China’s sustainable urban transition (2020-21)

This project supports the programme on ‘Accelerating China’s Urban Transition’, which is part of a report series from the Coalition for Urban Transitions. It delves deeply into how cities can support the country to accelerate towards sustained, high-quality growth and carbon neutrality. It provides a detailed exploration of the economic case for transforming China’s urban development model, outlines key priority actions to be taken in specific sectors and sets out strategies for financing this transformation. Specifically, this project informed the content of the report on ‘Accelerating China’s urban transition: Priority actions for high-quality growth and enhancing leadership for carbon neutrality’.