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Climate Change & Resilience
Climate Change & Resilience
Climate Change & Resilience
Inclusive & Sustainable Development Consulting
INCLUSIVE, ECOLOGICAL
& CIRCULAR SOLUTIONS
UrbanEmerge is a UK-based sustainable development consultancy launched in 2017, advising public and private sector clients on solutions to increasingly urgent urban, economic and environmental challenges associated with rapid urbanisation, climate change and ecological breakdown.
We work across two broad service areas: Sustainable Cities & Regions and Sustainable Business & Investment.
Alongside our advisory work, we also develop applied innovation initiatives that help translate sustainability principles into practical action. Our first initiative, Circular Kitchens (CIC), was launched in the UK in 2024 to help accelerate the transition towards a more just and circular food system – Learn more here.
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We support clients across two service areas:
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Featured Reports
Title: Mainstreaming disability inclusion through energy transition in cities - Policy Paper
Client: C40 Cities
Partners: World Enabled
Published: 2024
About: C40 Cities has developed a resource pack for cities around the world on Delivering inclusive climate action with a focus on inclusion of people with disabilities. This resource pack is aimed at city government policymakers and technical staff to assist with formulating and implementing disability-inclusive climate and air- quality policies.
As an open resource, it is also designed to be a useful reference for other stakeholders, such as urban design and infrastructure development practitioners, civil society organisations, disabled persons organisations (DPOs) and the private sector involved in designing and delivering energy transition solutions within cities around the world.
Title: Mainstreaming disability inclusion through mobility action in cities - Policy Paper
Client: C40 Cities
Partners: World Enabled
Published: 2024
About: C40 Cities has developed a resource pack for cities around the world on Delivering inclusive climate action with a focus on inclusion of people with disabilities. This resource pack is aimed at city government policymakers and technical staff to assist with formulating and implementing disability-inclusive climate and air- quality policies.
As an open resource, it is also designed to be a useful reference for other stakeholders, such as urban design and infrastructure development practitioners, civil society organisations, disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) and the private sector involved in designing and producing urban mobility solutions.
Title: Making Climate Finance Work for Early-Stage Innovation in Low-Income Country Settings
Client: Frontier Tech Hub
Published: May 2023
About: The Frontier Technologies (Ft) Hub is funded by the FCDO which is part of FCDO’s broader Ideas to Impact portfolio. UrbanEmerge produced a deep dive study for the FT Hub to explore how public sector climate finance can be used most effectively to leverage private sector investment in innovation, for initiatives in agriculture, forestry, energy and health in low-income country settings. The team conducted a literature review, along with key stakeholder interviews with experts and advisors to provide guidance to FT Hub’s pilots on how to best position their innovations for future funding.
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