urgent need to scale up efforts now, various chapters of the Report showcase inspiring practices and success stories that can be replicated or adapted elsewhere.
Mafraq Spatial Profile 2024 Based on a spatially focused and cross-sectoral situational analysis of urban settlements hosting displaced populations, this multi-level profile allows locals, stakeholders, and readers to develop a comprehensive spatial understanding of the existing situation as a basis for evidence-based decision making for long-term urban development strategies and infrastructure investment planning.
A Road Map Towards a Socioeconomic Development Plan for the Union of Municipalities of Jezzine, South Governorate 2024
Urban Regeneration for Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals 2024 The paper ‘Urban Regeneration for Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals’ focuses on demonstrating how urban regeneration can drive progress across at least 15 SDGs and advance 45 targets. It includes four case studies from different regions to illustrate the impacts and lessons learnt.
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Land governance and land rights in Palestine: Analysis and recommendations 2024 This report analyses the land sector by looking at its legal and institutional set up, its stakeholders, and the key land administration functions: land tenure, land value, land use, land development, and land disputes’ resolution. The most important legislation is annexed and a set of preliminary recommendations for consideration by national stakeholders complement the report.

This publication is part of the research work carried out by the Arab Land Initiative under the Arab Region Programme on Good Land Governance in Support to Inclusive Development, Peace and Stability funded by the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany (BMZ) under the management of UN-Habitat and the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN). The opinions presented in this paper are of the author and do not reflect the views of GLTN, UN-Habitat, its Governing Bodies or Member States.
Legislative and Administrative Land and Property Rights Framework: Lebanon 2024 This report analyses the land sector in Lebanon by looking at its legal and institutional set up, its stakeholders, and the key land administration functions: land tenure, land value, land use, land development, and land disputes’ resolution. The most important legislation is annexed and a set of preliminary recommendations for consideration by national stakeholders complement the report.